So, I've been at this DM Campaign for a few weeks and I'm starting to feel like I am in over my head. I have mailed out about 550 mailers and have yet to have gotten a call from one. I am posting on Cragislist every d...

Long story short, I got locked out of my apartment for over 2 hours last night. The 6 month old Kwikset deadbolt wouldn't turn all the way. While waiting outside I googled some stuff and came up with people saying the...

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I'm in the process of sourcing my envelopes, paper, etc. for my direct mail campaign for Absentee Owners. My initial plan is to use a "handwritten" font for the marketing copy on the yell...

Hey, BPI am currently living abroad in Tel Aviv Israel with my girlfriend for 6 months.  I became inspired to do REI shortly before leaving the states but now I am about 6 months away from where I want to begin my inv...

Greetings BP!I’ve searched the last 10 pages of the Landlord Forum & Rental Property Questions section and found nothing on the subject – Locks, what do you use?I was just posting on an article where someone said ...

I just had a situation where a tenant had a leaking toilet and informed the property manager. Apparently, it was considered an emergency because the supply line was leaking and otherwise would have flooded the home. T...

After finding properties that look distressed does people write offers before seeing the inside of the property? And if so how do you calculate the value. Or do you wait until a postcard/phone call is returned and you...

I would like to ask everyone to post your experiences between two possible marketing strategies.
One is a direct mailing using postcards with addresses purchased from a list broker and the second is using an opt-in fr...

I am starting to purchase SFR homes to buy and hold. The homes I'm getting tend to be older 1900-1950 and so have galvanized pipes. What rule of thumb do people tend to use for when to replace them? when something's l...

Hey everyone,So I was brought this deal by my realtor.  It's an 11 unit building, and I've analyzed the numbers that I have for it so far. I'm just looking for some feedback from the group here, as I haven't looked an...