Interesting concept from the founder of Zillow where there is fractional ownership and flexible use of previously pipe dream homes.  While this currently isn't primed for investors, the financing aspect of proportiona...

Mornin' BP. I'm new to the site and new to REI but this community has been fantastic already. Quick background. MD raised, residing in Fort Worth, TX now. USAFA grad, spent several years deploying and flying for the A...

Howdy All,I've recently been focusing on seller financing models and the determination of a maximum allowable offer. My commercial lender will provide up to 75% LTV and will allow the seller to carry back the differen...

Fellow investors: it is so annoying to rehab a cash- or hard-money-purchased rental then have to wait six months before doing a traditional/conventional/conforming/Fannie/Freddie cash-out refi.  I know that I could ju...

I was listening to the Money Podcast, Finance-Friday edition earlier this week. @ScottTrench mentioned having adequate amounts in reserve for a rental property. I close on my first property on Wednesday the 17th. The ...

So in short, I wanted to make an offer on a property sooner than later. I had asked the lender (by phone call and email) I had worked with recently for a refinance. After waiting approx. 1.5 days without a reply, I as...

We are trying to find a good market for a long term buy and hold SFR 3/2 and looking to get something around 100k using traditional financing in at least a B- neighborhood.  The numbers don't make sense in our market ...

Does anyone have any experience with short term rentals (resorts)? Do you manage it yourself or hired somebody?

Thanks,
J.

I am interested in hearing opinions on investing in a college town these days. 
For those of you that have rentals in college towns:
1. What sort of impacts has COVID made to your business (good or bad)
2. What pit...

Is there room to negotiate when buying turnkey properties?