Rich Weese
Have you ever seen money oozing from everywhere?
If not, then you probably have not visited Dubai. Wifey and I returned a week ago from a land tour and cruise in the Arabian Sea. We visited several locations in Oman and two of the seven emirates in the united Arab e...
Stephen E.
Leasing Ups and Downs
So I have been trying to lease two properties. Great success on one, just leased to a long term tenant for $100 extra each month over the last tenant's rent. The other property is not going so well. I have had ma...
Omar Ruiz
Death of Direct Mail...Birth to Digital Marketing (Part II)
About 9 months ago, I created a post on BiggerPockets (for those who are interested, check out the post) around how I was choosing to stop this romance with offline marketing (i.e. direct mail, driving for dollars, do...
Jeff Rabinowitz
I knew I was a real estate investor when.....
A lot of people here call themselves real estate investors and most are but, can we be honest for a moment? If you haven't actually done a deal you are not yet a real estate investor. At this point you have aspir...
Ed Wood
How the new Jan 10 mortgage guidelines effected buying power
This is a sample with a 4.5% rate 30 year fixed payment qualification includes tax and insurance and $500 in borrower monthly debt (car, credit cards...) DTI ratios at 43% after Jan 10 and 50% before Jan 10
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Joshua Dorkin
Help Us Build a Birddog How-To FAQ
Earlier today I had a request that we build a FAQ for birddogs. I'd love to get out and do it, but I'm a bit overwhealmed right now. If anyone can help us put this together, that would be great! Just add on to this...
Andy Cross
Lead Generation by Door Knocking
Hello everyone,So...I have a mentor that is adamant about door knocking pre-foreclosures to generate leads. In my personal opinion, I feel it's dangerous; as you are dealing with sensitive homeowners. Her theory is "w...
Paul J.
Why would a renter *want* to be evicted rather than give up possesion?
I'm a new investor. I have a duplex and I have some inherited tenants on a month to month. I served them 30 days notice for a multitude of reasons, but of course on paper decided to go with a 30 day termination of...
Terra Padgett
UNpredictable Cash Flow
You hear so much (I guess from the gurus and course sellers) about how “predictable” the cash flow is from rental properties. Well I adamantly disagree. You have a maintenance issue…unpredictable cash flow. Your insur...
Reza Hosseini
Find the right broker as a new Real Estate Licensee
Hi all,I am getting my exam soon which I should pass. Next step would be finding a broker in Bay area to work with/for.Here is my situation:- I am in the Bay Area (CA)- Can only work part time as I also work full time...