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Do you allow pets in your short term rentals? There is good justification whether yes or no. We find it works for us in the summer season but it depends on your risk tolerance as pets can significantly damage your pro...
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Economic Update
(Labor Day Edition)
This crazy bizarre year will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most challenging times of our lives. A worldwide pandemic, social distancing, facemasks, a recession, histori...
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I recently started renting out the MIL at my lake house. It has been a cash COW!!! I have several other houses throughout the area, but they are not lakefront/waterfront or anything. So I'm not sure if they'll get as ...
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Looking for some peoples experience with Condos that were converted to hotels. Lending seems more strict, like more down, higher rates, etc. A lot have managements teams in place, which seems like hotel staff still
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I Received inquires from HA/VRBO for Memorial day weekend within 20 minutes of each other. I have both set at $450/night. The HA/VRBO quote is correct, but AIRBNB quoted $415.25/night. I found where there is a weekly ...
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Hey guys, So I've heard this rumor that the goal in real estate is to actually make money. With that being said I am very confused as to how this deal would make sense to anyone. Now I am still cutting my teeth when ...
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I am 19 and live in Alberta Canada, as my first real estate investment I am going to do a duplex for around $500k with 5% down Owner Occupied loan (Essentially I'm mixing house hacking with BRRRR). I then will do abou...
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Hey BP,
So I just stated my first flip in Chandler Az! Super excited to hit the ground running. Contracts have been signed, closing is set to take place on the 20th of March. As an added bonus, the sellers sold the h...
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I just sold my old personal residence and have a capital gain of 3mm. Instead of paying uncle sam, I decided it would be best to 1031 it into a commercial building. I found a local building that was built in the 70s, ...
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What kind of process do you go through when analyzing deals?
I've been practicing by analyzing 1 deal per day and I have a very general grasp on all the factors that must be taken into account and the process, but I ...