Craig Brandt
Direct Mail VS Cold Calling
Hey everyone, my main marketing strategy for the past three years has been cold calling, I have a cold caller that is outsourced and I handle all the leads that are produced. I have seen a pretty large decrease in our...
Mary Ainsworth
Is it rude to have your agent walk each property for you before you put in an offer?
Hello!I am investing out of state and this is my first property, therefore, my agent has to walk and facetime me when viewing properties. I was told recently that I shouldn't make them walk all the properties with me/...
Serge DuLaudAllemans
Everyone is saying its a bad time to get into real estate?
Hi all, I've been doing some research lately on the real estate market and most professionals on YouTube and articles being written are on the pessimistic side of things. Most of the advice out there right now is that...
Rick Bassett
Tenant screening uncovered DUI's, jail time etc
Hi All,
Looking for a sanity check here with a potential tenant.
He called on a property, loved it with 2 minutes of walking through it (almost no one loves this property as it has a strange floor plan) and emailed...
Gaurav Bahal
Appraisal is Less than Contract: To Buy or Not to Buy? HELP!
Hello BP! My wife and I are contemplating our first investment property, a triplex in FL. It's fully rented, projected conservatively calculated returns are 10% cash on cash, 1.3% price-to-rent, 7% cap rate. Appraisal...
Chelsea Price
Invest in my own backyard or another state?
Hi! New to this site as well as investing. I recently inherited $200,000 cash and thinking about investing in a STR. I live 24 minutes from the White House and within a 3 hour radius from many viable tourist area opti...
Ruika Lin
Finding confidence to go from 1 low-ROI rental property to the next step in REI
New member here and in the FI community in general. Would love to hear some advice from fellow investors in the community to take REI to the next steps.Currently, I've been holding a rental property (2b1b tiny garden ...
William Huston
Never Landlorded, What makes you do it over paying a PM
Hello All, I am going through growing phases in learning how to properly invest in real estate. For the last 12+ years i purchased properties and turned them into rentals as i switched duty stations in the military. O...
Giselle Black
Should I wait for 'the crash' before I buy my first property?
I want to buy my first rental property but I'm wondering if I should wait until the crash that is supposedly coming. I'm worried that if I buy now, my property will end up being worth half of what I paid after a few y...
Andrew Chime
Are STR Recession proof
I've been getting mixed answers about STR during a possible recession. Is it smart to buy in 2023 and 2024 despite the status of the economy?