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Hey All,I just used a cash windfall to buy my dream home in San Jose for 1.6M and, as it was very dated inside, I am spending 200K to dramatically upgrade the kitchen, bathrooms and flooring with premium materials an...
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Hello everyone, I’m looking for your thoughts and opinions on naming your STR. Does this help drive business (initial or repeat guests)? How creative do you get? What factors do you consider? Any insights you may h...
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Hello everyone, I'm in need of some guidance. I bought a 5-bedroom, 3-bathroom property in Orlando near Disney World for short-term rentals. It's been a year, and contrary to my initial profit projections, I've been c...
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What is the strangest dream you've ever had related to Real Estate?I have a vacant apartment I am currently renovating. I've been there most days for the past couple weeks. Last night I had a dream that I showed up to...
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I was born and raised in New Jersey but spent time in many other states such as Maryland, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Colorado to name a few but now calls Myrtle Beach my home. I was a loan officer for 6 years and a Real...
"If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world, it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other l...
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Has anyone heard of selling Fully furnished/decorated houses?
This is more a higher end kind of investment, with carefully thought out design (not just mixmatched furniture or things you might find in a hotel or some...
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As an aspiring real estate investor, I attended my first REIA meeting yesterday and it was awesome! So many people came up and talked to me, and gave me business cards and such after the meeting. One thing I quickly r...
My husband and I are trying to start in real estate investing and buy our first STR. This is a dream of ours (mine but he's all in and supportive). It seems every time we attempt to finally make the leap we get shot d...
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My partner (Sandy) and I (Steve) wanted to say hello to everyone and just introduce ourselves and also say thank you for this wonderful forum and all of you're posts. We are new to the forum and new to REI and hope to...