14 March 2011 | 16 replies
I can also add SS Trace for another $5.But $20 report from NTN combined with following up with references from the tenant's application gives me more than enough information to make a well informed decision.
18 March 2011 | 8 replies
All I can think of is a relatively high-end property (or high-end property) that has a lot of structural issues, mold or some combination of those.
4 March 2011 | 23 replies
Even if you never use the email address elsewhere, if it's posted on the Web, you can be sure it's been harvested/scraped by spammers.Also, on the subject of SEO, the post earlier gave some good ideas about developing keywords (using the wonder wheel), but that is really just the beginning.The next step is to find out which keywords have that magic combination of being searched a lot but without having much competition.Then, you work on on-site optimization as indicated in that post, by tweaking content and formatting, etc.Lastly, you need as many keyword-based inbound links from high PR-ranking sites as you can muster up, assuming they don't have "nofollow" code for robots.
26 April 2011 | 36 replies
If you find properties without mortgages you can find an investor to give you smaller first mortgages combined with your cash down and have the seller carry a second.
15 October 2019 | 12 replies
Long story short, I've read on multiple occasions, that turbulence has never brought down a modern airliner...while it may be uncomfortable and scary, the risk of a plane crashing due to turbulence is essentially zero.2.
29 June 2011 | 6 replies
We're a father/team development team with 30+ years of combined new/rehab multi-family experience.
25 June 2011 | 11 replies
I just don't think thats a prudent use of my capital, especially as a first timer in a tricky market and with a tricky house (one of the issues is creating a master suite from a 1960s style house where the master doesn't really stand out like it does in more modern houses and another issue is creating a half bath to service LR + DR in main hall).I have looked at FHA financing, both the 3.5% down and the 203k rehab loans, but I am not 100% sure that I would want to live there for the appropriate amount of time.
30 September 2011 | 73 replies
Some landlords simply jack up the rent a fixed amount every lease renewal, and in a declining market, wonder why their tenants move out and none move in.I use a combination of:www.rentometer.comwww.rentjungle.comandwww.craigslist.comto get a handle on what I should be charging for rent.
14 January 2011 | 4 replies
Others are being torn down and replaced with traditional brick homes from various builders.Maybe I am being way to sentimental but I love taken the old rundown house and modernizing it with all the latest technology while still making it look "Old style".
16 February 2011 | 25 replies
The anal landlord was completely covered and was able to buy his neighbor's lot, building a brand new modern 8-plex on the land.