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Thanh Lu For owners, self management vs hiring a vacation rental company?
31 January 2025 | 19 replies
Not only can they handle risk management, but they also excel in marketing, optimizing the guest experience (leading to positive reviews and referrals), and leveraging technology such as booking platforms and pricing tools.
Account Closed Property managers allowed unsupervised showings, resulting in theft
17 January 2025 | 5 replies
It would take considerable manpower to show every rental and every lead for a large company.
Richard Volkov Could This Be a New Way to Invest in Real Estate Without Buying the Whole Property?
19 January 2025 | 47 replies
Which of course is actually a negative for participating in speculative madness. 
James Wise TikTok Shutdown 1.19.2025...How does this effect your business?
12 January 2025 | 3 replies
Until now I hasn’t considered that the shut down of Tik Tok would potentially lead to a consolidation of viewership.
Kris Lou Canadian Investing in Indianapolis
7 January 2025 | 9 replies
Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.
Ken M. Creative Financing and Some Things To Know
13 January 2025 | 1 reply
My humble advice to anyone attempting to do creative finance is:Creative finance is for experienced investors who have access to capital if anything goes wrong.Learn the lawsDon't use a contract "off the internet", laws vary by state and are also regulated on a federal levelLearn the financing techniques correctlyDon’t skip parts of the processDon’t ever do a “kitchen table” closingUse the proper deedAn attorney can help you with the legal work, but the rest you are on your ownYour guru will not bail you out“Investing” in someone else’s deal by providing a small 2nd loan so the “investor” can pay for “cash to the seller” and for “closing costs” so he can do the deal is a very bad planKnow what problems can ariseLearn the responses and solutions to problems before they are neededKnow everything there is to know about Title and what that meansKnow who a "protected class" individual isLearn the "back doors"Learn human natureUnderstand timelinesUnderstand regulation enforcement (some of these "mistakes" have a 10 year statue of limitations ( they can charge you 10 years AFTER you do the transaction) and carry hefty fines and possible imprisonmentThe court doesn't accept "I didn't know" for an answer"Know that the source of the lead plays a serious role in some states and federallyKnow how much of a "profit" pushes the boundaries to invite an investigationYou can be sued by the seller if you don’t do things correctlyYou are automatically at fault if an investigator or attorney or regulator gets involved.
Anirudh Reddy Who can claim interest paid on a seller finance property?
4 February 2025 | 17 replies
Deception and perception play a major negative role.
James Wise Failed Leadership is why California is on fire.
23 January 2025 | 165 replies
That's where the real negative effect on the market will be.
Ivan Castanon I need to change strategies. What should I do?
3 February 2025 | 47 replies
If you pay more, you won't meet your metrics and will probably have negative cashflow and/or equity.You may have to make 10, 20 or even 100 offers to get one accepted at the price that meets your numbers.This is what all investors did BEFORE the Great Real Estate Crash of 2008-2010.
Jake Gasperi Seeking Advice on Wholesaling in the Des Moines Market
12 January 2025 | 2 replies
The second you are introducing metrics to change your marketing that have nothing to do with generating the leads you need, you introduce uncertainty to your systems.