Brad T.
To Charge an Application Fee or Not
What are everyone's thoughts on whether to charge an application fee for rental houses? Do you collect a bunch of applications and only run the background and credit check on your top candidate with you paying the bi...
Jacqueline Coombs
Is Personality Type holding me back?
Does anyone else here have issues with their personality type holding them back from being a successful RE investor? I am really struggling here and would appreciate any insight.
According to Myers-Briggs, I am an IN...
Brandon Carlson
How to run/manage a successful Real Estate Brokerage Office?
Hi BP Family,Curious to know if any realtors have become a broker and started your own firm?How was the transition?What do you do as a broker on a day to day basis, and what do you delegate to others?Was it worth it?W...
James Munoz
To be or not to be.. A realtor
Hello, BP family! I have been surrounding myself with real estate since November of last year. I have learned many things a long the way. One thing for sure is that you will learn very quickly whether real estate is f...
Jim Foil
Rehab Project Management Software
Hi all,
In my quest to streamline efficiencies for rehabs I defaulted to my normal way of managing projects- namely using Microsoft Project or Excel. In thinking of all of the dependencies that go into a reh...
Nhi Nguyen
Contractor partners up with broker
Hello PBers. Hope you all have great results on your RE endeavour this first half of the week. I personally didn't gain anything financially, but got some exciting things to think about.Besides the multi-division lo...
Jacqueline Carrington
The 6% Pushback
My broker's fee is 6% on all listing contracts. Yes, everything is negotiable but how do other agents counter when a seller says "6% is too high". How do you make the seller see your value in that 6%? How often do you...
Shiloh Lundahl
Kiyosaki & McElroy recent podcast - Invest in business not RE
Robert Kiyosaki recently had a podcast with Ken McElroy and talked about how the RE market seems to be topping off. They talked about different asset classes to invest in (RE, the stock market, commodities, and busine...
Nick Aderman
Inherited a tenant with 2 pit bulls not sure what to do
Hello BP, my wife and I recently bought our first rental (a Duplex in Sacramento) We inherited tenants on both sides. They have both been long term renters at this property, and after inspections they both seem to tak...
Mark N.A
Concealed Weapon Preferences
So I was over on Tim Wieneke's great thread on the hazards of going into vacant properties and several posters mentioned that they carry concealed weapons.
I'd like to find out what type of concealed weapons are most...