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I just signed up for RentApp, which provides a customizable online application that is completely free, both to me AND my tenants. The local custom here seems to be to accept free applications(some use RentApp), then...
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I hope to tap into the hive mind of the BP community to get recommendations for specific real estate books. I am an economics professor and I am developing an upper-level college course on Real Estate Economics. The e...
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I tried hand dialing. The first 25 people I called (took an average of 4-5 phone numbers per person) went through fine and I had pretty good results with people picking up. One even led to an appointment. I got a stra...
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http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0711/package-bomb-houston-oil-company-executives-home/
I've seen this article on several "mainstream" news outlets. Most fail to mention that the house is owned by an oil industry execut...
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https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3290-E-M-36-APT-2-Pinckne... had this unit listed over 2 months I started out too high at 1350. Its been vacant for 21 days now
I’ve had it down to 1200 for weeks and just added $5...
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I was asking myself this question the other day:If I was an average person investing in a random town in a random part of the United States, would I be better off investing in Real Estate, or the Stock Market?Turns ou...
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Hello everyone,I've been paying off debt and saving money for the past few months, looking to save for a house. I was planning to rent a couple of rooms to help with the mortgage, when someone introduced me to the hou...
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Good afternoon BP,
I am a new investor starting out my business model with lease option sandwiches.
My question is: how do I determine the future value/purchase price of a home when structing the lease option sandwi...
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Hello BP,I've been using a part time ( 4hrs per day 5 days a week) VA for 3 months now, my VA is doing Lead Gen, Cold Calling, SMS, Direct Mail, Email & RVM, my question is I am not getting much success with this ...
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Hey everyone, I'm an aspiring real estate investor with 200k in cash. Recently, I read Brandon Turner's real estate investing book, and now I'm torn between two strategies.
On one hand, I could start small with singl...