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All Forum Posts by: Nicholas D'Andrea

Nicholas D'Andrea has started 17 posts and replied 55 times.

Post: Critique my MTR listing

Nicholas D'AndreaPosted
  • Accountant
  • Philadelphia
  • Posts 58
  • Votes 28

Hey BP community,

I just posted my MTR on FurnishedFinder. I’d love some recommendations on what I should add/remove. Thanks for the feedback! 

https://www.furnishedfinder.co...

Post: Google Sheet importxml with Zillow and Redfin

Nicholas D'AndreaPosted
  • Accountant
  • Philadelphia
  • Posts 58
  • Votes 28

@Dave Meyer do you know above?

Post: Google Sheet importxml with Zillow and Redfin

Nicholas D'AndreaPosted
  • Accountant
  • Philadelphia
  • Posts 58
  • Votes 28

Does anyone know how to get the importxml function to work with Google Sheets? Tried some YouTube videos and have been unsuccessful. Trying to use the function to pull the estimated value of my properties from redfin and Zillow to average the two for a better estimate.

Post: Utilities: Who pays?

Nicholas D'AndreaPosted
  • Accountant
  • Philadelphia
  • Posts 58
  • Votes 28

I have in my lease tenant splits utilities with my. Use excel (i.e. so let's say there's 3 individuals living in the home, divide total bills by amount of people in the home. Pay your bills on a credit card and get either rewards/cash back out of it.) Feel free to DM me.

Post: House hacking, best way to get roommate/ tenants?

Nicholas D'AndreaPosted
  • Accountant
  • Philadelphia
  • Posts 58
  • Votes 28
Quote from @Ryan Thomson:
Quote from @Nicholas D'Andrea:
Quote from @Ryan Thomson:

I have had a ton of luck with apartments.com (they bought Cozy). I list my rooms for rent here and then they put the listing on several of their affiliate sites. I get a couple interested leads a day.

Apartments.com is also where I have tenants fill out a background and credit check, set up automated rent payments, and upload renter's insurance. It's pretty sweet and free for me.

I also have some nice auto messages I use to do the initial "screen" to save my time from the tire kickers and the "is it still available" annoyers.


 How are you posting on apartments.com for the house hack? I've tried and get denied.


Hmmmm. I'm not doing anything special that I know of. I create a property. Then I create 4 bedrooms for that property. Then I create an opening for that bedroom  and apartments.com pushes it to all of its affiliate sites. 


 FYI - Just got off the phone w/ apartments.com and they no longer allow rent by the room.

Post: House hacking, best way to get roommate/ tenants?

Nicholas D'AndreaPosted
  • Accountant
  • Philadelphia
  • Posts 58
  • Votes 28
Quote from @Ryan Thomson:

I have had a ton of luck with apartments.com (they bought Cozy). I list my rooms for rent here and then they put the listing on several of their affiliate sites. I get a couple interested leads a day.

Apartments.com is also where I have tenants fill out a background and credit check, set up automated rent payments, and upload renter's insurance. It's pretty sweet and free for me.

I also have some nice auto messages I use to do the initial "screen" to save my time from the tire kickers and the "is it still available" annoyers.


 How are you posting on apartments.com for the house hack? I've tried and get denied.

Post: House Hack - Renting By The Room

Nicholas D'AndreaPosted
  • Accountant
  • Philadelphia
  • Posts 58
  • Votes 28

I house hack rent by the room in Philly, shoot me a DM if you have any questions.

Post: Where to advertise

Nicholas D'AndreaPosted
  • Accountant
  • Philadelphia
  • Posts 58
  • Votes 28

@Mohammed Rahman I currently house hack. As I am looking for another tenant (I have tenant turnover for one room) I have not had any luck finding a quality tenant.  

Post: Where to advertise

Nicholas D'AndreaPosted
  • Accountant
  • Philadelphia
  • Posts 58
  • Votes 28
Quote from @Brad Jacobson:

Facebook Marketplace is usually the only place I need to advertise. I've found it to be way more effective than Craigslist, MLS, Realtor.com, or whatever.

Are you sure your pricing is in line with the market?  Maybe Philly has less demand but in my market, house-hacks at the right price get scooped up really quick.

Good luck!


 Most people don't have a W2. I have 2 rooms rented which is paying mortgage/insurance/taxes but I have a third room I'm trying to capitalize on.

Post: Where to advertise

Nicholas D'AndreaPosted
  • Accountant
  • Philadelphia
  • Posts 58
  • Votes 28

I guess I don't want to sounds like a pretentious prick but I'm getting only ghetto people who sells shoes, day trade, etc. Room is below market rent but was more looking for a larger sample size compared to just Facebook, craigslist. Apartments.com doesn't allow by the room anymore..