Norman Walton
Digital (Online) Marketing v.Traditional Marketing in Real Estate
Hello all!I was just trying to get an idea on which forms of marketing are getting the most results. I know in some markets, traditional forms of marketing like bandit signs and direct mail might work really well and ...
Lisa Liberski
Setting up C Corp with IRA funds? Experience with Guidant Financial?
Looking to possibly set up a C Corp and have our IRA buy shares so that we would have available capital for fix and flip opportunities. Does anyone have this arrangement set up or had in the past that can give me advi...
J H
My next question - finding distressed sellers
Again, without writing a novel explaining the details and reasoning behind this (should be obvious to the experts anyways) - I want to locate properties owned by distressed sellers.
Maybe they're not even selling eit...
Rochelle Duong
Newbie interested in out-of-state Investing
Hello there!I'm currently looking to get my foot in the door regarding investing out of state. I currently live in a very expensive market (Los Angeles, CA), and recently just paid off all my student loans, have a sta...
Matt Cianci
Long Distance Landlord - Avoiding Management Companies
We are a group of investors from NY, NY, TX looking to buy a duplex in FL. Many of the deals we evaluate are showing 7-8% cap rates, which works well for us, but once we stick a management company fee on there it is w...
Eva Salas
In Unit Washer/Dryers?
Hi, The trend in Silicon Valley, in the pricier buildings, is toward in unit W/Ds. I'm wondering a few things, but mostly has anyone done this and how much more (in %) they were able to get for their units after insta...
Joey Arata
Got my duplex yes!... Now what??
I got the duplex I even have a quick response from my craigslist post. Then reality strikes. I'm clueless.How much of a deposit?Do I charge a application fee so i can cover cost of screening? How much?Is there some le...
Sigmund Reboquio
No offers on my house :( Help
Hello guys, My second day here at BP and Im loving it!Can you please give me some feedback as to why there were no offers on my house?https://www.redfin.com/CA/Fremont/3019-Paine-Ct-94...I know that most likely the an...
James R.
Tenant gets "Attitude Adjustment"
I sometimes have to give tenants, what I call an "attitude adjustment".Below is an email that I sent to a tenant. In her email, she talked about invoicing me for when she had to talk to the utility company. I sent t...
William Allen
Cash out refinance success
I wanted to post the story of a rental house that we purchased a few months ago and just got done with a cash out refinance. The numbers are great and I think they will give some of you the motivation needed to pull ...