Jonathan Gruber
Real estate professional on short terms while using management company?
Can you still be considered a real estate professional while using a management company for AirBnB? I want to use the losses to offset my W2 income. Thanks
Jay S.
Vacation Rental Cleaning & Maintenance
I want to purchase vacation rental property in Florida. I have an understanding of how to manage the marketing of the property myself. What I struggle with is how to manage the cleaning, laundry, and maintenance of ...
Brandon Magierowski
Murfreesboro, TN -- what neighborhoods to focus on / avoid ?
My partner and I are multi-family investors but live in areas where investing is difficult. We are looking to invest some capital into some smaller, stable, multi-unit apartments (5-20 units) with short term rental po...
Ashlyn Longobardi
Catskill Rental Property Investments
I grew up in Catskill, NY and moved out of the area, but I am not looking to invest in rental properties - buy and hold (will consider air B&B if the location is right) back in my hometown and looking for some adv...
Juan Perez
Turning a Primary Residence into a Rental
Greetings,
My first home was paid off over a year ago, and I am now living in my recently purchased 2nd home. I have been renting out the first home to a family member under no official contract, but i want to establ...
Jonathan Conaghan
AirBNB is asking Congress to step in and provide relief for STRs
The following link from Business Insider discusses proposed relief that AirBNB has asked Congress to implement in light of policy changes they have made impacting property owners revenue. https://www.businessinsider.c...
Brendon K.
Exit clause for a beginner who can't find a buyer
I live in an area that has houses that cost several degrees higher than my personal budget for investing. They say that you can start wholesaling anywhere in the world, I'd like to see if I can test that. Everyone I'v...
Russell Goldenbroit
Rental Property Tax Savings for the Passive Investors
Hi Community Newbie to the community looking to get started in rental properties. I've heard of people using rental properties to lower their taxable income but I'm not clear how this is possible. From what I'm gath...
Ryan Pritchard
Trash Can Moving
Hi BP Family,I am exploring the short term rental market and was planning to self manage the property. One question that keeps coming up is how to handle the trash cans? I don't want my guests having to show up to a h...
Jasmin Garcia
Calculating Cap rate for a real estate property abroad
Hello,
I am considering buying a real estate property in Cancun, Mexico and renting it as an airbnb. I tried calculating the cap rate but because the house price is so low (being bought in pesos) it's throwing off th...