Hello Folks,I am currently living overseas with my wife, she is active duty and i work for the Navy doing IT.  We are headed back stateside in a little over a year.  We have a rare opportunity where we are not tied do...

I rent in FL and had water damage done due to a major leak in the bathroom. Sink, vanity, and floor in bathroom, also leaked into master bedroom through wall and into hall way outside the bathroom, (hallway and maste...

Hi My name is Matthew I have been in IT for 14 years as a Project Manager. I have been looking into REI for last 6 years and finally I am in a position to be able to act. I currently live in Arizona unfortunately the ...

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Hi, I am a physician in Knoxville, TN and was put in charge of finding a large office space for us to purchase (6-10,000 SF). One option is to buy an existing office and gut it and build it out to our needs/ plans. An...

Which real estate markets have the best future? Highest cap rates? Reasonable housing prices?

In the last few weeks there have been a lot of small signs in yards saying "We'll buy your house" and the link website 2020houses.com  When I go to the that website, the first line says "We buy homes in Coffeyville" a...

Hi all,My name is Brad and I'm a newbie to investing in real-estate, though I'm not new at all to the world of rentals. My current career/day job is being a Clinical Social Worker for the VA's HUD-VASH/Section 8 housi...

Hi BP! I've been house hacking a SFH for 2-1/2 years now. I'm looking to house hack a MFH using a 203K loan to kick off my adventures into the BRRRR strategy. Long-term, I plan to hold the bulk of my portfolio in Youn...

1.  Did you buy your property as an established STR property?2. If not, how did you decide that renting as a STR would be more profitable than a LTR?