Sunroom - my favorite part of the house If you have been reading real estate blogs or following real estate groups for the past few years everyone has been talking about short-term-rentals (AKA STRs, Airbnbs, vacation rentals) and saying it was THE way to make money in real estate. There are trends in everything and real estate is no exception. A few years ago it was flipping, and now it's short-term rentals. As a person who grew in the middle of the US and didn't see the ocean for the first time until I was 19, I really wanted a beach house. I love the beach. My dog loves the beach. My husband hated the beach, but he went with us anyway. It was my dream. And we bought one in 2022. Before we purchased, we looked at properties on several different beaches and I ran the numbers over and over again on individual properties to see what kind of profit/loss we could expect. I read everything I could in online groups about the unforeseen costs and pitfalls. I made budgets for furni...
Living a good life on a low budget while we save for our future.