Scott Houin
Property Manager Not raising rents as requested
About 6 months ago I reached out to my property manager in writing and ask them to raise rents on all my properties by $25. I reminded them to do this about a month before each lease renewed. When I got my lease re...
Joseph Cacciapaglia
If the Market is Crashing, Then Why Aren't You Selling?
If you are one of the people on here posting about the market crashing, and expecting deep discounts some time in the not so distant future, then are you selling your portfolio today? If not, why not? Things are still...
Ciera Calhoun
Lifestyles Unlimited of Texas
I recently found out about a real estate investing mentor group called Lifestyles Unlimited based in Texas and decided to do some research on it. I came across a thread on this forum about the company from 2008 and ve...
Mustafa Shaikh
RAD Diversified Review — It Wasn't Pretty
I read about RAD through BP and I wanted to leave my review of them for other to be better informed before investing with them. Their salesman (Gregg Poirier) was very easy to get in contact when I was considering inv...
Brie Schmidt
Paying rent with Cash - Simplifying processes
Our tenants pay rent with cash. Some send money orders, some deposit cash in our account, but a majority used PayNearMe to pay at family dollar locations. Now the Family Dollar in our area will no longer accept PayN...
Stephen Witkowski
Why Do I Need A Real Estate Agent?
Hi everyone!I’m a new real estate investor. I’ve started to learn more, browse the forums, listen to podcasts, and attend meetups. I keep seeing people seek out and utilize real estate agents, but I’m not sure why.Sim...
Frank Wolter
Realtors holding offers 2 increase price or double commissions
This post is for investors. Realtors might not seem to care and might think its ethical but I hate when Realtors or Brokers do this. So here's how you can over come it.
You might seem to come across a property you ...
John Thedford
BP Is A "HOTSPOT" Of Illegal Activities
Just got a call from DBPR. That is the Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Florida. They regulate licensed and unlicensed activities. Their call was in relation to an unlicensed broker complaint I fi...
Luc Boiron
I just paid an $80,000 wholesale fee...
Another investor in my network recently got a property under contract, and was looking to assign it. I saw it on Monday, and he gave me his "buy it now" price (ie: don't wait to see if any other investors are interest...
Mindy Jensen
What's your MOST Creative Finance Story?
I want to know the most creative way you've ever financed a real estate purchase.Mortgage? Pish, I've done that.You sold plasma? Tell me more.Seller Financing? I'm all ears!Brandon Turner told us in How We Bought a 2...