Are there any legitimate auction sites available on the web, large or small, that do not use fake or shill bids? Ran into this during due diligence on Auction.com: Until the seller's reserve price is met, Auction.com ...
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Hello BiggerPockets community! I'm Maria J from New Jersey, passionate about real estate investing for a couple months now. I'm particularly passionate about PA, NC and OH.
Outside of real estate, I enjoy trying new ...
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Will anyone share some of their best practices for the following?Showing a house - follow them around, let they look at their leisure, ask lots of questions, which questions to ask, hand outs with information on utili...
Hello,
I am wondering what you feel is the best way to get leads. Is it Craigslist, direct mail, open houses, blogging, etc? I am considering launching my first direct mailing campaign and plan to send to renters a b...
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Hello everyone,I have done a little research on out of state investing, turnkey seems to be the easiest and simplest option. I have heard there is another option that is similar to turnkey but safer, but I haven't got...
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I would like to ask everyone to post your experiences between two possible marketing strategies.
One is a direct mailing using postcards with addresses purchased from a list broker and the second is using an opt-in fr...
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In another thread, someone mentioned that they banned all candles.
Can you ban candles and incense?
Can you actually ban strong curry and cooking smells that linger on property?
We've all been in places that reek ...
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Hey all,
We've recently started working with lease options.
We have a tenant buyer site set up and we're working direct mail, Craigslist, fsbos and expired listings for sellers. As you can imagine, we're getting pl...
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Wanna know how to target motivated home sellers on Facebook? Then, this is for you!I've read some people asking how to target motivated sellers using digital marketing, so here is a simple answer...- 1 way to target r...
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Hello, all! Little bit about myself. I own a digital marketing agency helping small business owners with web development, SEO, logo designs and sone advertising marketing. I own a home with a Wife and 2 kids.Life is g...