Anna Phillips
Airbnb Property Manager
Hi there! My husband and I are in the process of setting up our first airbnb property in Saratoga Springs, NY! Looking for a reliable property manager if anyone knows of anyone in the area. Also wondering about paymen...
Patrick McGowen
stock investing book suggestions
I know this is real estate forum, but I am looking for good suggestions on stock market investing book(s). I figure suggestions from this group are less likely to follow typical financial advice of buy and hold mu...
Larry Burchett
Debt to Income Ratio
Will building a real estate porfolio of positive cash flowing properties lower my debt to income ratio? And thereby limit my ability to purchase a $1,000,000 2nd home?
I own a primary and 3 positive cash flowing ren...
Franklin Marte
Is it worth it to buy a cheap Class “C” building and renovate?
I saw an apartment building down in Tampa that has 9 units it’s worth $550,000 and it has a cap rate of 11.79% which seems pretty high to me and it looks like a good investment. I’m new to this I don’t know much. I k...
Davartay Miller
Selecting a Property Manager
In my experience as a property manager, the most common question is “What will it cost?” Though many questions come into play when embarking upon selecting a property manager, this is the foundation of conversations b...
James Bolden
Turning existing residential into a rental
I am closing on house this week. The plan is to turn my current residential property into a rental. After 15 years of living in the property, the renovations feel more like upgrades. Does anyone have a rule of thumb...
Jackson Long
Property management and headshots
We are finalizing the website for our new property management company and I wanted some input. We are getting interestingly varied feedback on the bio page and the headshots. So this question goes to, primarily, inv...
Sean Wilt
AirBnb "Family Collection" thoughts? Successes?
We just qualified for AirBnb's "Family Collection" which is supposed to feature our property for those seeking "family friendly" properties. AirBnb does have a button on their filters for trip "type" to where you can...
Craig Teeter
Vacation rentals
Anybody know how vacation rentals are appraised?What the average cap rate would be?
Jennifer Schultz
Deducting expenses this year?
Hi All~I just joined BP, and this is my first post. ;) We started investing in real estate in 2017. My husband and I created a LLC- partnership and have purchased 2 single family homes in 2017 that we are painting ...