17 July 2016 | 10 replies
Being a contractor for over 20 years and having formal education in construction management (Bachelors and Masters) and being friends with and having hired numerous construction attorneys, i can assure you you will not get a cost plus contract with the government that pays you each week.

15 July 2016 | 1 reply
If you have a master suite with it's own bathroom and maybe some french doors, all you have to do is put a dorm fridge and a microwave in the bedroom and come to an agreement on when the room mate has access to laundry or other parts of the house.

20 July 2016 | 30 replies
move on to the next deal" - let's not move to the next deal until you master your problem at hand.

17 July 2016 | 8 replies
if so, look into a subject to or a master lease option. if shes willing to bring money to the table, then you should be able to buy with nothing down with a little creativity.

27 May 2020 | 8 replies
Of course, there are analogies between Scrum and a contractor team -- the "Product Owner" is the house owner, the "Scrum Master" is the GC or project manager and the "Development Team" is the contractors -- and the planning and communication requirements for Scrum have some general best practices that apply in many other areas (including rehabbing), but the analogy doesn't extend much past that.The overhead associated with having Scrum Planning Sessions, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews, Maintaining Product Backlogs, etc. is just ridiculous in any typical house rehab scenario, and unless you want to triple the time it takes to rehab (and likely triple the cost of your contractors based on the time they'll spend on-site), I wouldn't recommend trying it.Now, the person you're getting this information from most likely took the Scrum model, and pulled about 5% of that model out and said, "I'm going to apply this VERY SMALL subset of Scrum techniques to flipping to make my contractors more effective."

19 July 2016 | 10 replies
Pick one, master it, and if you feel a need to expand later on then go for it.
11 July 2016 | 7 replies
Great way to pick up some good info and possibly a deal.You can also search NARPM.org for the RMP (Residential Management Professional) and MPM (Master Property Manager) certified.Paul

6 July 2016 | 5 replies
I think its valuable to understand at a high level the different types of investing strategies, but ultimately start with one focus and master it.

12 October 2016 | 11 replies
You just might want to learn where the wholesale priced homes are and master that way of finding them.