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Hey everyone! I am doing research for a house hacking project and need some stories of fellow house hackers. Could you please reply to this thread with your house hacking story?Please include your location, strategy (...
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Attention skeptical wannabe landlords who think there is NO WAY rental property expenses run 40-50% of income, or that rent minus PITI = cashflow. This post is for you:I always dread the first few hot days of summer....
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Hi all,I am a little curious what veteran STR people think about the current market- specifically, VACATION ONLY MARKETS. By vacation only markets, I mean places where basically nobody is moving for a primary residenc...
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People who have their job or career that can support their families, and who invest on the side in real estate, seem more resistant to market corrections. Yet it seems like the “thing to do” is to leave the job marke...
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Myself and a partner have a SFH under contract in St. Louis, MO (this is a long-distance transaction) that we intend to purchase as a buy and hold. We just learned yesterday that they were unable to do the municipal i...
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I live out of state and she has been managing my 3 investments for several years. Even when they are fully rented, I rarely show any positive cash flow, rather I just stay afloat after mortgages are paid! I feel like ...
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So we're a few flips in now and we've only used IKEA cabinets with the soft close hinges. They look good and work well but our contractors hate them due to the assembly time. We're probably getting dinged by the contr...
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Hello guys.
This site has been very helpful for me and encouraged me to start as an investor.
Again, thank you for responses and I am looking forward to get some again.
Typically, the more urbaniz...
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To any LLs who rent to people who are working class but pay their own, unsubsidized rent: be advised that you should build up some cash reserves. New England Journal of Medicine just published a case report of the di...
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BP is great place. The world in general is not. Over the last year I have listened to all the BP podcasts, those guests who succeed are showered with praise and emulation. That's why we are here, we want to be like th...