Michael Wentzel
Is Cleveland the next Detroit?
I'm just getting into buy-and-hold real estate. We own one property in Colorado Springs and are under contract on a second in Pueblo, CO. I have been looking at houses in Cleveland, OH. The prices are ridiculously ...
Chris Lohmeier
Zillow now accepts Rent Payments
Just as an FYI in case someone hasn’t seen it yet, Zillow is now accepted rent payments through their Rental Manager website. Last week they started an application service with Credit and Background checks. As of ri...
Matt Spenn
Competition in Direct Mail Marketing
Hello everyone,
I am fairly new to real estate investing, and I wanted to get people's opinion on direct mail marketing and competition. I recently did a mail campaign, and only got about .5% response rate. I...
S. Aaron Scholl
Starting a property management franchise versus signing on with brokerage
I own 7 doors as an unlicensed RE investor in California. I'm interested in getting into property management. I'm considering starting a franchise with Property Management Inc (PMI), but there's a $60k buy-in, fees fo...
Bram Spiero
Charlotte Meetup Follow Up
First off, thank you Chris T. for organizing the meetup.It was great meeting such a varied group of people interested in and working in REI.In order to make it easier to keep in touch, whoever attended yesterday pleas...
Joe Splitrock
Electric Car as a Business Expense
We are in a situation where my wife is soon to be quitting her job to focus more on the rental business. My daughter will be getting her drivers license this year, so we will need to add a third car. We could probably...
Jon Dow
New Investor from Northern Virginia
Hello all. I am starting down the path of real estate investing here in the Northern Virginia area. I am trying to just get as much information from BP that I can. I upgraded to PRO because I thought it was a small pr...
Curt Smith
I noticed that in MHU's P&S no rent or utilities guaranttees
Hi MHP folks. I bought MH Universities 30 day DD kit that comes with a P&S contract. In comparing this contract with ones used by sophisticated multifamily buyers which is my background this is the list of i...
Richard Ibeh
Compass, Redfin... how do you adjust?
Hello all,I've been noticing a big trend on being a "tech-enabled real estate brokerage" and big companies like Redfin and Compass are capitalizing on that notion. There are also companies that will buy/sell homes for...
Serena Sun
Urgent: Water Leak for brand new house, Please help!!!
Hi Everyone, First, thanks to those who advise me to refinance our old primary to buy a new home. We just finished refinance and use it as the down payment for a brand new house, and it will be closed in couple days. ...