All Forum Posts by: Sasha Josephs

@Joe Casiz

Here’s some sources for market research

Zillow and Redfin for historical sales data

Driving the neighborhoods and attending open houses

The US census for income and employment data etc

Municipal website for list of employers

@Ryan Deasy

Thanks for sharing!

At what point did you feel ready to rehab a property outside of your local area? Did you do rehabs in your own area before?

How often did you go onsite to do your own inspections?

Sasha

@Micah Markowitz

Which places? Can you name them?

Hiya folks,

Anyone out there know of data sources to use when performing market research on a new potential real estate market to invest in?

Here are some that come to mind:

1. Municipal websites and the news for upcoming projects/employers in a local area

2. Census for employment/population data

3. Housing starts construction data (where to get this data at a local level?)

4. Zillow, Redfin and the like for historical real estate sales data

5. Craigslist for rental data

6. Driving a neighborhood and attending open houses

What else am I missing, if anything?

Sasha

@David Robertson Got it, thank you for the info!

@David Robertson Thank you for your thoughtful reply, this is really helpful. One of the challenges we are faced with is project reconciliation, so in other words, matching up our department's expenses (housing development), with accounting's records of our expenses. We currently use Intacct for our accounting needs/paying contractors and invoicing funders. I'm curious to know if your system could integrate with Intacct. 

Hello! Does anyone out there use Intacct for their accounting for their business? 

Anyone know of a project management/expense tracking tool that integrates well with Intacct?

We've tried Co-Construct without any luck. I'm looking for others to try out. I'd be grateful for any recommendations or leads! 

Thank you.

I've found success with Upwork. There are good, reliable people there. You may need to go through some unreliable people until you find the right person. 

Hey BP'ers! 

Any flippers/rehabbers here have experience with an online project management tool? If so, which one did you use and why or why didn't you like it? I'm looking for one for my team. Right now we are using Excel sheets to track and manage projects, and it feels like an insane way of doing things!

Sasha