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Jay Hinrichs The great lumber price gouge of 2020 2021
16 April 2021 | 10 replies

AS anyone who has been buying any kind of dimensional lumber knows prices have sky rocketed as much as 400% for some items in the last year.To me it seems like price fixing gouging..  at least here in the Northwest wh...

Avery Rustad Should Universities Create a Real Estate Investing Degree?
26 September 2023 | 49 replies

My thesis statement goes as follows: The University of Minnesota should offer a real estate investing degree that enables students to use a student loan to make a down payment on an investment property. A percentage o...

Alvin Grier Having Issues Searching for Probate Properties in My County
7 January 2013 | 10 replies

I've recently decided to implement probates into our marketing.

I've found some instructions on how to go about finding properties from probate.

The first step is to check the daily obituaries (for me, they're loc...

Mike Adams HAP Contract annual renewal
20 January 2021 | 10 replies

I purchased a 3 unit building in Stamford, CT last year prior to the pandemic.  The current tenants have lived there for 10+ years, one was north of 15 years.  One tenant pays somewhat market rate now as I raised it f...

Matt M. Can child support take my rental income if I live on the property?
8 July 2016 | 22 replies

My ex is rather spiteful, and I'm really hoping that she doesn't have any legal entitlements to my rental properties. Theres no alimony payments, nothing special about the divorce, she's already taken all of my hard e...

Igor S. Do you use online rent collection
27 December 2014 | 28 replies

I just noticed a new website sparkrent.com that seems to offer a very easy way of collecting rent via ACH deposit. It allows you to assess any late charges and also sends out email reminders. I assume this wouldn't ...

Marc C. Making an offer when you don't have the numbers: How to proceed?
7 September 2016 | 11 replies

What would YOU do?My partners have been sending out letters to owners of multifamily buildings we’d like to own. Response, as you can imagine, has been light, but we have heard from at least two owners who have intere...

Martin CS How To Organize Your Goals
3 May 2012 | 17 replies

I am having trouble organizing my daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly goals with regards to RE investing. I have a To Do list on my smart phone but I need something more and simple would be great.

Would be curious to...

Chris Jackson Section 8?
17 June 2020 | 25 replies

Hey BP. I am about to acquire and fix up a downtown rental in a low income part of town. Could anybody give me advice on how to get certified for section 8 housing, and if there are any pitfalls I should watch for? If...

Tricia O'Brien Any problem if I don't issue 1099 to handyman with job over $2K?
18 August 2021 | 16 replies

I recently paid a builder about $4,500 total for several projects at my rental home in Indiana. These were: building a new wood deck at back door, building new staircase in  basement, installing a new window, repairin...