We are looking into building or buying a web scraper for the county property appraiser website. Does anyone have any experience designing or using these?  Any success? 

I am looking at property management software and have been intrigued by both Hemlane and Rentec Direct. I have noticed that Rentec Direct is almost always cheaper no matter how many units you are managing, plus it has...

Anyone have a good accounting program/software/system they use for investors (development projects and fix and flip renovation projects) that's reasonably priced?  Since I really don't need to write invoices, i need s...

Hey community, I am exploring starting a hard money lending business and wanted to start a thread for all advice on the topic (including what not to do or tools not to use).  Does your state require licensing?  Did yo...

Hi All,            My name is Dilshad and recently I opened up my own mortgage business from home. I will be the one who will be giving money out of my pocket to borrower's against their collateral. I also Will NOT be...

I'm building (as developer, hiring a GC) five townhomes in Houston. Until now I've been building duplexes in Dallas. I have a decent set of cost data from those builds, but all the material and labor cost inflation/vo...

Hi fellow BP data junkies,What are some of the best analysis programs for construction projects that have multiple draws, and also various funding sources at different lengths and rates? I have been using DealCheck bu...

I recently got a job as an assistant property manager at a small, but established property management company in St. Pete, Florida. Unfortunately there was massive turnover, because the previous management didn't care...

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I recently signed up and started setting up Buildium. So far, I am pretty impressed and happy with the product. I currently self manage 16 units and have brought on an assistant to help me with property man...

Hello BP family, I have been on BP for a couple of years now and it has helped me tremendously, I love it! My name is Touré Smith, I am a junior at Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL. majoring in Accountancy. A...