Jacky Johnson
Does leaking water considered violation of building code
There has been heavy rain in the past few days and a few of my units in my old apartment have experienced leaking from the trim near the floor resulting in puddles of water and dripping above the windows inside the un...
Mark Hu
How to verify identity theft?
Every applicant with bad credit has an excuse why. A common excuse I get is they suffered from identity theft.
Is there any way to verify an applicant truly has suffered from identity theft? It is extremely r...
Chris F.
Tradition Real estate education
So I was thinking about investing a little time into some classes at the local college geared towards brokers and agents. Specifically I was interested in the property management and finacing classes as these could po...
John Krajewski
newspaper ads.
looking for feedback on what people have found to be the best lead generator. the local newspaper here seems expensive and is flooded with we buy ads...thinking about the thrifty nickel or some of the smaller rogue ne...
Quandra Adams
County Appraisal vs. Purchase Appraisal
I just received an appraisal letter from my county for my property. It is almost $20,000 less than the purchase appraisal price. If I do not correct the county and leave the lessor property value price in place and b...
Jonathan Twombly
What is your BIG DREAM about getting into real estate?
We've had a great discussion in another thread about our biggest fears in getting involved in real estate. Now, let's turn it around. What is your big Real Estate Dream? Why are you involved in real estate?For me, ...
Ben Skove
"Layoffs hit 2nd largest U.S. landlord"
American Homes 4 Rent cuts around 15% of its workforce.
What do you think? Just poorly run, or is this as a result of (or anticipation of) fewer distressed sales and higher prices? Given they're cutting "acqu...
Deriane Cox
Abandon Properties
This past weekend I drove around and found four vacant properties. I wrote down the address of each property and went to the county's website to try and locate the owners' name. I got one hit form the site, and now I...
Islam Abdallah
Evaluating Listing agents
Up until this point, I've been using flat fee listing agents to list my properties, main reason being cost ($500/ listing vs 3% of sale price). But as time has gone on and i'm listing more properties, my flat fee a...
Ronnie Hall
Postcard Damage! Are all direct mail pieces vulnerable to damage?
It seems like each time I mail myself a postcard for testing, it has significant damage. It’s fine. I understand the piece goes through much at USPS. I use PropStream. Are there companies that do things differently th...