All Forum Posts by: Major Robertson

Using a VA for SEO will simply be them pumping out content. So unless you need then for something else you're looking for writers. If you want actual SEO, it's going to cost more and isn't something your every day VA can do, even if they claim they can. Don't get me wrong writing content is probably the best way to get started with SEO and is very effective. Either way I'd recommend Upwork to find someone. Just make sure you hire someone highly reviewed.

Can you elaborate more on what happened? Why did you go with them in the first place? Your experiences and what you should have done different could help someone here in the future. 

Also the web development and expecially the SEO provider niche is a very overcrowded market. And unfortunately the majority of them are run by people with no experience who were told by a guru this was an easy way to make money.

Before you purchase a SEO service always ask around and make sure they are reputable.

Podio ista popular one. I use it personally and very much like it. I also use DocuSign to do all my paper work online.

I'd use podio standalone before I looked into investor fuse. It might already have the features you need. Investorfuse is very expensive and unless you're doing heavy volume and can't customise podio yourself I'd avoid it. Look for free tutorials online if you need help. 

windows movie maker comes with Windows and is easy to use but very limited. For just adding a sound track it will fit your needs fine.

As for music if you want free you're looking for royalty free music. Here is ine site that provides them. http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/2

If it's a general email every time you can integrate sending emails with a mail client using zapier. 

As for analytics on mail sent you will need a third party tracking system. Mail chimp is good with sending emails to lists as well as providing tracking. Not sure if it's possible to send emails to individual people.

That should be a good start. If you need further help let me know and I'll dig a little deeper for you and give you specifics on how to set something up.

You will need a phone number provider to do that. Google Voice has text and call for free but you can only have one number per account. 

Vumber and grasshopper are both great paid services if you need multiple numbers.

I believe all the services above allow you to text from your phone or computer. I'd see if there's integrations to propertyware with any of them. 

I see you have a number listed. Does that not have texting capabilites? Or are you looking for a property management solution where you're able to text as well.

In the MLS you can do a free form select to get an area you want data for and you can put a time range. You could also use zip codes but it wouldn't be as accurate.

1) price per sqft you can get. To get it over a function of time simply pull multiple reports for different time ranges. 

2) and 3) also exists in the MLS reports you can pull and you'd follow the same steps as 1 to get it as a function over time

4) you can select sold properties on the MLS so that's no problem either. Not sure if the percent is readily there but you can pull all for sale and all sold and divide. Be careful there is a limit to how many addresses you can pull on a single report. You could just look at the results instead of downloading a report.

As for getting this data from other than the MLS, I'd try looking into Zillows APIs and seeing what type of data you can get. It will be a lot more than their UI offers.

If that doesn't work and you don't have access to the MLS then try asking an investor friendly agent to pull some reports for you. Local meet ups are a great way to find one.

If you like homes with history and architecture then you want Old Louisville. It's a little different investing there as older homes (these are 100+ years old) can bring on a lot more expenses than normal. Especially with the historical district mandates. But if you can find one partially renovated or factor in those costs you'll be fine. I own a large 5 bedroom rental there and I'm very happy with it.

I would recommend using UpWork to find one if you insist on a VA. Otherwise I recommend tapping into your local community and hire on an intern who's actually interested in real estate and use them. You will see much better results.