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We're planning on relocating from IL to the Daytona Beach, Florida (Ormond Beach, Port Orange, New Smyrna) area this summer. I'm headed to DAB mid-April to look at some potential personal homes, but I'd also like to l...
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Hi all, my name is Tom Pollard I'm currently a buy and hold investor in Fort Walton Beach, FL. In the past year I've purchased a couple REOs and managed to get one rehabbed and rented out while the second is on hold...
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Do you buy, own, or are you interested in Vacation Rentals? How many do you own? How long have you been in the business, etc.? Feel free to tag others that you know that are in VR niche, or thinking about it. Most imp...
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Hey everyone. I've been listening to the BP podcast for a while now and decided it's time to start getting myself educated a bit more here in the forums. I'm a retired Pastor who is now an online entrepreneur, running...
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Can't find out why real estate is considered riskier than stocks. Is it only because of liquidity risk? Trying to buy second vacation home, so need to sell off stocks. Am I jumping from the frying pan into the fire?...
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Hello big pocketers :-),I am new here and am looking for some insights into the world of real estate investing from a rental property perspective. I am trying to assess 2 things:
1) Which markets would be a good fi...
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Curious if anyone on the forum has had any issues with using Knox or know anyone who has used them? Call me old fashion but it feels like not everything can be done to professionally manage a property from Boston (Kno...
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HI BP,My husband and I are seriously looking into purchasing a STR and vacation home in the North Carolina mountain area. We currently live about 4.5-5.5 hours away depending on where we purchase the property, so we w...
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We are new to the STR business, having just purchased a 5br 3ba home in Sevierville/Pigeon Forge, TN area. The home has been doing well as vacation rental for 15 years prior to our purchase, but we are making some imp...
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Have access to a healthy amount of capital and I'm looking for larger scale, high end short term rentals that make sense. Thinking in the $2MM-$3MM range.What are some of the best destinations with sufficient rental ...