Mike Mendoza
using non skilled labor to fix up your houses
I've been using college kids, just out of college, stay at home mom's, etc to work on our crew to help fix our flips. We subcontract concrete, roofing, and exterior painting, siding, windows if we are doing the whole...
Peter Sanchez
Real Estate is a Terrible Investment.
According to this article, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/history-says-home-real-estate-is-a-bad-investment/if you take out the recent housing bubble and just look at returns on real estate for the past 100 years, you wi...
Albert L.
my (probably) unrealistic plan to give away a million dollars
Hey folks, wanted to get a sanity check on a 13 year old plan i put together to generate 85k/month. i know i know, it's crazy and it's going to take a ridiculous amount of long term focus, sacrifice and hard rock. Lik...
Tariq Hakeem
Denver eyes turning off natural gas, requiring all-electric new b
Denver eyes turning off natural gas, requiring all-electric new buildings in climate push
Denver wants new construction in a few years to be “net-zero energy” buildings that use only electricity from renewable source...
Marci Stein
tenant complaints about heat cost- can anything be done?
Finally found a tenant who pays her rent on time, but now she wants to move out when lease is up due to heating cost. It's her first winter there and propane heat costs 2 tanks a month ($230 a tank). there is also e...
John Meyers
Urban Short-Term Rentals Niche
My business partner and I are creating a real estate investment firm. -- Our niche will be acquiring Chicago properties to convert to short-term rentals.
We will acquire the properties under our LLC and keep them re...
Jake Burgdorf
What systems do you have in place to manage your property?
Hi,I'm curious as to what systems you have in place to help manage your properties. I'm a newbie and want to figure out a system that works for me before purchasing my first property.Thanks!Jake
Joe S.
Listing agent versus property management company
Looking for thoughts on different ways of using a property management/ leasing agent. Some investors use a leasing agent to find a tenant and then do their own collections and such. With a good tenant this would save...
Jake Ernst
Real Estate License?
Hello, as a new investor is it wise to obtain a real estate license? I know it is not necessary but is it advantageous? I have been listening to some podcasts and the one guy mentioned that having it allows you to loo...
Jacob Laird
Residential to Multifamily
Hello everyone! I’ve been investing SFH and townhomes in North Carolina for a little while now and would like to take the dive into multifamily. Specifically looking at small apartment complexes (8-14 units). For thos...