Justin Hennig
For you or not for you: Electronic rent collection
I'm a landlord pondering electronic rent payment... I love automation in business and this seems to be a no-brainer but I understand many landlords have not adopted it. There are lots of options, so it's a littl...
Phineas Howie
How Good is Zillow's "Zestimate" of Home Value
While using the site Zillow to browse for multi family investment properties I have noticed what they call their "Zestimate." (their estimation of the home's value) I would like to know how useful other investors hav...
Roy Assaf
Yellow letters direct mail in Brooklyn, NY - Not even one phone call after our 3rd touch, Why?
BP marketing experts, I have a question:We started our direct mail (yellow letters) a few months ago in a hot area in Brooklyn, NY.We bought an absentee owner list from listsource and we decided to send out 400 letter...
Raphaël C.
Investing in the US as non resident and living abroad
HI Everyone,
I hope you are all ok during this challenging time.
I am considering investing in properties in the US but I am a non resident and living in Ireland. Any advice on how I can proceed? Should I create a c...
John Trout
Advantages / Disadvantages of holding a property in an LLC
I was once told an interesting "trick" by a seasoned RE Investor. He said if you could find an investment property (say a SFH rental property) that was owned by an LLC, that you could save lots of money on the purchas...
Matt D'Arco
How Realistic is This? - Robert Kiyosaki Article
Hi BP community. I’ve just read an article written by Robert Kiyosaki about 3 steps to owning real estate with very little money down. A little background on myself, I am a real estate agent in MA. It is my full time ...
John Schmiesing
Tenants w/o SSNs...legitimate?
Hi all,
This is my first post, I am a long-time reader of the site; quite impressed!
I am relatively new to the REI landscape also; we just bought an additional property, and our first we have owned for almost a yea...
Nate Grabner
House Hacking in Chicago
Hi everyone! I'm new to REI and am looking to do a house hack in Chicago as an entry point. I've been renting with a couple roommates in Lakeview since March 2019, and work as a management consultant in the loop (or m...
Tariq B.
Tenant Says They Had A Verbal Agreement With Prior Landlord
Hello all, I took over a property last year and inherited tenants. The lease I have on file for them expires Oct 18 so we went month to month. It was a two year lease. I issued them a lease renewal with a rent increas...
Account Closed
Birmingham. Any revitalization projects?
I am interested in investing in the Birmingham area and would like to know if there are any revitalization projects happening in or around the city. Any big companies planning to move in? Any new construction going o...