I am considering building a small "home" (1000-1200sqft) specifically for short term rental in a tourist destination area.  I am aware there are often minimum sqft requirements for a home but will cross that bridge la...

Well, after 3.5 years, we have listed our first property! It was a live-in flip. Our goal was 2 years, and we almost doubled it... We did have a baby in the process, we did 90% of the work ourselves, and we learned as...

How long did it take you to make your first deal ?

I decided to drive for dollars in Ft. Worth & Haltom City today and I was impressed of what I saw. I have only dealt in the Dallas market, specifically the Fair Park area. There were a few FSBOs and also new house...

I just recently came across a property that has extensive fire damage. Have not done a walkthrough yet. Did a drive by and the exterior is intact as is the roof. So it seems the fire was contained mainly to the first ...

Is everyone else seeing an increase of inquiries asking for a better deal?When I started 4 years ago, it was very rare. Now a large % of guests ask for discount. In the past 24 hours alone, got 2/3 inquiries per prope...

I want to start a discussion about millennials living with their parents. In the past, once people graduated high school/college they moved out and it was socially embarrassing living with your parents. Now times have...

Cold Calling

As much as I HATE cold calling I was wondering if anyone has paid someone to call and fill out a Property Info Sheet?
If so what was the rate you paid?
How did you pay?

Here are my thoughts:
Give my c...

A recent episode of the Netflix show called Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj recently came out and in my personal opinion, perverted the truth when it comes to what so many of us do with real estate investing.  Has anyon...

Among other demographics, I'd like to approach the LGBTQ community in selling a standalone residential property. Word-of-mouth, of course. How else?