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What are the medium and long term effects of the pandemic on the note business?My thoughts:Our business is not going away. There were lots of reasons this was a good business before and there will be for the future. D...
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Rents went down this year. Vacancy is up. New supply is coming on the market and there is less competition. Interest rates have risen slowly but surely.Most of the indicators of at least a small correction are there. ...
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Hey BP!I am currently looking to develop a system for off-market property lead generation using direct mail. I want to create a pipeline of deals so I can grow my business. At this time, I am looking for residential s...
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Things have been slow trying to build my real estate portfolio through single family and small multi fam. I'm looking at a lot of opportunities, but after I run the numbers, I'm not really finding decent CoC returns a...
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So I decided to put my big boy pants on and purchase my first yellow letters. I sent just over 1000 letters to absentee owners around my surrounding area. They went out just before the weekend and now that I just got ...
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I currently reside in Des Moines, IA and aim to purchase small multi family properties 4-20 units. I believe that Des Moines is a great market but many others are also starting to notice and invest here. Because of th...
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Good article.Talks about Pros and Cons and discussed the Landlord side of this too.Should rent be canceled because of the coronavirus?https://news.yahoo.com/should-rent-be-canceled-because-of-the-coronavirus-204910688...
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I figured we'd create a predictions thread for the stock market after I saw the Dow was below 7,000 for the first time in 12 years.
So . . . anyone have any predictions?