A guy I'm partnered with recently finished a direct mail campaign of 30,000 postcards and didn't get a single deal. He has been in the business a long time and has closed hundreds of deals but recently direct mail h...

My partner and I are about to start our first direct mail campaign using yellow letters. I have a few questions before we start though. Return address...do you use your personal address or have a PO box for this? Also...

Hi BP Fam!So the rule of thumb I hear is to have the tenants gross income equal or greater than three times the rent rate. Just to clarify, If I have a boyfriend and girlfriend, sisters, friends, whomever renting my u...

Hi There!I own a commercial building with 1 partner in OR. We are looking to sell, and I am hoping to 1031 my share of the sale but my partner is not. Currently we own the property through a shared, two member LLC.In ...

Hi Everyone!  I just bought a property without an agent and the listing agent, even though he did not take the buyers agent commission, has been guiding me along this process to include drafting the formal offer contr...

So based on the podcasts from a couple of weeks ago with the gentleman from Mississippi and some other things I've been hearing, text blasting kind of seems to be the new wave of direct mail. I like the idea because y...

Hello, I am seeing some distressed properties being scheduled for auction at low(for NYC) prices. I can't go up against the deep pockets at the auction. I have a carrot website and an instagram profile. I need to get ...

When buying a property I always calculate 10-15% for delinquency and vacancies. With my portfolio this is a conservative average however I have a fourplex with small one bedroom units that seems to take a long tim...

My wife and I currently invest in rentals and flips outside of Savannah, however at the beginning of next year we will be moving to Japan for 4 years. We are trying to make sure and have all of our ducks in a row to c...

Okay BP, so I've decided to jump in (actually decided a little bit back.)  And I figured I'd start a live Blog/Forum to document my epic triumph or defeat; though I'm pulling for the former.The History:  My REI journe...