Account Closed
Airbnb Business Advice You Wish You Had Known From The Beginning
Hey,For those of you who operate Airbnb's and other short term rentals or vacation rentals what advice do you wish you would have had earlier when you first got started?I think a few good ones are structuring your bus...
Alex Black
Management Company forgot to get signed lease - Columbia, SC
I have a 5 bedroom rental property that I rent to local college kids where the lease terms generally runs from Aug. 1 to July 31. Because I'm renting to students, we start looking for tenants for the upcoming August i...
Account Closed
Realtors not responding
How do you deal with realtors that just dont respond? I am now a licensed agent and I can't imagine being this unresponsive. I am trying to purchase a commercial property and Ive had such bad luck with agents, mind yo...
Lesley Resnick
Is this a SCAM? Lease option sub-let
I have a 2 properties for sale, see market place. I have gotten 4 phone calls this week from people who want to lease my property with an option and sub-let it? None of them are local or know the area. They said th...
Account Closed
my flipping reality
I ordered a book lately on RE investing from Amazon, and the guru started out with the typical hype, selling the sizzle and not the steak. You know, the whole, imagine yourself living the dream, not having to work,...
Marvin Meng
How do you collect rent?
Actually, the title says it all. Right now I'm using a PO box that everybody mails their rent to. But late rent is getting blamed on the Post Office (which is possible). It seems like the 2020 there should be better o...
Justin Lentz
Newbie Investor - Long Distance Rental Investing
Hello BiggerPockets!My name is Justin, I am new to real estate investing and I am excited to contribute to the BP community. I am based in San Francisco and I am originally from Tampa, FL. Given the expensive nature o...
Ryan Spearman
Owning gold as a reserve
I’m a big fan of cash reserves. The covid outbreak has only emphasized this. The problem with cash is that if you have any form of debt it literally costs you money to hold cash. To get around this I have a big line o...
Ruchik Gandhi
Analyzing rental properties in northern NJ
Hello everyone,
I am new to the real estate journey with a focus on the northern NJ market. Reaching out to other investors: one thing I have noticed is that it is impossible to achieve positive rental cashflow at 8...
Drew Hoffos
Baby Steps or Home Run?
Hi Friends! Thank you all so much in advance for taking time to give your advice. My wife and I are looking to deploy between $180-$220k into investment properties. We live in Southern California. Our initial plan wa...