Jon Klaus
Additional commission to buyer's agent?
When you are selling a home, do you ever pay more than 3% to the buyer's agent? To set your property apart from competition? Under what circumstances would you pay more? How much more?
Anuj Ansal
Water Backup Contractors
Hi, We recently had water backup come up from our floor drains in the basement. I would like to get a check valve installed in the sewer line to prevent this from happening again. Can anyone recommend a good plumber o...
Jonathan Scott
Contaminated Properties
Hello All,I am currently searching for contaminated properties, also known as brownfield properties (i.e. former gas-stations, landfills, dry cleaners, industrial), for my father's cleanup business. Ideally we are loo...
Bethany T.
converting 2/1 into 3/2 homes
I know that 3/2's are what most renters and lease-purchasers are looking for but our market has a lot of very affordable 2/1's. I have seen some homes that have literally added a "box" on the back that contains a n...
Marlon Thomas Jr
Email marketing campaign?
Hello BiggerPockets family,
I will be closing my first deal June 30th, and right now I am worried about where my next deal is going to come from. Unfortunately, I don't have many people in my database at all. I was p...
Brad Brynteson
D4D? Do you qualify houses before sending postcard?
Just wondering what the best technique is when driving for dollars. Do you automatically send postcard if you are using DealMachine or similar type app when you find what appears to be distressed home? Or do you first...
Patrick Jacques
How much is TOO much social media?
As a realtor, being visible on social media is pretty important. Or so I read. Seeing as 90% of society has a smart phone glued to their face a majority of the day.But what have you found to be sensible amount of so...
Noel Lumbo
Put up some bandit signs during the daytime and got my first call back (an angry BLOCK CAPTAIN)
I really wanted to save this for my introductory post... and this forces me to make that post happen soon!! Anywho.... I planned on hanging up bandit signs in the wee hours of the morning... well my alarm clock went o...
Nicholas Moffett
GUERRILLA MARKETING ? ---- How do YOU do it ?
I'm a newer investor, 26 years old and only 1 deal done. I am trying to find another deal, however sitting around and hunting the MLS is proving to be a waste of time. Banks wont negotiate and once a deal hits a rea...
Gerald Lord
Growing Rehab Knowledge
Advice for a newbie investor looking to grow my knowledge on rehab so I can quickly and effectively analyze properties?
I recently ordered the book on Estimating Rehab Cost by J. Scott so I'll be diving into that so...