Rob Else
Driving for dollars - Question about property status
I was out driving for dollars today over my lunch hour. I was in a neighborhood with home prices in the $100k to $125k range. I found one house that was obviously vacant. It had an overgrown yard and notices posted...
Regina Sloan
Looking for properties-- without MLS
Hi everyone,
I know there is the MLS (as well as the sites zillow, realtor, etc) and then there are "off-market" deals. I would like to know if there is a place online to find "off-market" deals or is it truly just ...
Drew Clements
Quickbooks vs. Freshbooks for REI
Hey all,I'm categorizing this as a software question rather than an accounting question, but it could be both.I've been using Quickbooks to do by book keeping (Mac), but am looking at moving to a web-based tool for th...
Greg Moore
What's your Property Management tech stack?
I'm going to attempt to self-manage a few properties in 2021. This is a new area for me as a landlord. What are the latest and greatest tools you use for finding, screening, qualifying tenants, receiving maintenance ...
Account Closed
Finding current rent rates
Hello BP community, When analyzing multi-family properties how do you find current rent rates? Would you call rentals close by or could this information be found online?
Kristie Nguyen
CPA Learning to help REI with Taxes and Bookkeeping
Hi everyone! I'm Kristie Nguyen, a CPA based in NYC. I recently started my own practice as a bookkeeper and tax preparer, and am excited to learn more about how I can help best service real estate investors!. I have e...
Amiee Baker
Phil Grove
My Husband and I are just now starting with real estate investing and we went to a live event this past weekend put on by Phil Grove and his wife - it was very informative and was very well planned and smooth ( I'm...
Richard Chang
How to collect rents electronically ?
Hi everyone,
I was thinking that there should be a way for tenants to pay rents others than by mailing a check, money order to the landlord ( no property manager ).
What are some ways to do this ?
Also, how do you ...
Erik Raftery
Commerical deal analysis
Hello fellow BP Pros,
Does anyone utilize the Bigger Pockets rental calculators or any other bigger pockets calculators, to calculate commercial deals? by commercial I mean warehouses, retail, office, lab space, stor...
Howard Greisman
Figuring out Rental & BRRRR ARV
Hi,I'm confused & stuck. When using the Rental & BRRRR tools it asks for an ARV. To me an ARV is after you have fixed it all up how much is it worth compared to other properties being similar. One way to ob...