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Hi 👋🏽 My name is Kai.
I'm a content creator based in Los Angeles. I've never owned property but was recently given $500k for a downpayment. It came unexpectedly as a no strings attached gift from a very rich friend ...
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I paid a non-refundable $500.00 fee to lock in a 6.375 % interest rate that me and my lender both signed and then two days later my lender said they cant do that rate and then hiked up the rate to 6.875. I asked for m...
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The SFH is located in Orlando, FL which is normally not a place to hit hurricane often. The SFH was built n 2005 that means the roof is 17 years old. When the hurricane Ian came, though it reduced the force when it ...
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Hello All,I may be selling a triplex in a few months that has an FHA loan attached to it. Note this FHA loan was originated before the June 2013 change that makes PMI last the life of the loan. Instead, since it was...
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So for someone that is not familiar with Airbnb or short term rentals is a property manager with a super host status a good fit? So as a newbie on short term rentals I would probably manage the Property initially less...
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I would like to use a realtor to help lease out my rental property in Richmond, VA. At this time, I am not wanting on-going property management services.If a realtor helps a property owner rent out a property (i.e., m...
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Been investing in a smaller town and just moved back to the Dallas/Fort Worth market.
Based on the last few months, it feels like the housing market here is over priced and hyped with investors buying up properties ...
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Dear "Last sanity check"
This is coming from someone who joined about 4 weeks ago.
I didn't join for the content, I joined for the network.
That said, I'm not sure why you'd need to find ACTUAL results, those are p...
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Hi all! I am going into escrow for my first STR purchase (yay!) that is an existing Airbnb with future bookings into the year already. Ideally, I would prefer to capture their existing bookings after closing, by direc...
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Hi All,
New to this forum... And a new "potential" investor to boot...
I'm in the process of purchasing a 6 unit property (target closing date is in Jan2008). So I don't actually own the building yet... Right now, I...