All Forum Posts by: Ben McCaleb

Really appreciate everyone's feedback.

My wife and I are closing on a 4 bedroom cabin in the Smoky Mountains later this week (thanks to @Avery Carl). This is our first STR and we are working on getting TV/internet set up.

My question is how many TVs in the cabin do you think we should have receivers for?  There are 2 main/family rooms with TVs and then each bedroom has a TV for a total potential of 6.  Should we have a receiver ($10 per) at every TV or are we ok to just have one in the 2 gathering rooms and then the bedrooms just have Netflix/Amazon/etc. apps.  

I don't want to spend the $40/month for the bedroom receivers if it isn't necessary, but definitely will if its what guests will expect.

@Andrew Postell Thank you, appreciate the welcome.  

@Matthew Porcaro I do own my house now, however its a new construction so no brrrr opportunity there.  

@Zane Zeigler Thank you for the link, I need to start going to some of the meetups.  Networking is definitely not a strength of mine and something I need to work on.  The constant moving has been a result of me pushing to progress within my company, however I have always wanted to own my own business and view real estate as my path to that.  I have the ability to stay here if I would like, it just potentially hinders me continuing up the corporate ladder, which I'm ok with assuming my real estate ventures are progressing.  

@Ryan Blake Thank you, I would be interested in connecting.

Hello all.  I am just getting started in real estate investing and am located in the DFW area, which is also where I intend to make my first buy.  I do have some experience buying, selling, and even briefly renting a house due to moving at least once a year for the past 5 years for work, however that was all due to circumstances and my refusal to rent something myself. 

I am trying to absorb everything I can from the various education opportunities on this site and have also ordered several books which I will start reading as soon as they arrive. My planned strategy for my first buy (based on the little I have been able to learn/read so far) is to employ the brrrr strategy, likely in the Ft. Worth area specifically. My plan is to use cash on hand for the initial purchase and rehab and then to refinance and rent out once completed. I have basically no contacts in the area for the purpose of REI, so looking forward to networking on this site.