Chirag Parikh
Low cap rate... why bother?
Hi All!I've been browsing loopnet and other websites recently to get a general idea of what kind of multifamily investments are out there. I noticed that in some places (los angeles for example) have multifamily apart...
Ann Bellamy
Investor loses father and step-mother to carbon monoxide - check and replace your CO detectors
A few days ago, I received an email from a real estate investor in my network. He recently flew to Italy to cope with the carbon monoxide poisoning of his dad and step mother while they were vacationing there. His ...
Jim K.
New use for bandit signs
Spotted this illegally mounted below a traffic sign in a poor neighborhood. I understand why wholesalers put up bandit signs telling people they BUY houses, but does this WORK? Are there desperate cash buyers just dri...
Matt Shumate
KPIs for Deal Analysis
Fellow investors and syndicators,
What are some of the core KPIs that you look at for benchmarking whether or not you'll move forward with a deal? Could be things like...
Short term
Cash on Cash return
cash fl...
Nathan Speary
Airbnb vs Vrbo, eggs in one basket, and rankings
I’ve gots ground STR business. A few years ago I had about 40% of my bookings coming from VRBO but airBnB gained significant traction, and soon 95% of my bookings were from AirBnB with a 90% occupancy rate. Sounds go...
Alvin Pereira
Wholesaling - Explain Like I'm Five
Hi BP!
I've done a few deals over the years, but they've all been either buy and hold or flips. I keep hearing more and more people talk about wholesaling claiming that you don't need to be a licensed realtor to do s...
Josef Bryan Gerster
Airbnb Listing Help Needed
I went live for my airbnb in March and have seen a significant drop in bookings since this month. Any tips and tricks to get better search results?https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1024868125019924074?adults=1&am...
John Carbone
Warning for STR Pumpers
I’ve mentioned over the past few years to be careful how you pump and promote short term rentals to people in search of real estate. As I said before, when people take loses, they file lawsuits at anyone associated.Di...
John Barrows
Beware the ADVERTISING BY SO-CALLED wholesale GURU'S
I have been in the real estate business for over 22 years. Most all my experience has been buying and selling real estate retail (conventional buyer/seller) or foreclosure deals. I have been looking into Wholesaling r...
Patricia Andriolo-Bull
Post disappeared - VRBO Terms of Service
I started a post yesterday regarding VRBO Terms of Service. I received a few comments. Been busy all day but went to see the discussion and the post disappeared. Is that normal? I didn't receive a notice of it vio...