Calling All BP RE Experts! What is everyone asking you about?

[Wesley Sherow]

Bigger Pockets Community! 

Social media is such an important tool to grow in Real Estate. As some others on the forums have done already, I'm making a social media strategy to start posting content and building my personal brand, as well as anyone on the BP community who wants to go deeper into the social media rabbit hole.

Here's a google doc where I'll be posting everything we learn from the community:
Want to collaborate more closely with me? Reach out and I'll add you to the google doc. 

Here's the list as of 9/12/22 at 12:02pm. I'll add anyone's recommended additions every day by midnight! 

• First time buyers
  • Buying your first investment
  • How to select a first investment
  • How to underwrite a first investment
  • Finding a good realtor
  • Finding a good broker
  • Finding a good attorney
  • Finding a good contractor
  • Finding a good property manager
  • Finding a good landscaper, HVAC, etc etc
  • Finding your first investors
  • Benefiting from economies of scale
  • First time buyers of large multifamily
  • Large versus small multifamily portfolios
  • House hacking your first investments
  • Using your FHA loan for your first purchase
  • Value of appreciation
  • Value add versus turn key investments
  • Long distance purchasing, pitfalls, benefits
  • Good debt versus bad debt
  • Difference between being a passive or active investor
  • Alternative ways to get into real estate, REITs, syndicates, groups
  • How to address risk in investments
  • It’s okay to lose money when you’re starting out
• Mortgages
  • High interest rates, low interest rates
  • Picking a lender
  • Different types of loans
  • How to safely use debt to grow quickly
  • Good debt versus bad debt
  • Hard money loans
  • Value of a good broker
• Contracting
  • Project updates, in person shoots of renovations
  • Before/after show and tell projects
  • Learning experiences
  • Story time! Nightmare contracting stories.
  • Anyone can be a contractor, buyer beware
• Short term rental
  • Property management softwares
  • Listing on multiple platforms
  • Tips to success
  • Story time! Nightmare guests, and how I dealt with them.
  • Story time! Other learning experiences.
  • Designing tips for what guests look for nowadays.
  • Finding a good designer
  • FInding a good str property manager
  • Dealing with refunds
  • Dealing with claims
  • Tips to reviewing tenants, and why to always review
  • SEO, optimizing your ranking on listing websites
• Market Making
  • Becoming an expert on one small market, and scaling
  • How to pick a spot to purchase the best value add property in any market
• Niche Investing
  • Historic properties, tax incentives
  • Opportunity zones
• Off-Market Deal making
  • How to find off market deals
• Underwriting
  • Tips to underwriting deals
  • Underwrite light, then underwrite heavy once in contract
  • It takes 100 deals to find the ONE you start with
• Ethics & REI
  • Types of people in real estate (they’re all main characters)
  • Being good
  • Small towns, and reputations
• Mentors
  • What is a good mentor?
  • The kind of mentor a new investor needs, versus a seasoned one
• Milestone Topics (Basics)
  • Buying anniversary
  • Client appreciation
  • Client closing
  • Client testimonials
  • Community events
  • Community service
  • Employee spotlights
  • Holiday posts
  • Contests/giveaways
  • Market information
  • Just sold, purchased, refinanced
    

Happy deal hunting everyone!