crime

Crime Scene Photos: A Surprisingly Effective Marketing Tool

by Stephani Davis | March 18, 2010

I was all set to write this week’s article about the pros and cons of hiring a mentor for your real estate wholesaling career, but then I happened to see this article that fellow BiggerPockets blogger, Florence Foote wrote earlier this week. As I was reading through her hilarious post about the ridiculous remarks that [...]

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Cool Stuff

Scout out the Crime in Your Neighborhood with CrimeMapping.com

by Joshua Dorkin | April 30, 2009

I’m not sure where I heard about this site, but I’m very excited to see that it exists, and I hope that it can expand to reach cities across the US. With a headline “Building Safer Communities,” CrimeMapping.com allows its users to view the crime statistics in 23 cities around the country, provided by the [...]

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Commentary

Madoff Scandal Fallout: Do Investors Care?

by Matt Pitcher | January 10, 2009

This was a question posed by an editorial in a prominent financial news media publication recently. I have asked myself the same question. For those of us whose primary objective is raising capital and attracting authentic, unique, and compelling opportunities for that capital, the Madoff scandal could not have come at a worst time. Or [...]

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Learn Real Estate

Five Additional Steps of Due Diligence When Buying a Rental Property

by Troy Schuricht | April 18, 2008

Due diligence is a term used for a number of concepts involving either the performance of an investigation of a business or person, or the performance of an act with a certain standard of care. It can be a legal obligation, but the term will more commonly apply to voluntary investigations. A common example of [...]

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