William Luke Laity
What do appraisers look at?
If there are any appraisers out there, or people familiar with how they are done:
What are all the things that are looked at when determining the value of a home?
Lisa Hill
Selling a house to reinvest in multiple properties
We bought a small house in San Jose that we outgrew. At the time we couldn’t offload it so saved for a second house. We rented it for a time and have used it as a very successful Airbnb since 2015. Now we have abou...
Ryan Donohue
Inherited Tenants Have Rent Rate From 5+ Years Ago
Hey BP, So I'm about to close on my first ever property the end of the week, yay! It's a two family in Northern New Jersey and I will be living in the top unit. The tenants are both month to month and I had to give n...
Drew Cameron
Mortgage strategies
I recently came across a new strategy that I don't quite understand and it sounds too good to be true. The principal is simple. Use your heloc to pay your mortgage and funnel all your funds in and out of it like a che...
George Chung
Tired of San Francisco and Oakland rental
Purchased a 6 UNIT building two blocks away from lake Merritt for $1.56M. Put down 780k and now I am cash flowing at barley $2000/month net.
I would love to invest in out of state but have no connections.
Joseph Ball
How I hire virtual assistants
How I have set up a small company, with Virtual Assistants.Here is exactly how I do it.Why do I like to work with VA’s?I enjoy the “hands-off” way this works. I assign each VA a narrow, very specific task. I don’t hav...
Blaine Suque
Yucca Valley STVR very slow!
Hello BP community! Just wanted to get some thoughts from others that may be having the same issues. My Yucca Valley STR has been pretty booked since last September when we first listed. We have gained super host sta...
Andrew C.
Can't Get Numbers to Work for AirBnb
Hi all,Please go easy on me I'm more of a long-term investor but I wanted to dip my toes into the AirBnb pond by taking on my first property:House = $20kSeptic = $7.5kWell = $10kSeptic Plan = $1.5kBuilding Permit = $1...
Ariel Goldenberg
Airdna and ways to predict short term rental profitability
Hello allI'm doing my research toward my first short term rental. It's going to be an entire house, 3-4 bedrooms. Can someone share his experience with airdna as a tool to analyze a market? How reflective of the real...
Taylor Bennett
Military Town Investing
I am a new broker in a predominately military area, Fayetteville, NC. What is everyones take on investing in these areas?
What do you feel is the best strategies for homes in military towns?
Thanks!