Bryce DeCora
Washington Data Scraping API - Anyone Else Doing This?
My original plan was to invest solely in Snohomish and King County Washington. I wanted my custom CRM (built with Podio) to have the ability to auto-populate property data found on the county assessor site. This dro...
Anya K.
Non refundable cleaning fee upon move out
Hi BP community,Is anyone charging a non refundable cleaning fee at end of lease or taking one out of the deposit? I am thinking of writing one into my lease. That way at the end of the lease I can line someone up ahe...
Carrie Foley
STR contracts - do you think they are necessary on AirBnB?
I just wanted to see what the STRers out there are doing. I've heard some folks on BP comment that when they are listing their STR on AirBnB (which I'm about to do), they feel comfortable that the legal contracts on A...
Chris Sones
First time landlord story
Hi all,New member here! I thought I'd share my story of my first time renting which has been a huge learning experience. My brother directed me to this site for a reference and I've been reading a little here and ther...
Parker Brand
STR Beach Property in NC
Hi BP Community!
I have been studying the short term vacation market on the North Carolina coast for the last few weeks, particularly Carolina Beach. From in-person chats with STR owners and data from AirBNB/HomeAway...
Cory Ratliffe
Wholesaling in Los Angeles County
Hello Bigger Pockets family, I just started investing and was wondering what type of marketing is working for you in LA County.Please share your success stories of what works best and what i should stay away from. Tha...
Marshall Gerston
Student housing. 4 bedroom house near ASU vs 4 plex elsewhere.
My nephew and several others that I know that are in college rent out an individual room in a 4 bedroom house. The landlord loves it because they have 4 rooms they are renting out rather than one lower price point lea...
Guy Maltais
Where the heck are you guys?!
My situation is as follows. My father and I are partners in this endeavor. He is 65 and retiring from the commercial construction industry after 45 years this coming February. His hands are his greatest assets. He kno...
Derrick Lloyd
Tax Deductions on a Rental Property
Hi all,I recently got my first deal under contract, it is a SFR in St. Louis that will be held as a rental producing positive cash flow. I was wondering what some of the tax deductions I will be able to take are. I ...
Thomas Blue
Cash Flow vs Appreciation: Where did you succeed?
I have been looking at places in Austin as I realize it could appreciate decently well there. But at the same time I see Vegas has so much better cash flow. I realize there are good points to both. So my question i...