The Mistake I Made With A Mid-Term Rental Opportunity
May 25, 2026 | 3.5 Minute Read I love mid-term rentals. These are guests who stay 30 days or longer at one of our properties, and they have become one of the best strategies for maximizing occupancy and reducing operational costs in our short-term rental business. With mid-term guests, we typically get: 100% occupancy for […]
The Truth About Cash Flow Rentals
May 18, 2026 | 5.5 Minute Read Years ago, I bought a rental property that easily passed the “2% Rule.” The monthly rent was more than 2% of the purchase price, which many investors view as a strong indicator of cash flow. I still lost money on the deal. That experience taught me an important […]
Cash Flow Mistakes You Need to Avoid
May 11, 2026 | 4.5 Minute Read Whether you invest in real estate actively or passively, the same core risks can destroy your cash flow. Some mistakes simply reduce returns. Others can wipe out profits entirely—or even sink the deal altogether. Here are eight major risks every investor should pay attention to before putting money […]
How I Cut Risk and Boosted Cash Flow to $11K Monthly
May 4, 2026 | 3.5 Minute Read In May 2025, we hit a point where we had to make some clear, strategic decisions. The market felt uncertain. Interest rates were unpredictable. At the same time, we were dealing with multiple vacancies from tenant turnovers, and several of our short-term rentals weren’t producing the way we […]
Stop Chasing Airbnb Superhost Status
April 20, 2026 | 2 Minute Read The past week brought several interesting developments with my short-term rental portfolio. One was positive and expected. The other was a painful reminder that operating short-term rentals comes with risks—even when bookings come through Airbnb. I regained Airbnb Superhost status, which I had lost earlier this year. Yay […]
Airbnb Guest Trashed My Property. Here’s What Airbnb Paid
April 13, 2026 | 4 Minute Read Back on February 23rd, I wrote about an incident titled “When an Airbnb Guest Trashed One of Our Properties.” The guest had originally booked the property through an insurance relocation company. These types of bookings are fairly common in the mid-term rental space. They typically occur when someone […]
When Sellers Overvalue Rental Properties
March 23, 2026 | 2 Minute Read I will be honest. It’s a tough time to acquire rentals as a buy and hold investor. Many sellers—including investors and their agents—are insisting on selling at or near appraised value, regardless of whether the property needs significant capital improvements. Trying to explain realistic investor pricing in this […]
Why Investors Are Buying Townhomes
March 23, 2026 | 2 Minute Read We currently own almost 15 acres of land in Birmingham, just north of downtown about 10 miles in Center Point. Back in 2018, we purchased this land for almost nothing with the goal of building both a townhome and garden home development — both already fully zoned for […]
Here’s What Happened After I lost Airbnb Superhost Status
March 16, 2026 | 4 Minute Read As many of you know, we’ve been operating short-term rentals for four years now. We launched our first property in March 2022. At one point, we had 16 short-term rentals. But volume doesn’t always equal profitability. Seven of those properties didn’t meet our revenue targets, so we converted […]
The Refinance That Boosted Our Cash Flow 50%
March 9, 2026 | 2.5 Minute Read This past Friday, we completed a refinance of 16 properties that were previously spread across three different portfolios with multiple lenders, consolidating them into one loan. The original loans were 5/1 ARMs at 4.5%, scheduled to reset in early 2027. Our new interest rate is 6.375%, which is […]