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I'm hoping someone can give me advice on whether or not purchasing a 3rd home to do a guest suite rental would be a good idea, given our current situation.My husband and I own two houses: One in Vancouver WA and one i...
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I have a modest, newer modular home that i was unable to sell within about 6 or so months, so, i decided to rent so that i could have some money to pay the mortage.
Recently, the renters, after about 2-3 yrs have had...
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Hello. Today, VRBO started collecting all taxes for my area (Collier County, FL which is 12% in total). I received a booking and see that they are taking their fee off of the entire booking including taxes (for refe...
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I have a cousin who self manages several Airbnbs but he doesn’t have much free time and several clients trying to decide how to use their multi family properties. STRs do well here in Alaska, but that’s also when we w...
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My wife and I just got AC installed in our rental and the technician said to change the filter every month. Is it really necessary to change the filter every month? I've only ever changed it about 2 times a year on ou...
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I own a rental in High Desert area (Victorville) of Southern California. My tenants did not pay August rent so my property manager served them with the 3-day notice to Pay or Quit. They did not pay so we had to procee...
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Hi everyone,
I've been browsing around the Bigger Pockets forum for a few months but just registered a couple weeks ago. A few years ago I talked with someone who owned more than 50 rental properties and occ...
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I'm new to the STR game with 2 rentals, and they've gotten to where they are requiring a fair amount of input. One is in our front yard, the other is about 45 minutes away. I'm a firefighter, and can generally handl...
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Hey folks. I'm closing soon on a cabin in western NC that has a good HomeAway rental history. Unfortunately, their official policy is that you are not alllowed to transfer a listing to a new owner. The current owner i...
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I closed on my first investment property on the 6th this month. a couple of days later I listed it for rent. Since then Ive had dozens of calls but only 2 people have shown up for a tour of the property and 4 people h...