Nathan Gesner
I've learned my lesson with AirBnB rentals
So I rented an AirBnB property in Dallas. This was the third time I've used that platform to rent a property and each one has been an illegal rental. I'm done.The first one was in California three years ago. It had fi...
Ken Latchers
Landlords - What are all your practical Money savers?
I thought it would be nice to have a collecting point for day to day money/time savers for rentals. Some things I do or have seen on the forum so far:
Remove storm doors.
Advertise rentals on craigslist
Remove or lo...
James Carlson
Colorado mountain towns cracking down on Airbnb
Any Colorado vacation rental owners out there in the ski-town areas?Sounds like many of the bigger names are curbing Airbnbs and short-term rentals with various rules and regulations. The urban cities have been doing ...
John Chapman
The problems with small multi-families (at least in DFW)
I keep getting asked why I've come to dislike small multi-families (2-4 units) in my area, and I wanted to make a list to see if maybe I'm missing something. I’m not saying small multi’s don’t make sense in othe...
Pam Smith
Our Airbnb was left a disaster...advice on what to do?
Hi everybody-I knew this would happen eventually, but this is our first instance of a guest leaving our place a mess. The rate is over $900/night and so we were crossing our fingers that perhaps it wouldn't happen so ...
Brian Hood
The "Infinite Return" BRRRR is BS
I love the BRRRR approach, but why isn't anyone factoring in their time into their ROI? Even if you have $0 in the deal, you may still have dozens of hours (or more) invested into finding the deal, buying the property...
Katie Miller
How would you invest $1 million?
How would you invest one million dollars if it was given to you free? Why would you invest that way?
By responding here, you're allowing us to print your name and response, if chosen, in the next issue of BiggerPoc...
Genny Li
I just had a tenant ask about changing a burnt-out light bulb...
Really. Can't make this up. I had to coach him through changing it over the phone because the closets have linear fluorescents, and he didn't know what to do.
I'm focusing on the day job now, but I had to share. (...
Matt Banahan
Newbie: Advice on Buy-and-Hold in Florida
Have been doing research to narrow down certain areas / cities to invest with buy-and-hold rental properties -- Florida continues to pop up in articles and when looking at metrics such as Pop Growth / Employment growt...
Will Barnard
Validate the 50% rule
It has been agressively stated here on BP that operating expenses average 50% of gross rents. I have posted many times that while that may be true with some properties, it is not accurate or appropriate to use this pe...