Kristen Williams
Filling a niche in Wichita - Matching Renters to Owners
A major decision to launch my own company came recently when I began to study the data I was collecting in the Wichita area and comparing it to the data released from Wichita State University's annual market reports. ...
Caleb Jones
Scrubbing a Large Vacant Houses List
I just received a fairly large list of vacant properties in a nearby city (4,000+). I am planning on starting a cold calling, RVM, and direct mail campaign to these properties. In order to do this, I need to get all o...
Barry Hammond
PURLS - Anyone Else Have Any Experience?
I'm wondering if anyone else has explored the use of PURLs (personalized urls) in direct mail campaigns. If so what was the experience like?
Having been in the field of Marketing for over 20 years now, I've always a...
Chad Bean
Landlord Market Analysis/Statistics Help
I'm conducting research for an MBA project and am trying to do a bottom-up analysis of the residential real estate, property management market and what percentage of that market is comprised of properties with out-of-...
Steve S.
How do you analyze a prospective property to see if it makes sense as a rental?
What resources or tools do you use and what numbers do you crunch?
George Gao
Transition to Self-Manage
Hi BP,I have been frustrated with my PM from time-to-time in terms of response time and how long it takes to rent out some of the properties. So I'm most likely giving them 30-days notice and start to transition the ...
Lawrence Edem
Newbie House Hacking, two questions no one ever asks.
New to house hacking, just got my first property and it is a duplex. I have two questions i feel as though no one every properly address.1) When you rent out the second unit in your duplex, is it best to collect the r...
Dustin Cavalier
Real Estate Analytics - Database & Excel
Hey Biggerpockets community,I am working on some in-depth research on the real estate market in the north Houston / Spring / Woodlands , Texas area, specifically 77379 and surrounding areas. I am an analyst by trade, ...
Steve P.
Rooftop lease questions
Hey guysI was approached by a Navigation company about rooftop lease space for an antenna to be used in collecting data for self driving cars, and drones.Its a small unit that receives & transmits data, part of it...
Richard Gilsdorf
Best Sites for Rental Rates
New to the game and looking for advice on the best sites to find current and historical rental rates. Been looking at properties in a few different cities and could use a solid rent estimator tool. Any help apprecia...