Isaac White
Cold Contacting Property Owners
What's the most effective way to reach off market property owners about purchasing ? For example; I'm looking in Madison, WI for a four-unit building. There is only 2 options on the market, yet hundreds in the area. 1...
George Ramsay
Earnest Money
My and my agent have a bit of a disagreement regarding earnest money when submitting offers to bank owned properties. She is trying to minimize risk and believes that a maximum of$500 is all we should offer. My though...
Adrian Gallant
Is it a good idea to only own 1-2 multi families?
Hello, I have been searching for two-three family properties in the Bridgeport CT area for the last year now with minimal luck. I have expanded my radius to include:Bridgeport, Stratford, Shelton, Derby, Ansonia, Milf...
Lara Fobian
Preventing time wasted on calls from tire-kicker buyers?
Anyone got ANY TIPS AT ALL to minimize wasting time with UNQUALIFIED and/or UNSERIOUS tire-kicker buyers that call you? (This is when working with retail / market-price house-buyers who need to qualify for a bank loan...
Heidi Fahringer
Interview Questions for Prospective REI Accountant
We are a four partner Real Estate Investment Indiana LLC, owning Indiana residential properties, 1-3 units, all partners live in California.
What questions should we ask prospective tax accountants?
Any REI tax ac...
Andy Collins
Should you put your real estate into an LLC
I started this because it seems like every couple of days someone new starts this topic, I hope we can all give our opinion on this, and refer newby's to this discussion.
I think there are a few reasons you ...
Erela Plotkin
prospective tenants with a criminal record
i have a couple that is interested in renting, but there seems to be a lot of questions marks, both criminal background checks came listed as in review, he just started a new job 2 months ago, she does not work, and t...
Mark DeMarco
Getting Started
Been in the vendor side of real estate since 2002 and would like to start owning rental properties and flipping homes. Want to minimize my mistakes, losses and wasted time.Mark
Doug Smith
Is my rent too low?
I have two properties that both came up for rent on May 1st. One is an investment property in Pittsburgh, PA. The other was our primary residence in San Francisco. (We’re moving out of the PR and renting it out). I...
Nick Furukawa
Forming My First LLC
I am looking to purchase my first investment property this summer in Indiana and I am currently looking into forming my LLC in the coming weeks so I can get my business bank account set up and start tracking tax deduc...