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Hi. My name is Mike Kohan, I'm a husband and father, a career helicopter pilot and now real estate investor. I started investing in real estate 5 years ago with a lease/option purchase close to home for a tenant, wh...
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What has been the best service you have tried for “sms blasting”? Besides Sherpa 😌 thank you in advance!! 😁
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I have had a rash of evictions lately for non-payment and it has caused me to look introspectively at what I am doing or not doing when screening these tenants, that may result in me allowing bad tenants to slip throu...
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Well Im finally ready to start calling some motivated sellers. I have all the property information I need but no way to get a hold of the homeowner on the phone. What is the best way to get an unlisted phone number? W...
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I'm trying to understand what options I have to gather more information regarding an abandoned home in a neighboring town. The house has been vacant for a couple years and is in a nice neighborhood (values around $40...
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I have been seening alot of post of how to do double close in CA.
YOU CANNOT OR YOU WILL BE IN JAIL
Detectives label this transaction as "you a perpitraitor". You will be in p...
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I already know my realtor is not investor friendly... I am using the BRRRR strategy to determine how much to offer on a property. She pretty much told me she does not want to waste her time because “it is still a sell...
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Hi BP friends we just closed on a 4-unit mixed use property (super excited!)and inherited three units' tenants. One tenant's one-year lease is up but a new lease is not signed previously so she is on month to month no...
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Direct Mail has not worked for me. It is a channel (medium) that is too easy to learn (get a list & mail to that list consistently). It "seems" to work if you have the marketing budget, list, and ability to mail h...