Mindy Jensen
What is Your BEST Small-Living Hack?
I'm running out of space in my house. Rather than get a bigger house, I'm looking for clever ways to organize my stuff. What's your best small-living hack?
Joe Ward
HELP! Young potential Protege looking for an Honest Mentor (local/online) in the Chicago-land suburbs, REI Club suggestions and ADVICE please
Hi guys I just made my first post below and again am very excited about becoming a member of your group and getting help from you guys until one day when I can return the favor to others.
First off I am 28 yrs old a...
Matt Spenn
Competition in Direct Mail Marketing
Hello everyone,
I am fairly new to real estate investing, and I wanted to get people's opinion on direct mail marketing and competition. I recently did a mail campaign, and only got about .5% response rate. I...
Alamen Ems
Borrowing money to start flipping houses
Hi
Which better to borrow money from private lenders or hard money lenders?
Or can I use mortgage to buy a house and use the hard money for the labor?
Thanks
James Moore
Tenant v. Cat Pee Smell v. Landlord
So I had lived in an apartment complex for about a year when I left about 2 months early for an internship. I paid for the next two months, so that isn't my problem. My problem occurred months after I checked out. My ...
Robert Wilson
Deceased Owner of Property--Who gets the Property?
Hey guys. So I've been trying to get my first wholesale deal done, and I've had some ok leads but nothing I could close on.I'm currently working with a guy whose sister passed away and he tells me that he is now the o...
Jennifer Schelkopf
How do you optimize self-showings?
My property management company utilizes self-showings and I'm curious to hear from others who also do this. Is there anything you do to optimize self-showing?For example, typically a potential tenant would have the op...
George P.
Ice dam, water behind the walls etc
Had a mysterious leak in the basement's ceiling when it snowed heavily this winter.I have asked for the community input a while ago (https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/183...), and finally one of the contr...
Robert Walden
How much does lack of eating space deduct from ARV?
I'm looking at a nice 1,200 sqft 3-Bdrm SFH in the Scott park area; decent street, newly-renovated, walking distance to the university. However, it doesn't have a DR. It essentially has just a decent-sized "working" k...
Arn Cenedella
Is being a spreadsheet ninja the keys to the “kingdom”?
In MF investing is it more important to be a:
Spreadsheet ninja Or Good operator?
We have a spreadsheet ninja on the Spark Investment Group team.
Our spreadsheet ninja is a NECESSARY but NOT SUFFICIENT condition f...