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We just completed one year of business in our first STR. We are in NE Ohio, a few minutes from Lake Erie. Surprisingly, we averaged 57% occupancy for the year. It's a 3 bedroom/2 bath rental, so it does great for fami...
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My fiance and I bought our first STR last year and rented on AirBNB/VRBO throughout the year. We are both W2 employees so we should be pretty simple.We bought the STR as a vacation home and do go sometimes ourselves ...
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My wife and I recently closed on our second property. We purchased a house in 2017, lived there for a year, then purchased another house that we are owner occupying while house hacking through STR and renting out our ...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $680,000
Cash invested: $25,000
I purchased this property as my primary residence in August of 2021 with my wife. ...
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Hello All,My fiancé and I refinanced our home (in NH) in November '20 (after purchasing in Nov '19). She is an RN and looking to take a travel nursing position for the Summer months which would leave our home vacant. ...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Friendship.
Purchase price: $368,000
Cash invested: $73,600
This is our dream vacation home on 100' lake frontage of Castle Rock ...
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Hello BP:I've been wholesaling probate properties around Atlanta for about a year however I'm looking to purchase my first multi-family property in 2019. I've been attracted to the idea of forced appreciation that mul...
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I purchased a 22 unit apartment building summer of 2018. The past owner did self management and was lax and inconsistent with any type of policy. He has been visiting the property and seems to be advising tenants on...
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Hi All, I am new to the Bigger Pockets forums and would like to say hi!My family and I are currently looking to purchase our first of, hopefully, many multifamily rental properties. We have begun looking in Ontario, ...
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Purely anecdotal, it seems like homes aren't being snatched up as quickly as they were 6 months ago. Thoughts?