What are the rules around purchasing a property using a second home/vacation property mortgage (10% down) and renting it out?  What I've found so far is the property has to be self-managed for the first year and you e...

What burning 🔥 questions do you have about medium-term (30+ day) rentals? Drop all your questions below and 30-Day Stay authors, Sarah Weaver and Zeona McIntyre will answer them live on:
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Hello, my husband and I just got our vacation home started early this month. We've listed on Airbnb, VRVO/HomeAway, Flipkey/TripAdvisor and booking.com. so far all we've gotten are Airbnb guests. Which one is better...

For long term rentals its the 1% rule (for me anyway).I've read that a good metric for STRs is whether a monthly mortgage payment equals a weeks worth of revenue.Which financial metric do you use to filter your list o...

Hello! I'm relocating to Outer Banks, North Carolina to take part in a super hot Airbnb market, and I'm looking for investors to fund my first deal there. I'm interested in an equity split in exchange for setting up a...

Hi Guys. I recently went through my first turnover and used Rentalutions.com for the whole re-renting process. I want to share my review of the service for anyone that might be considering it.Executive Summary: Rental...

Whether it’s through mortgages, student loans, or credit card debt, nearly everyone (especially real estate investors!) is in the note business. The trouble is, most people are on the other side of it: writing checks ...

Getting a lot of mid-term requests through AirBNB. Any drawbacks to doing monthly+ rentals through them, instead of through a company like Zillow that includes an application and lease agreement?Do I need a lease for ...

I have three listings and several more in process, so selfishly, I wanted to start a thread where we comment on off the shelf software tools and best practices for managing listings when you have several or many.  Let...

In doing due dil on a newly released tape of junior liens,  I see several properties on this  that are listed by Zillow as being already sold. I have several questions related to this circumstance.1) Why are these ta...