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Hello BP family,I was just wondering if the Book on Estimating Rehab Costs is a good buy for someone who is primarily interested in buy and hold investing. I am considering flips in the future but am not ready to make...
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I remember seeing a book years ago that some investor wrote and it literally was every product he put into his rental properties. He had an exact product number and procedure to how his house was going to be fixed up ...
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Hey all, I'm a new real estate investor who currently on the "education phase" of his real estate investing career, I'm hoping to purchase my first property in 2020. I've been attending various real estate meetups...
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Hi All, Is anyone doing direct to guest advertising to book their short term rentals? Any success stories or points to be cognizant of? What's been your experience with it? Curious if anyone is having success going ...
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Newbie Investor from the North Shore of Massachusetts. I am interested in buying and holding multifamily's for cash-flow (but not ruling any strategy out). I am interested in interacting with other like minded people,...
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Hi, everyone! My wife and I have a STR in downtown Wilmington and we're looking to increase weekday bookings - besides just lowering prices on the weekdays. I have already done that and am curious if anyone has implem...
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Hi BP,I just finished reading "The Book on Flipping Houses" by J Scott. I learned some great takeaways and want to continue educating myself on flipping houses. My goal is to buy a second property this year, a fixer-u...
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Bought a house down the CT shore trying to decide if I rent it myself (via VRBO ABNB) or give it to an agent who has area expertise (and multiple rentals). This is my first year owning the house, high demand area. Lo...
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Does anyone ever book "off platform" from VRBO and AirBnB? We have a STR in a ski town and are apart of a Facebook group for that ski mountain and have been asked quite a few times about booking direct. It would save ...
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I am about to go live on my first STR in the North GA Mountains and am planning on using Evolve. Any feedback or recommendations on other PM companies to use?