Hello BP partners.I have recently relocated to Houston. I have begun doing research on building my real estate portfolio via HUD foreclosure homes. Based on my investor education it looks like a HUD experienced realto...
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Anyone had advise on how to do some historic rental rate and occupancy analysis for AirBNB or VRBO. Background .....I have some 3 family buildings in the Weehawken/Hoboken NJ market and under threat of divorce my wife...
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Here in Northern New Jersey, single family inventory is down over 25% from last year and there wasn't exactly a plethora of homes on the market then. This is also happening nationally (http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/24/w...
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Why won't the profile page allow users to enter their profession directly? Do we always have to request support to have this updated? It seems like a lot of extra (unnecessary) work for the staff! I did have my occ...
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Lease guaranty service, has anyone tried this before?
http://www.insurent.com/slpb_ll.shtml
quote from their website:
" For landlords, the Insurent® Program is a unique no-cost method to increase occupancies, elimi...
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I want to offer on a property that I've found but the owner has said that she will take offers that allow her to stay in the property for another month or two into greater consideration than offers that don't.She's a ...
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The short version, with direct questions: I've started analyzing vacation STRs in different areas of Washington state. My efforts are primarily focused in areas near the Hood Canal. I'm really struggling to come up wi...
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Starting Jan 2019, STR in Cape Cod, MA will be imposed occupancy tax, 14.45% in Province Town, 12.45% in Truro and Wellfleet. The tax meant to pass on to vacationers. Do you think this new tax will stop vacationers co...
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I recently made an accepted offer on a condo, approved by a bank, appraisal has been done, and now I am learning of the 51% owner occupancy contingency for the loan as an investor. I believe the units are 50/50 renta...
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Hello,We recently had our first tenant move in after Labor Day weekend! Earlier this week, she asked about adding two occupants to her lease. Currently as is, there are five people (one adult and four kids/teens) livi...