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Shaun Reilly Getting experience Cold Calling
7 November 2014 | 12 replies
I had the same resistance to cold calling as well.  
Michael Quarles My Marketing Diary.
11 November 2017 | 125 replies
Hey Yu (sorry, couldn't resist...)Deals I have done with this group have fallen into 3 categories:1) Health issues and hospital bills causing a need for cash now2) Downsizing, moving to an expensive nursing home.
Grayson Gist A “hidden” catastrophe
29 December 2018 | 44 replies
Any half-way decent home inspector would have noticed the missing head flashing over the windows and also would have pulled back the vinyl siding at a lap joint to look for the presence of the required Weather Resistant Barrier or WRB aka Tyvek.
David Krulac What things have you found in foreclosed/abandoned houses?
10 October 2017 | 91 replies
I was taking down the nasty, water- and smoke-stained dropped ceiling panels in the bathroom when I felt a bit of resistance on one of them.
Samantha M. Angry Voicemail: Threatening Legal Action Over Yellow Letter
28 July 2014 | 40 replies
I just don't think that many people can resist opening a letter from some strange woman in Santa Barbara.
Joshua Dorkin We Need Your Ideas: Help Rename the BiggerPockets PRO / PRO Basic Accounts
27 November 2013 | 48 replies
Sorry, couldn't resist. :) I'll crawl back into my cave now.
Ash Patel Multifamily vs. Commercial
18 March 2023 | 18 replies
We turn down deals that are 15% cash on cash all day long.Retail Negatives The amazon effect will kill retailBig Box closures (JC Penney, Toy r us, Bed Bath and Beyond etc)Malls are closingRetail PositivesCan't kill internet and recession resistant businesses (dog groomers, restaurants, bars, medical, QSR's, hardware, urgent cares etc)Retail grew at 6.9% year over yearCBRE reported retail vacancy is the lowest it has been since they started recordigng that metric at 6%Retail PlayBuy retail in suburban locations where new competition is land locked.Stress test your deals and tenantsStay away from areas where there are millions of sq ft of retail (think where the Costco's or Best Buys are)Post Covid, we have become accustomed to going to suburban downtowns vs metropolitan city centers and that is where all of the growth is.Retail Case StudyWe purchased a 96k sq ft strip mall that is 18% cash on cash at purchase. 
Win Thu Will the next recession impact to DC Metro area?
30 May 2019 | 1 reply
The wealthier suburban counties and DC west of the river have a history of being pretty resistant to economic conditions.
Robin Grimes Tenant Applicants say the dumbest things
3 May 2023 | 1572 replies
Problem was, we couldn't sign a lease with a fixed term b/c we wanted the freedom to sell the house with only the front 2 lots as soon as the approvals were granted.We found we were getting market resistance to renting out the house b/c people wanted to sign a yearly lease. 
Sam Leon Repair or Replace items damaged by tenant's pet?
2 May 2015 | 12 replies
I probably have to get a steel reinforced hurricane impact resistant door.