All Forum Posts by: Kimberly N.

Anyone have experience with short term rentals as in Airbnb & VBRO? What are the benefits to one over the other?

TY for all the info! 

I am seeing many post they are waiting on an accepted offer prior to actually seeing the property first hand. How can this be beneficial other than beating another investor to the punch if you will? I have looked at 2 places in particular that would have been disastrous had I purchased prior to seeing them, as the pictures only show the best parts of the homes. Do you make really low ball offers & pray for the best? I am also not understanding how you can back out of a deal after it's accepted & find these type issues. Are you offering earnest moneys with these offers? Can someone please elaborate on this as well?

Thank you!

I am also having this same problem but not due to a contractor delay. The best houses are selling so fast, you can't even get into see them at all before they have a pending offer/sale! One I saw this morning, was pending a sale in less than 6 hours!

Hello all! I am Kimberly, a newbie with a full time job & Intensely looking for my first house to flip. My husband is a licensed electrician & general can do a lot of other projects type handyman & we will be doing the work between our "day jobs". Since our budget to start this adventure is small, most  of the potential homes we are finding are very old & have fireplaces. I have seen several homes that have already been flipped where they boarded up the fireplace area & painted it, etc. What is recommended in the way of rehabbing a fireplace? The market here doesn't seem to appreciate fireplaces anymore as most have Central H & A. Thank you in advance for your expertise!