Dean D.
How to objectively estimate a properties relative value
I apologise if this post is a bit long winded, however, I am starting to look at my first home purchase (will be house hacking as per Set For Life by Scott Trench). As such, I am trying to understand how to objectivel...
James Carlson
Hot tubs boost your STR revenues by 34% ... and other AirDNA findings
Welp ... AirDNA finally did it. They have provided us with actual data quantifying how much a certain amenity adds to your short-term rental revenues.I tell all my STR investors/second-home buyers in Colorado to get a...
Account Closed
Multi-Family Development in Central CA. Q about Heat Pumps
Hi all,Working on a project in Central CA and have the option to avoid bringing natural gas on-site if we use heat pumps for water heating and space conditioning. The on-demand units need less space, but require more...
Shafi Noss
Multifamily and Machine Learning
What do you guys think of using machine learning for multifamily investing? I have a friend who works in consulting and his company Keystone using machine learning tools to solve large-scale problems, and it seems lik...
Paul Veronis
How to effectively manage a virtual assistant?
Hi Everyone,I have hired a VA to do cold calling for me. I was wondering what some good strategies would be too effectively manage and train my VA? What type of KPIs should I set for him? How many times should I set u...
Tiger M.
2nd NPN risk mitigation attorney response
I thought the comments from a prominent note attorney may be helpful to folks watching the NPN niche. I see BP comments coming in from all sorts of folks with their varied opinions, influences and comments on these fo...
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Measuring direct mail response rate & effectiveness: Any horror stories?
Based on some of the threads on here, it seems like quite a few of those who have tried some sort of direct mailing feel like they either shot an 'air ball' or totally missed something.I would like to know what sort o...
James R. Copeland
Staging... worth it?
So I'm selling a house in Vancouver for around 560-600k. Many in my family have snubbed their nose at staging, but I've stubbornly insisted on getting staging for the place before photographing and listing it. I'm cur...
Frank Lienert
Greetings from the Capital of the Golden State
Greetings all. My name is Frank and Im new to real estate investing. Im from Sacramento, CA but have lived all over the state. I currently have a stake in a SFR rental house (inheritance, with family members) that I'v...
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Using NPV for real estate investments
I like to use Net Present Value when evaluating deals, but I don't see it a lot on this forum or other real estate evaluations. Can anyone shed some light on why not to use it?