Dustin Oaks
Realtors not responding about Vacant Land they list
I am asking for advice on an issues I am having right now. I am in a part of the world that making telephone calls is very difficult and have to rely on email. That being said, I try to get as much information on v...
Justin Harding
Acquiring Cook County Delinquincy lists
Hello,I'm a newer investor and went down to Cook County RofD and Treasurer office (on clark in the loop) to get eviction, water shutoff and property tax delinquency listing. I started at the FOIA office and was shuffl...
John K.
Tenant keeps overpaying by $2
This one is a puzzler. So I have a tenant who is overpaying by $2/month. The tenant receives a weird amount (for round numbers for this example), lets say 101 dollars from housing assistance, and then also mails ...
Jennifer Alcide
Response to "Why do you need to know that?" or "What difference does it make?"
Hello,
I'm a new investor who is targeting absentee owners for wholesaling. When I receive a phone call, and I begin to qualify them, one of the questions I ask is "is there a mortgage on the house?" The response u...
Ralph Noack
Abusive tenant now an abusive ex-tenant, and threatening
Hey BP, Looking for your best bits of wisdom...We have a triplex in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.We successfully evicted our tenants about 2 weeks ago. The reason for the eviction was because they were smoking cigarette...
Chris Coughlan
Finding Motivated Sellers...
I've read that you must build a buyers list first. I've also read that you should work on finding motivated sellers first and the buyers will come. I'm starting to believe the latter.
I've been posting online with ...
Lyndsey Keller
SITE INSPECTION??? To run credit/background/eviction checks?
I'm so noticeably new to this. It's been hammered in my head to screen and check for these things. When it comes time to do it, I thought I'd enter the info, pay the appropriate fees online and be done (yes, I have...
John Phong
How Do You Learn An Out of State Market?
Hello BPers,
I understand investing has a lot to do with knowing your market, the more you know the better. I am looking to build an out of state rental properties portfolio. What do you do and/or suggest on learning...
Nathan Gesner
Need help starting a local REI group
I'm a REALTOR, manage 300 rentals, and own 14 units. I'm very busy but would like to start a local REI group in Park County, Wyoming (pop. 25,000). We've never had an REI group and the nearest one is in another state,...
Alexander Efaw
Wholesaling
Can someone explain in short or in detail how wholesaling works? I'm not sure that I understand the concept. I'm new to the business.