Keeping good residents by performing maintenance in a timely manner is one of the reasons many renters wish to deal with a PM firm rather than an individual landlord.

There are a lot of intelligent and experienced individuals from every side of real estate on here and you can learn a lot and hopefully help as well.Again, welcome to biggerpockets!

As for displaced Katrina victim's.....I agree that some of the individuals are not adjusting well to their new enviroment but, many are becoming productive citizens and adding to Houston's strong economy.

In essence we provide financial assistance to families or individuals that have that need.That funding comes from state and local government.Candidates for rental assistance must find their own landlord prior to receiving help.

. ($1k + $400 for each lender)Money Tree is nothing but a lead generating service for lenders .

I've signed up for some of those lead generating programs.

Typically public entities must establish a longer period of possession than individuals.

Hi,I'm cultivating a list of buyers and I was wondering if anyone has any ideas as to what other ways I can make money with the leads that I've generated other than actually doing deals.

In this article we examine three of the most significant non-financial issues that an investor should consider before investing in a commercial real estate deal.1) Selection of tenantsGiven that most real estate investors are buying property to generate cash flow and generate profit from asset appreciation some time looking at the tenant mix of a commercial building can determine the potential profitability of a project.Seeking creditworthy tenants may well assist in gaining finance on good terms from potential lenders - many lenders will make an offer that is based upon the credit rating of the larget tenant.

mini update*my attorney believes it might be a descriminatory practice to allow certain individuals (homeowners before 6/05) to rent and restrict it to others (homeowners after 6/05).it should be all or none. so basically we'll see what kind of deal he can swing, maybe get them to grandfather me given the circumstances of the sale. but it just blows my mind no one else who purchased after 6/05 ever complained about this. i mean, how many people would buy a condo knowing they have no flexibility to rent if the need arose??