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From my 12 listings last year I had 37% of our reservations come from Airbnb. With high fees and the grip Airbnb has around your neck my goal for 2024 is to get it down below 25%. At the same time, I want to take dire...
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I've been using Cozy for rental applications and rent collection for years. Now that Apartments.com own Cozy, I've already stopped using their application functionality and I'm worried about how rent collection will b...
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Generating Leads:
First, things first: (1) there are opportunities available on the market, (2) you do not need to become best friends with a real estate agent BUT you do need to have your stuff together; before you ...
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So there is a property I’ve been eyeing and we’ve been contemplating doing an AirBnB/Short Term Rental. Primarily we’re looking at the bigger markets, like the Smokies. However I’ve come across a little property close...
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Not exactly a mobile home park topic but figured this forum fit the bill closer than any of the others. I'm considering buying a 4 acre tract (thinking 30 spaces) within the city limits to house construction workers f...
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I'm new for land investment and would like to start bidding land online. Has anyone had this experience and is it worthy to invest in land? I'm in California and wondering does it make sense to invest land in other st...
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Hello, my name is Jesse and I'm brand spanking new to biggerpockets. I first became interested in investing in real estate at a young age, when a package belonging to the owner of my parent's house was mistakenly sent...
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Hey everybody,I've been lurking around the site for a while now and figured it's time I said hello.My wife and I bought our first home (a fixer upper in Seattle) in 2013. We didn't really buy it with a plan, other tha...
Hello,
My friend brought me to this site and after debating, I decided to join. I've only been here for a few days and I have already many things about the market. I have 5 years of mortgage experience but that is th...
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Just curious if anyone has any experience running a short term rental in a freelance type of way. Meaning you do your own marketing and booking without the airbnb or VRBO platforms? Is that even possible? Pros or cons...