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Hey Bp's, I am set to close on my first investment property on the 23rd of December. We will be renting out one unit and living in the other. We do plan on building our portfolio by 1-2 properties a year hoping to inc...
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I'm curious how most landlords expect the tenant to prove they have transferred the utilities before you hand over the keys? Do you require them to bring emails / confirmation numbers / etc? (not sure what all there...
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What criteria do you use when pulling list for direct mail marketing? Example......what do you search when you are targeting seller financing properties, properties to wholesale, properties to flip, and so on? I'm try...
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Hi folks!I have been getting a decent seller response with handwritten colored postcards and real stamps (4- 5% response rate) for touches 1 through 3. For these I've been using Astrobrights 8 1/2 x 11 65lb cardstock...
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I've been approached by a national bank that want to install a ATM machine in a strip mall parking lot.
Does anyone have an idea on how to value this type of rental? They want two parking spaces for exclusive use of...
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Hello everyone,I recently evicted a tenant and had to concede to the demand to conceal this eviction record during the negotiation. It's not fair for his future landlords not to know about this terrible tenant. Anyhow...
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Hi All,I was wondering if any other buy & hold investors have used a professional photographer to take pictures of the exterior/interior of their properties to be used for listings online. A lot of the listings I...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Norfolk.
Purchase price: $112,000
Cash invested: $45,000
Sale price: $215,000
Let your significant other know when you are ab...
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Okay so I closed on a single family home 3 bd 2 bath, and we are looking at renting out each room to unrelated tenants for around $250 a month (perhaps more for the master bedroom). I was thinking of just charging eac...
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Hi All,I have decided to go for real estate license in Florida; I ve done research on it and the great news to me was the fact that you may take pre-license course online. I wanted to ask whoever took online pre-licen...