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Daniel Feldman Recommendations on lenders
4 January 2017 | 1 reply
Alternatively, if you have access to capital, and you're more risk averse, you could always purchase for cash, and try to negotiate better terms into the contract.  
Calvin Thomas Listing properties for rent online
4 January 2017 | 1 reply
Is there an alternative site I should use instead that would include Rent.com, Apartments.com, Homes.com, etc?  
Jennifer Cornforth How long do I need to wait between loan applications?
16 January 2017 | 3 replies
Or look for alternate financing? 
Matthew Gangi Am I missing something?
4 January 2017 | 7 replies
What is getting purchased is relative to what alternatives are available.  
Safeer Mohiuddin DIY Property Management Database Website and App
2 June 2019 | 5 replies
I'm hopeful that Airtable will continue to improve its product rapidly and create a good alternative to Podio.
Brian Olson Rolling Yellow Letter Campaigns
6 January 2017 | 2 replies
If you are not adding leads throughout the campaign, the prospects will end up in the middle of the letter series.The alternative, that most of my clients do, is to create a new mailing campaign every time the have 200+ new leads.I hope that helps.
Nicholas Salvia Jersey City Heights?
2 August 2019 | 12 replies
With most of JC except Downtown being in my view “not nice”, JC Heights has gotten significant  traction as the relatively acceptable Downtown alternative.
Tiffany Shan Unison/First Rex deals (down payment help for appreciation)
18 June 2018 | 1 reply
The summary is:-They've been around for 12 years, have $27m in assets (so this is definitely still in experimental stages)-They used to have a refi alternative but now have a product where they double your down payment in exchange for money back + X% of the gain in home value-The specific example given was doubling a 10% downpayment on a $650K home in exchange for the $65K back and 35% of the gains (but you can take up to 30 years to sell the house)I've come across several startups offering deals like this and I'm curious what more experienced SFR investors think. 
Matt Thompson Los Angeles Investing Idea
22 January 2017 | 3 replies
The catch is that paying $1000 to stay sober is a fairly cheap alternative to highly expensive rehab programs or other forms of treatment. 
Rachel Luoto AirBnb: A Solution To Vacancy?
11 January 2017 | 4 replies
Alternatively, if you're targeting tenants, the worst thing would be to have them want to come by the house and have it occupied by the guests.The strategies will inevitably compete with each other and stretch you to same returns for 3x work.