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The Biden administration has me a little nervous. I have great tenants. It appears that there are some radical ideas being tossed around by some members of congress such as complete rent forbearance and forgiveness al...
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Hi guys,
I'm making my way towards my first deal.I live in Israel, and while there are people that feel that good deals can be found, the public opinion is that the local market is too expensive and lots of people e...
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Hello! We are looking at properties that already have tenants. I am wondering how that process works (lease, rules etc. that are already in place from previous owner). Do we write a new lease and have them sign? Do we...
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Hello there,I am thinking of buying my first rental in Florida (either Orlando or Tampa), however I was warned by a friend who bought a few months ago and had to spend 3000$ on landlord insurance. He said that there a...
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Hello!I am a first-time homebuyer. My wife and I are working towards owning our own rental properties and have been wanting to house hack. Our financial situation has been scarce as over the past two years I was worki...
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Hello BP Forum,
This is my first post on here and I truly appreciate this amazing network of highly effective go-givers of time and energy. It's something that just blows me away.
Cut to the chase.
I will be mov...
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Does anyone own or has thought about owning STRs in Costa Rica beach towns? I'm sure covid had a huge impact on 2020 revenue but seems like it could be viable.
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Actually started this venture about 3 years ago. I might get some activities out of time sequence. Sit back and grab some popcorn.I will chop this up into smaller segments, so each one isn't too long of a read and h...
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The SFR median in May'20 was 315k, all time high was 315k in Jun'06. Now, with coronavirus, unemployment, forbearance, evictions to begin, strip partially opened, $600 Fed unemployment to end, etc. Is it a good time t...
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I just finished reading Christine Karpinski's book 'How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner' . The slant of it was that if you manage yourself and use portals like Airbnb, vrbo, etc. you can break even or even get po...