Lori Hunter
Better deal if using sellers agent?
Ok, I have a question I could use some opinions on. The lot joining a house we own is being offered for sale at 39K and is .19 acres. It has been on the market for 200 days and we are ready to make an offer. We ...
Jonathan Cope
Warren Buffett answers a BP inquiry posed by Mindy Jensen
Congratulations to Mindy Jensen and BP on the questions you posed to Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Investor Conference today. Nice to hear Mr. Buffett's views on real estate in 201...
Hannah Meyer
Benefits or pros/cons of becoming cert. real estate agent for Property Management
Hello! My husband and I have 3 rentals all out of state that are managed by a PM. We are currently under contract for 2 duplexes very close to us in Florida and I plan on managing them myself. I do not have property m...
Mark Weins
Fsbo's or Agent pocket listings
Hello,
I'm considering adding a new strategy to my toolkit for wholesaling and i'm deciding between 2 options right now. The first is SMS'ing FSBO's (50 offers per day) or contacting agents for pocket listings. Do an...
Scott Trench
What Macro Data Study Should BiggerPockets Provide to Investors?
Hi Everyone,Last year, @Alec Neita and I built the BiggerPockets Investment Market Index - a study of rent and value increases, year over year, in the 50 most populous U.S. metros. I think that study is useful for in...
Vitaliy Merkulov
Alternatives to Credit Reports for Tenant Screening
As some of you might have heard, that credit reports are no longer going to contain some negative information on the reports according to this this article "Credit Reports to Exclude Certain Negative Information, May ...
Account Closed
Listing and Rent Data
What is the best way to obtain up-to-date multifamily listing and rental/lease data without having direct access to the MLS?
Bryan L.
Zillow, Trulia, et al
Just a heads-up. There was some discussion about this a few months ago. At that time, I made the comment that some local Realtor associations and some individual brokerage firms were ceasing to send their listing da...
Bob Galivan
Rethinking Vacancy Rate
Just about every ROI analysis I see includes a "vacancy rate" factor that is used to "adjust" gross annual income as an accurate representation of the rent that the investment can be expected to throw off each year. T...
Miles Stanley
Do agents have ANY role in a non-mms purchase?
If making an offer directly to a homeowner/seller, do realtors have any role in this process if the property is not listed on the MLS?
Can they still be retained to assist with the contract, offer, and closing proces...