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Hey, I'm Hansel. I'm a software engineer that wants to start investing in real estate for my future.Right now I live in Chino, CA. Property price in this area is around $700K-1M, which I don't think I can afford the m...
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I've been out of the MS office game for a long time. I think the office on my Mac is 2008. I'm getting confused by looking at all the different types of version they have. I'm looking for the basic Word, Excel, Pow...
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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?
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...