James Lusk
The Red Road to Real Estate (Part 1)
Allow me to catch you up to speed before moving forward. My career path has been more crooked than a hunchback lawyer. I began like most; working odd jobs throughout high school. From grocery store cashier to pizza de...
Alex Molina
Lease Renewal. What is the standard rent increase rate (1%, 3%, 5%, etc)?
Hello, I have a rental in New Haven, CT (3 Beds/1bad). It's currently renting for $2095 and the tenants are going to complete their first year in the property and intend to do a lease renewal. According to my property...
John Napier
Advanced Due Diligence - Apartments
I am looking for some of the experience apartment investors and developers out there to regale me with some stories about unlikely/unusual/out-of-the-ordinary things that have been discovered in the inspection/due dil...
J. Martin
My Logo Suck? Give me feedback and help shape it!
Hey BP Colleagues!Does my logo suck?Please check out these better logos I'm having designed, vote, and give me feedback!! You can influence the best logo now! I still have time to do edits with the designers also..htt...
Winston Spence
Direct Mail Marketing: Trying Other Ideas To Get Leads
From reading the forum and understanding what other investors are doing to get responses from direct mail. It seems like a majority of members on BP are using yellow letters. Yellow letters seems to get a higher respo...
Account Closed
Partner or Flip to build capital
My long term goal is to build a portfolio of rental properties. I'm thinking about starting to rehab and flip homes to build more capital to invest in apartments. Does it make more sense to find partners and invest ...
Patrick Sears
Selling Homes to Investors on Terms
Hello,I was wondering what y'all thought about paying all cash for low-end fixers, NOT fixing them up, and then offering to sell them on terms to local investors looking to fix and flip or fix and rent? Trying to get...
Brennan Stephenson
How to Develop this Property
Hi all!I've been following BiggerPockets for a while now and finally signed up because ran into a situation that I can't seem to find info on. My wife and I bought a deal in Denver, CO. We jumped on the deal at the ...
Prab C.
Not using a realtor on a purchase - advice needed
A wholesaler recently shared an off-market deal with me. The seller doesn't want to put it on the MLS to avoid paying heavy realtor fees. The wholesaler is not a licensed real estate agent.
How important is it to hav...
Tony O'Brien
Why Real Estate Income properties outclass Stocks and Bonds.
Investing in real estate has increased in popularity over the past 8 years becoming a popular investment vehicle, the art of buying to rent really became a broad market approach shortly after the 2008 housing crisis. ...