hi, in an effort to improve my telephone screening skills and save travel expenses to see the tenant face to face, i would like to screen people on the phone better. more specifically, these three questions:1) what questions do you ask the prospective tenant on the first phone call?

The types of expenses we are grappling with are subscription costs (to things like bigger pockets, loopnet etc)software (quickbooks, property management)professional fees (accountants and lawyers)advertisingoffice costs (telephone numbers, web hosting)Obviously the more properties we ultimately own the less these overhead costs will be an impact on expenses for any one property, but as you start with your first property, these expenses could very quickly wipe out any CoC ROI.

We get dragged into long telephone conversations with these people, who seem to think that we can wave some magic wand and everyone will be happy again.

Thank you @Harriett WilliamsNo I have not spoken to one yet but I scheduled a telephonic appointment with the Attorney in the title company who is familiar with disputes of this sort.

Poor landlords with little or zero skills in marketing their vacancies get nervous when their rentals sit vacant, and the longer they sit, the more nervous they get and then they do the worst thing they could ever do and lower their standards and out of despair and hopelessness they become super marketing landlords and plaster for rent signs on every telephone pole, supermarket, parked cars in parking lots, on their property's front yard, in the subway stations, newspapers, etc.

As a buyer you don't need to be a realtor to make offers, so unless you enjoyed playing the telephone game in school the more folks you eliminate between you and the seller the better for the both of you.

I.E. telephone and advertising costs haven't been accounted for and all the management, payroll, and all types of repairs and improvements are lumped as one sum. 

Telephone calls to the City or County will not work.

Hi everyone!    A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking with Brian Gibbons on the phone for about half an hour. He is very knowledgeable, and for a newbie like me the information and advice he was able t...

Also check the infrastructure (Water, Power, telephone) . lots of very attractive land offered for sale, have no infrastructure whatsoever and bringing it in can be very costly.