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Hey all,
I'm new here and new to real estate investing. I just figured I'd say hi. I'm looking hopefully by next summer being able to buy my first house as a primary residence within the Pittsburgh area. I figured I...
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Greetings investors. I'm curious if anyone has ever developed a business plan which outlines the potential vacation rental income for a short term rental and presented it to a lender or fellow investor? Was it succe...
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Sorry if this is something that has been asked a million times before. I did a forum search and couldn't find a good answer. Full disclosure, I know nothing about mobile homes and just wanted to get a quick "yes" or "...
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Hello - we are buying a cabin in Big Bear Lake, CA, and will be renting it short term to help offset some costs. Although we are a 2+ hour drive away, its not totally convenient to zip over there easily to take care ...
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I'm looking to potentially write an article on vacation rentals and would love to talk with some folks about their experiences with vacation rentals. If this is you, jump in this thread and let us know a brief version...
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We’ve got one tenant smoking weed in their apartment regularly. We’ve told them to quit, left nice notes, and have had the sheriff knock on their door (didn’t answer even though they were home). How do we get them to ...
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Hey everyone. I'm curious if anyone out there does what I am thinking about doing. I know house hacking typically means buying a house and bringing in roommates to pay the mortgage, but my idea is a slight variation ...
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So for my next place, I would love to find a spot that has student rentals during the year and short term rentals during the summer. Newport and Narragansett are the two targets right now. The problem is the prices ar...
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Hello BP community I'm just starting out on my journey and I am interested in investing in rental properties including vacation rentals. I have read "the book on rental property investing" and a few other books as wel...
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We have 5 vacation rentals in the same area (GSMNP) and 90% of our guests are first time users of Airbnb/VRBO (lets face it any other platform is worthless). The first timers are annoying and the people with 50 review...