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I just finished reading Buy and Rent Forclosures byJoseph Neilson.
Mr Neilson advocates stripping houses of central air, garbage disposals and many other amenities in order to eliminate maintenance costs.
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Let me give you a little back ground first.
I'm 19, a cashier at walmart, moved out on my own a few months ago, I'm getting married in the summer of 2010, and I have virtually no cash saved up (though I am working on...
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Hello Bigger Pockects Family,
I hope everyones 2012 is going as great as 2011 went. website. I have both enjoyed and learned a tremendous amount from reading the posts and blogs from this site. I use the postcard ...
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This is our company's first complete kitchen remodel. On the first few we just painted the cabinets, swapped out the hardware, new flooring etc. On this one we are going all out and doing a full remodel. I haven't fi...
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We just purchased a 4-plex with a bad roof and one moldy unit for $116,500. We have a new roof scheduled to be installed in 3 weeks, but need to make some big decision on the other renovations. Each unit needs new pai...
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Well, I almost fell for it! A couple of weeks ago, I heard Larry Goins speaking on another guru's podcast about HUD homes. I checked out Larry's HUD website and ordered the Free book with several "bonuses'" A few da...
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Howdy everyone from the Evergreen State (Washington). My name is Richard, I am 55 years old and have a wonderful pain the butt oops I mean wife (lol). I also have a 12 year old going on 20 son and a bigger pain in ...
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it seems like the competition is getting bigger and bigger in wholesaling .. i'm a newbie myself but in the few months i have been getting my feet wet i have seen so many new bandit signs so many ..... everywhere i...
Ok new to wholesaling and from my understanding you should take one approach and stick to it. I am thinkning that the best approach for me to start wholesaling would be direct mail. I feel like I will have the free ti...
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I've owned a two-flat in Albany Park for about a year now. We've replaced the roof (18.5K, it was never torn off in 100 years) and redid kitchens and bathrooms. We're planning to replace our galvanized pipe with coppe...