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24 August 2024 | 2 replies
If not, schedule that activity for some time later in the day/week after you've taken care of the income-producing activities that will help you grow your business.Lastly, I'd recommend reading some of the David Greene books for real estate agents in the BP bookstore as well as Hyper local Hyper fast agent by Dan Lesniak.All the best!
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24 August 2024 | 26 replies
For example I'm thinking of David Greene's suggestion that you agree up front to provide a monetary incentive for the GC to get the work done correctly and on time, along with a penalty for blowing past the deadline.
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23 August 2024 | 0 replies
MLS and David Greene's own Bay Area team helped negotiate How did you finance this deal?
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23 August 2024 | 5 replies
I recommend checking out some of the BP books such as Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat by David Greene.
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23 August 2024 | 11 replies
Quote from @Jonathan Greene: Stop looking online and find an investor-friendly agent in your target area.
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22 August 2024 | 5 replies
A non-resident alien for tax purposes is a person who is not a U.S. citizen and who does not meet either the “green card” or the “substantial presence” test as described in IRS Publication 519, U.S.
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22 August 2024 | 10 replies
Quote from @Jonathan Greene: Thankfully, you changed your mind on this.
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26 August 2024 | 24 replies
@Clayton Silva I am very green to REI and lending is one of the biggest black boxes to me, so THANK YOU so much for this post and follow up comments.
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23 August 2024 | 8 replies
Using David Greene's Core 4 strategy (realtor, contractor, property manager, and lender) helps me invest with confidence.
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23 August 2024 | 10 replies
City referred to me some rule called Green Code rule from PGE but cannot find any info on it online.