Hello. First post. I've been listening to the podcast/videos. I've recently begun realizing that my 401k will very likely be insufficient for retirement (I'm 37), so I'm searching for alternative investments. Instead ...
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How does anyone buying in the Smoky Mountains make money buying today?
$1M purchase price and $125k in revenue
P/I/T payments run -$78k/yr (assuming 8% interest rate and 80% LTV)
Cleaning fees -$20k/yr
OpEx - $30k...
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My wive and I were in Tulum for the second time in about a month's time and love the whole Riviera Maya. So much so that we are thinking about buying an investment condo in a new development that just blew our mind. T...
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I'll try to limit my rant here, but since the Wall Street Journal published a somewhat nasty article about Airbnb investors in late April and I represent a lot of Denver Airbnb Investors and Colorado Springs Airbnb in...
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Tonight I am in London.
London is a place I visit often and was my home for three recent years.
During our time living in London, we - my family of four - visited as many places across Europe as practical, knowing...
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Economic Update
(Monday, June 28, 2021)
Should Investors Wait Out this Crazy Housing Market? I know. I know. I feel your pain. You’re an investor. Investors buy and sell properties. You’re chomping at the bit ...
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If this is the wrong place for this, please remove it.Recently, I have seen a lot of threads/posts come up on social media (I know, not very reliable or the truth) about how bad/hated STR is for local neighborhoods. W...