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What are some signs you see of any area that is gentrifying or about to gentrify to any veteran real estate investors or even people who have seen a bad neighborhood turn into well developed in a period of time ?
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With last years taxes, I was able to write off my rental income down to zero through depreciation, repairs, hoa's, taxes, insurance, etc on my rental properties.Since I do not meet the qualifications to go to $-25,000...
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Hi, I have located a clearly abandoned home (boarded up, with graffiti regularly outside of it). I've never had the pleasure of tracking down the owner of that home. I'd love to partner with someone who has that ski...
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Hello all,
I’m a former corporate data scientist turned full-time investor. I’ve had a tough but rewarding journey these past few years and I’d like to share my personal experience to hopefully help others in the ear...
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Hi - I’m relatively new to the real estate game and am just starting to read multiple books involving this topic.I noticed a house being cleaned up two weeks ago, talked to maintenance people, and was in the right pla...
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I plan on touching on a couple different things, so please bear with me.
1. I recently sent out about 110 letters(leads were obtained via usleadlist), regular postcards, with the typical " My name is etc, I'm an Inv...
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There's a common belief among landlords that pets are an absolute "no-go." While I prefer not to have pets in my apartments, I don't always provide a strict no. The main reason behind that is tenant quality. I mainly ...
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The idea of social media consumption is nothing new, but it was from listening to the Bigger Pockets podcasts that got me thinking about the value of media creation versus consumption. You can make yourself famous and...
I'm honestly a bit lost especially with the time and funds sunk in. We started off buying a simple Sean Terry course to learn about wholesaling and we spent thousands on buying leads and skips and software and we do l...
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I have listed my investment property for lease and I am using an experienced Realtor, which I used in the past to buy my first home. She actually lives just up the road from the home I am trying to lease out.
She pu...