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Oct 28, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Peter Giardini

The Plight of an Accidental Landlord: Tips & Advice

If you hang out on the BiggerPockets forums you know that at least once a week a brand new landlord… mostly a person who was forced into the landlord role…

Oct 13, 2010Jan 27, 2024 Julie Broad

How to Hire and Manage a Property Manager for Your Rentals

As a long distance landlord there have been far too many days where I felt like the saying “You can’t live with them, but you can’t live without them” is…

Oct 07, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Shae Bynes

5 Strategies To Get Early And On-Time Rent Payments

A common problem for landlords is collecting on-time rent payments. Personally, I don’t mind late payments because I enjoy making the extra $50-100 per month but generally speaking you want…

Oct 06, 2010Mar 16, 2021 J Scott

The New Landlord Checklist

After years of doing rehabs, I’ve just purchased my first long-term rental property and put it on the market a few days ago… In preparation, I’ve spent a tremendous amount…

Oct 01, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Peter Giardini

Tenants: Customers or Scum?

A couple of weeks ago there was a posting on the Bigger Pockets forum where the poster described their tenants as SCUM… (don’t go looking for that discussion, it has…

Sep 16, 2010Jun 05, 2024 Shae Bynes

Storytelling is Powerful for your Real Estate Business

Tell me a fact and I’ll learn. Tell me a truth and I’ll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever. -Unknown Did you…

Aug 12, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Shae Bynes

Six Essential Items Every Real Estate Investor Should Keep in the Car

Maybe this seems like a silly topic to write about, but a couple missed opportunities over the past week made me realize that this is an important topic for new…

Aug 11, 2010Feb 17, 2024 J Scott

Is Your Realtor a GREAT Real Estate Agent?

There’s a BiggerPockets forum thread going on this week that addresses the issue of realtors, and whether they are worth their fee when selling your investment property. While I’m not…

Jul 26, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Justin McClelland

How to Put Symbols in Craigslist Titles

For those of you who frequent Craigslist, I’m sure as your eyes have scoured the listings they were attracted to the ads that were in CAPS and the ads that…

Jun 03, 2010Mar 16, 2021 Shae Bynes

To Yellow Letter or Not to Yellow Letter? A Marketing Primer

If you’ve been involved in real estate investing for any reasonable amount of time, you probably have heard about the yellow letter marketing technique. The Yellow Letter Explained Here’s a…

May 26, 2010Mar 16, 2021 J Scott

Are You Sure Your Independent Contractors Really Are?

As a real estate investor — and especially if you’re a house flipper — you will no-doubt be hiring a lot of independent contractors to support your business. And I’m…

May 19, 2010May 30, 2024 J Scott

Finding Your Accountant. How Can a CPA Help Your Real Estate Business?

I’m always a bit concerned when I read an email or a forum post by a new investor asking about how he should structure his business, how he should prepare…

Apr 14, 2010Mar 16, 2021 J Scott

6 Rules for Managing Your Contractors

In my opinion, the most difficult aspect of being a first-time house flipper is managing your contractors. Perhaps it’s because I came into this business with no construction experience, or…