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Appraisal Came in Very, Very Low!
I put several duplexes on the market through a real estate agent for roughly $190K. We didn't pluck this number out of thin air. There was another property that had sold on the street a few properties away for $190K...
Amy Martin
Inexperienced landlord needing advice about screening applicants
I'm in the process of renting out our first rental property. I started showing the home yesterday for the first time- did 5 showings and received 1 application. I am fairly new to real estate investing and would like ...
Andrew Semler
What are the five best skills to focus on for a newbie
There is obviously a lot to learn and master in real estate investing. I was wondering from yall's past experience, what would you say the top 5 skills/habits were that made for your greatest advances early on? To say...
Bailey Kramer
Direct Mail Strategy
I'm thinking about using the Direct Mail Strategy to target multi-family properties and owners who might be motivated to sell. I've heard of using List Source as a tool to collect addresses of properties. I would lo...
Doug Hadley
Tenant Fails to Notify Landlord of Guest
I have a new tenant that moved into our rental at the start of the month. Listed on the lease agreement was herself and three kids, no one else. Within a few days of move-in I start receiving calls and texts from ou...
Brett B.
Some Realtors don't service their clients well.... 2 stories
So I have a few rants that I would like to share. I feel like I can move on after sitting on the BP chair and talk about it.Story 1 - 22 unit complex in Houston TXSo I purchased a 48 unit complex about a year ago for ...
Jeremy Chaser
Do you have to essentially steal a property to make #s work?
I've been trying to purchase a rental property for the better part of a year now. It just seems like anything available on the market never works when I really look at the numbers. Here's an example of a current place...
Diana Pritchard
Educate your Real Estate agent
Hi BP Community,I wanted to share my recent interaction (email exchange) with a real estate agent who was advising me to up my offer price to beat the competition.About 20 days ago, I called an agent about a double (1...
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Solar in illinois: worth it?
I've done some preliminary research on going solar for my primary residence (two unit with flat roof and almost no shade according to comed and project sunroof by google)
Ive run my numbers a few times and I understa...
David Denzy
Wholesaling: Starting Out
Hello everybody,I’ve done all the reading and practice analyzing deals and I am finally comfortable to start taking action. Because I don’t have any money to throw at marketing yet, my plan is to drive for dollars and...