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Sean Dezoysa What's more productive: Paying someone to drive/dollars, or mail?
17 September 2019 | 11 replies

Hi, I'm weighing paying someone drive for dollars to gather beat up house leads to use for skip tracing the owner, vs gathering probate and building code violation lists and mailing the residences and probate recipien...

Jorge Abreu RECESSION PERFORMANCE: STOCK MARKET VS. MULTIFAMILY REAL ESTATE
30 December 2022 | 2 replies

Ultimately, stock investing simply can’t surpass multifamily investments when it comes to cash flow. While there may be a select few companies that pay comparable quarterly or monthly dividends to shareholders, they c...

Matt Vanden Toorn 2 Words That Have Saved Me Hours of Frustration
16 July 2018 | 5 replies

Like most of you, I do most of my advertising for my rentals through craigslist. Nothing irritates me more than setting up an appointment, driving over to the rental property to meet a prospective tenant and no one sh...

Tom Shallcross Chicago - Jefferson Park Predicament
2 August 2018 | 1 reply

Hey All - for those who invest on the NW-side, this is a great article on the current state of Jefferson Park (and I'm 100% biased as this is my neck of the woods :).  https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2018/08/02/neighb...

Tadela Tedemet Protecting your energy
3 May 2020 | 9 replies

Starting out as an investor/wholesaler (and I’m sure being a pro) is HARD psychologically speaking. Many of these books you and others recommend are probably motivational/inspirational (I.e Think and Grow Rich, or 10x...

Josh McCullough Reducing turnover
5 March 2013 | 5 replies

What are y'all doing to reduce turnover in your homes, or lots? Are you using credit checks? It just seems like everyone(at least around here) has bad credit. Stable income at least 3x's total housing payment? Do y'al...

DeWayne Lewis Billing tenants for Water Usage in San Diego County
1 January 2016 | 4 replies

I own a 10 unit building in Oceanside CA.  Along with my property manager we noted instances were residents are clearly being wasteful (washing cars, not reporting leaks, multiple occupants etc.,.)  Where practical, w...

Aspen Labrador Question for Young Investors!
16 April 2021 | 4 replies

Hi all!
I’m currently working on creating new valuable content so realtors can be as effective as possible to help young real estate investors. I would greatly appreciate it if you could take the time to answer these...

Vontarius Dameko Marketing & Advertising
26 November 2023 | 4 replies

What is the typical marketing & advertising route for those in real estate? I know there is stereotypical organic advertising done via Facebook groups & short-form videos on TikTok & Instagram. I have my c...

Steve A Asking for Closing Costs vs. Higher Price (Same netback)
22 October 2009 | 5 replies

What are the factors to consider when deciding whether to ask the seller to pay for closing costs or just boosting the offering price to compensate.

Sample deal:

Offer 1- $515K, each party pays his own closing cos...