Warren Rappleyea
New member from New Jersey
I am a marketing professional. I've always wanted to invest invest in real estate. I'm very new to this. I am working on my first flip house as we speak ... I have, of course, made mistakes. I am undeterred, however, ...
Karen D. Schiano
Tax liens -Finding heirs when property owner deceased
I am about to foreclose on an Arizona tax lien where I know the owner is deceased. I've found a few relatives. I saw an obituary I didn't print and now can't find again, but I know the owner died. He didn't have se...
Joshua Solomon
Work cell phone??
I'm closing on my first properties within a few weeks and I spoke to an experienced real estate manager who recommended getting a work cell phone, however someone else said all I need is to add another work number whi...
Nancy Bachety
Helping or capitalizing on Covid-19
A player in the STR field (not on BP that I’m aware of) has spent “hours in the recent weeks creating a survival guide for STR hosts” on surviving the Covid-19. Is this expected or does it strike you the wrong way? W...
Victor Vazquez
wholesaling campaign progress
Hello Everyone,This last Wednesday I started my first yellow letter mailing campaign. I sent out 260 pieces of mail (I bought a list of 900 which is a mix of 424 owner occupied homes and 476 absentee owners ) and I've...
Account Closed
Contingencies on the contract to purchase a vacant lot?
I'm about to pull the trigger on some land for a new build single family. I'm wondering if anyone recommends additional contingencies written into the contract other than your typical "title, survey, appraisal, insura...
Dan B.
Shortening Your Learning Curve
“Shortening your learning curve = making more money quicker.”http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/brandonatbp/file/real-estate-rewind-a-biggerpockets-community-bookAs recommended by the BP community, I read the "Re...
Matthew Kirkwold
Emergency Housing Voucher
Hello everyone, I recently had a potential tenant ask me about an emergency housing voucher and if I work with this program. She said it is due to a domestic violence issue. I am in South Dakota and I am not sure if t...
Donna M.
War zones
I'm finding a lot of awesome deals on the internet but I always question the neighborhood. When I ask the listing agents, their responses are understandably vague. How do you know if it's not in a "war zone"? I chec...
Jasper Cangelosi
Marketing your rentals!
I currently use Zillow, Facebook, and Apartments.com to market my rentals. What is your best strategy to generate phone calls and emails for your vacancies? Thanks!!!