Does something like a "property maintenance company" exist?I'm self-managing ~60 units on the south side and for the most part, doing great. However, maintenance is killing me. I'm a computer nerd and spent much of my...

I often speak to active real estate investors or even aspiring investors looking for their first deal. One thing I caution new investors about is working themselves into another job. While it sounds amazing to have 20...

Hi, I have a very small studio apartment listed for Low price and got about 200 inquires on past week but only about 3 showing because none of rest qualify. The showing did not turn into actual application, at mean ti...

Hello :),So last week I took two days off to gather probate info at the courthouse. The good thing was I could gather case information on  3 counties at the courthouse I went to ( I was able to gather about 48-50 lead...

I own a quadplex in Cincinnati. I just changed property managers because I had a number of issues with the previous manager including letting 3 of the 4 units go vacant in 3 months. There is currently 1 tenant still i...

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if your lease says there's a late fee and your tenant is late...then there's a fee. It's okay. It's what both parties agreed to in writing in a contract. The story doesn't matt...

Context: I am 30 years old and have been a commercial real estate agent for 2 years. I have a strong background in sales and joined a very reputable commercial firm that is owned by my best friend’s family. I am at a ...

What are the jobs that can be done prior to investing that will still give either useful skills or directly relate to real estate? And what are the education requirements of each?

So far I have found:

Real estate ag...

I'm new in the real estate business and thought starting as a RE assistant to educate myself while working under another.  Does anyone know of any resources or companies that train you? 

I was wondering if any of you BPers have experience in directly contacting owners.

I can look up owners names through my PVA, and if owned by an LLC can research owners through the SOS website.

Some peoples names yo...