Forrest T Schue
Receipt Tracking and Bookkeeping
Hello everybody,What methods do you recommend for tracking and documenting businesses receipts? shoebox? A software?
Chris Oshea
Direct mail: What list would typically generate the highest response rate?
I'm thinking that I might do best if I purchase a mailing list. I've tried (on a small scale) mailing to the owners of properties I've driven by that look run down or abandoned with so-so success (4 calls from 73 let...
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Investor seeks apprenticeship...scam?
Hi,
I see the signs around sometimes and i happen to have come across some job postings on craigslist and a real estate site here in Chicago...has anyone simply called and found out what the story is here??...smells ...
Matt Hinton
Financing options for destabilized multifamily
I realize in advance that the correct answer to the question that I have is probably "it depends," but I will give it the old college try. On average, what do most of the smaller, "investor friendly banks" need in ter...
Charles B.
Another new investor in the Bay Area...
Hello all, my name is Charles and I recently moved to the bay area from the midwest for a great career opportunity. I have always had an interest in REI, since my teens, but could never find enough resources to be con...
Andrew B.
I did it! I bought a place!
Well Since I was 16 I've been on these forums, and my dream was to own a place and get into REI, I met a huge goal today!! I havent been on the forums for a while, I've been really busy. Last time I was on here I was ...
Stephen Hundley
Supply appliances but not service them?
We have middle class to upper class rentals ranging from $1,000-$1,400/m. We find our houses rent faster when refrigerators, washers and dryer are supplied but that also means we've had to fix them when they break. Do...
Steve Triano
Golf Carts in Vacation Rental?
Do any of you offer a golf cart in your STR? If so... do you make the guest take rental insurance or something? What happens if the guest crashes the golf cart? I'm in contract to buy a place on a golf course so cu...
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RealtyTrac
How accurate a tool is RealtyTrac?
What does the "amount " mean? Esp when it says minimum bid is N/A?
Some properties have an amount, and the minimum bid IS that amount.
Does that mean the lender will accept that am...
Daniel Fierros
Equity from Rehab
Hello BP nation! I haven't posted in a while so I want to ask this out of curiosity. How much should you (as an investor) aim to raise the value of a home vs the amount spent on rehab? Ex. If an investor buys a dis...