Drew Byrd
Wholesaling: Reaching out to motivated sellers
I there a better and more cost efficient way than direct mail to get in contact with motivated sellers? Direct mail is extremely expensive in contrast to the amount of leads that ACTUALLY turn out to be profitable dea...
Nolan Mahoney
Landlording while working the 9 to 5
hello,Im looking for some advice on Landlording while working the 9 to 5. for example what do you set your office hours at? how would you have your Tenants reach you while at work? Im just brainstorming situations and...
Shawn Mcenteer
Pay off mortage fast or collect cash flow for new unit
I am looking for feed back on what looks to be a debatable topic: Do you think it is best to pay off your rental unit fast and be free and clear or save the cash flow for a new unit so you keep growing your portfo...
Alex Sloan
Incorporating Energy Efficiency Into Real Estate
Hi everyone, what are your thoughts on incorporating comprehensive Energy Efficiency upgrades into residential real estate sales and also investment strategies? For example, upgrading all lightbulbs to LEDs, appliance...
Jay Hinrichs
Bidens plan to retro fit millions of properties
Well not sure if you folks watched the Debate I mean WTH was that ?Any way.. Biden had some interesting ideas for jobs that related around our industry.. part of that was retro fitting buildings and other up grades ...
Nazimuddin Basha
Strategies to Combat Negative Cash Flow Due to Property Tax and Insurance Increases
Hey everyone,
I’m looking for advice on an issue I’m facing with my rental properties. Recently, my property taxes and insurance costs have increased significantly, turning what was once positive cash flow into negat...
Arthur Garcia
BP's thoughts- Fed says to Expand Fannie and Freddie
BP,
I am posting here to get your thoughts on this article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/05/us-usa-fed-housing-idUSTRE8031SE20120105
In short, do you think a change in lending standards will be good for u...
Kevin Boyd
Thermostat Control to cut down electric bill.
My electric bill during the summers is around $1600/month. It’s already been over $1k/month for the past few months. I’m sure my guests run the AC 24/7. When the doors and windows are open, when they’re gone for the d...
Kyle Curtin
Year 1 of Ownership Complete! :)
Boy I have learned A LOT from the first year of hands on ownership. Multiple hard lessons, many smaller lessons, tons of processes started, implemented, & tweaked. 1 successful unit turnover, & 1 in the proces...
Ted Kawabata
Max Capacity: How many properties can one person manage?
Hi BP! I'm sure I'll get a range of responses for this. And I understand that larger scale operations increase their capacity by having teammates handle specialized roles (maintenance, bookkeeping, etc).But I'm curiou...