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Bart Slak Reducing Utility Costs
5 April 2008 | 5 replies

I purchased an 11-unit apartment building 6 months ago. The water bill is much higher than the historical average. Any ideas for a diagnostic test that could help me determine way the usage is so much higher. Occupanc...

John Montgomery Reduce Holding Costs
6 July 2016 | 1 reply

I recently had a tenant move out of a SF rental without notice.  I wanted to share some ideas and lessons-learned that may help fellow investors.  The order in which you follow these steps isn't necessarily as importa...

Scott Graham Reduce Direct Mailing Costs??
8 March 2018 | 1 reply

Morning BP!My partner and I are ramping up our Direct Mail Marketing Campaign. Right now we are sending out ~500 letters a month to motivated sellers. We are able to do this for 61 Cents per letter. Stamp = 50 CentsEn...

Scott Graham Reduce Direct Mailing Costs??
13 March 2018 | 8 replies

Morning BP!My partner and I are ramping up our Direct Mail Marketing Campaign. Right now we are sending out ~500 letters a month to motivated sellers. We are able to do this for 61 Cents per letter. Stamp = 50 CentsEn...

Tom Brooks Reducing Flood Insurance Costs
9 December 2017 | 14 replies

Flood insurance is a major issue given the weather conditions the eastern seaboard has seen in the last few years. Many expect it will continue to be an issue with climate change. I am sure many of you are seeing rate...

Paolo Ertreo Reducing lawn landscaping costs
13 July 2022 | 14 replies

Hi all, I'm a new owner of a multi family in Cleveland and am wondering how you all go about lawn maintenance. I've heard that the city if Cleveland has hefty fines for lawns that are overgrown. I'm thinking of reduci...

Ken Walsh Reducing Direct Mail Costs!
19 July 2016 | 7 replies

Hey guys! Got any tips to reduce the direct mail costs? Any sites that offer direct mail campaigns from post cards to yellow letters and prices. Also at which point in number of letters have you all seen a price drop ...

Bill E. Reducing costs - utilities, cable, internet
2 July 2012 | 7 replies

I just purchased a 12 unit bldg which has three corporate units. They pay between double and nearly three times market rent which is great - but LL pays for all utilities, furniture, etc.

I'm trying to brainstorm id...

Phil M. Private Lender reduces closing costs?
3 January 2010 | 1 reply

I noticed that a good portion of closing costs come from the lender (a credit union or other institution). Application fee, credit check, lender's attorney fee, all come from the lender. That being said, if I have a p...

Rudy Manna Reducing Rehab Costs - Materials Purchase
24 August 2018 | 24 replies

I am completing couple BRRRR in Washington, and 25% of the costs are in materials. I am buying some regular  items such as cabinets, counter-tops, appliances, paints etc. All the purchases are primarily from local Hom...