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Don’t Break this Cardinal Rule of Development

by Kyle Zaylor on May 18, 2013

We’re supposed to love what we do. “Follow your passion,” they say! Passion and love for the craft are what drives us in whatever we pursue. If you’re on this site, it’s a no-brainer to say you’ve got some love for real estate. Yet this passion, when misaligned with our fundamentals and intuition, can take us [...]

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Tracking the Big Dogs: The Hedge Fund Invasion of Atlanta

by Steve Cook May 17, 2013

During the Civil War, Atlanta was the site of a major battle that sealed the fate of the Confederacy. Once again, Atlanta is at the center of a major struggle. This time the invaders are huge institutional investors, or “hedge” funds, and smaller real estate investors are losing ground fast. You’ve heard the rumors, anecdotes [...]

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Real Estate

Understanding the Expenses and Tax Implications in an EIUL

by David Shafer May 17, 2013

Expenses in an EIUL are a big deal because most agents won’t structure the EIUL properly to minimize them. When properly structured, they should be between .5% and 2%. They are also hard for the layman to understand because most are trained to look for expenses like they are in mutual funds. Because it is [...]

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Real Estate

Step By Step Process to Buying a Mobile Home Park!

by John Vashon May 17, 2013

I vividly remember the day I decided to buy my first mobile home park. I was a complete beginner and didn’t have a clue what to do first, second or third. I spent hours reading and reading and talking with other investors. It seemed the more I learned the more confused I became. What I [...]

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Investor Psychology

Four Productivity Improvement Tips To Make You A Better Real Estate Investor

by Chris Clothier May 17, 2013

“Time is what we want most, but what, alas! we use worst…” –William Penn If that quote doesn’t kick you right in the gut, then congratulations — you’re among the tiny percentage of people who can comfortably look themselves in the mirror and honestly say they use their time as wisely and efficiently as possible. [...]

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Real Estate Investing

8 Quick Tips for Naming your Website

by Karen Rittenhouse May 16, 2013

We’re all bombarded with domain names and one of the first questions new investors ask is how to name their website. Websites are an absolute must as they add to your credibility and market for you 24/7, so here are some quick and easy naming tips: It’s best if you can use the same name [...]

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Short Sales

Fannie Mae And The Ghost in the Machine

by Tracy Royce May 16, 2013

As a short sale and pre-foreclosure specialist, my prerogative and fiduciary is with distressed sellers. Working between sellers, buyers, lenders, HOA’s, 2nd lien holders, agents, attorneys, and title agents becomes something of a juggling act. However, the bottom line is that we offer solutions in the marketplace, for which we ultimately profit. With my experience, [...]

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Podcast

BP Podcast 018 : Flipping, Marketing, and Wholesaling with Danny Johnson

by Brandon Turner May 16, 2013

Today on the BiggerPockets Podcast we sit down with fix and flipper Danny Johnson to talk about running a successful real estate investing business. Danny has been investing in real estate for the past decade and has hundreds of awesome, actionable tips that he shares with us in today’s show. From real estate marketing through [...]

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Real Estate

To Manage or Not to Manage: 5 Important Considerations To Ask Yourself

by Ken Corsini May 15, 2013

For many investors, the idea of managing their own rental property seems crazy. Why would you bend over dealing with tenants when you can pay somebody else to do it for you? On the other hand, there are those investors who shun the idea of giving away 8-10% for someone else to process a monthly [...]

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Real Estate Technology

Advantages of Excel’s Undo, Repeat and AutoRecover Timesavers

by Loretta Steele May 15, 2013

I have previously presented topics and features of Excel dealing with; Queries Linking and Embedding What if assumptions Worksheet viewing options Excel Tables Functions Charting Formatting In this post I will be covering some features that will help while working anywhere within Excel. These techniques will hopefully save you some time or could make Excel [...]

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Landlord Tenant

So, How Much is the Rent? A Quick Guide for Determining the Perfect Market Rent

by Paula Pant May 15, 2013

Before I ever bought a property, I thought that my landlords set the rent through some type of irrefutable science. I never questioned how they came up with the numbers. I took it as a given: The sky is blue, the grass is green, and that 3/2 on Irwin Street is $1,550 a month. As [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

Three Reasons Why Commercial Real Estate Investing Might Be Your Next Step

by Dave Van Horn May 15, 2013

Almost 10 years ago now, I was at a crossroads with my investing career. At that point, after investing in residential real estate units for approximately 15 years, I started to ponder the idea of going into the commercial real estate investing arena. It just seemed like the next logical step, I had always done [...]

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Flipping Houses & Rehabbing

The Absolute Best Way To Reduce Your Risk When Flipping Houses

by Danny Johnson May 15, 2013

In case it wasn’t obvious, flipping houses can be risky business. We’re typically dealing with houses that cost tens and hundreds of thousand of dollars. The stakes are higher. The profits are also higher and that is why so many people are willing to take on the risk. But we can reduce the risk and [...]

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Real Estate Deal Analysis & Advice

What’s Your End Game?

by Jeff Brown May 14, 2013

When investing long term, what is your end game? What’s the bottom line reality you wish to generate when all is said and done? Ask 100 people that question and, in my experience you’ll hear retirement as the answer at least 97 times. Let’s define retirement here as concentrated on income. Captain Obvious for sure, [...]

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Real Estate

Why Hiring a Mentor Might Not Be the Stupidest Thing You Could Do

by Ben Leybovich May 14, 2013

A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a well-written and quite compelling article by a fellow BP-er Ned Carey entitled How Do I Find a Mentor in which, having sighted a lot of the cons, he eloquently states the case against hiring a paid mentor. The overriding point Ned makes in his article is that because [...]

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