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Our Real Estate Investing Model in Detail

by Michael Zuber | February 8, 2012

The questions I get most frequently via email from the BiggerPockets audience are: – Can you tell me more about your model? – Why do you think it works? – Can I copy your model in my market? – How can I participate in it? Instead of responding to emails weekly around these topics, I thought [...]

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Real Estate

Why I’m Getting Sued by a Tenant

by Jason Hanson | February 6, 2012

I once read a real estate book that said, “If you’re a real estate investor, it’s not a matter if you’re going to be sued, it’s when you’re going to be sued.” Well, I’ve been in the business about 10 years and I’ve dealt with dozens upon dozens of tenants and sellers and I am [...]

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Landlord Tenant

So You Want to be a Landlord? Really?

by Richard Warren | February 6, 2012

Several days ago I read a great post by Michigan landlord, Dennis Fassett, in the Biggerpockets blog section (article). It would have been hysterical if only it wasn’t so true. He discussed what he called The Boyfriend Disorder. He wrote about what happens when a prospective tenant shows up to view a property and has [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Five Reasons Why I Keep My Full Time Job while Investing in Real Estate

by Michael Zuber | January 24, 2012

I have been asked many great questions by the readers of BiggerPockets, but one caught me off guard and caused me to sit back and think about what we are doing: “Why I are you still working and why haven’t you jumped into investing full time?” I found the question to be very thought provoking, [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Evolving Focus from Simply Profit to People

by Michael Zuber | January 17, 2012

Writing for BiggerPockets is a lot of fun. One of the best parts is interacting with all the readers as they share feedback, criticisms, and thoughtful questions. The following topic is an example of such a question. Question: How does your work give back or contribute to the community? I found this question extremely insightful [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Why The Real Estate Guru’s Don’t Want Me Talking

by Jason Hanson | January 15, 2012

I was recently contacted by a well-known real estate guru whose name you would instantly recognize. I’d never spoken with him before but apparently he got my phone number from a mutual friend. This guru told me he had a big project in development and wanted me to be part of it. But first, he [...]

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Real Estate Investing

5 Absolute Rules For Being a Great Landlord

by Chris Clothier | January 11, 2012

When I started buying real estate in the early 2000’s, I knew absolutely nothing about being a landlord. I had no idea about local laws or local codes and even less about actually being a good and responsible landlord. What I had done, and this is where the danger started, was read half of a [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Why You Need to Check on Your Rental Properties

by Jason Hanson | January 8, 2012

I just read about a couple in South Carolina who had a rental property up for sale. One day, they received a call from one of their neighbors that it appeared someone was inside the property. Nobody was supposed to be in the house at the time so the couple headed over to their place [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Importance of Rental Property Maintenance

by Richard Warren | January 2, 2012

I remember the auto parts commercial stating that you could prevent a costly engine replacement by simply changing the oil and filter on a regular basis. The tagline was “You can pay me now, or you can pay me later.” That certainly applies to real estate. Performing preventative maintenance on a regular basis can help [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Mistakes and Lessons Learned; The School of Hard Knocks

by Sharon Vornholt | January 2, 2012

I was talking with someone last week that was a brand new real estate investor. By brand new I mean she and her husband had only been investing a few months. After reading a lot of books, joining their local REIA and talking with a few folks in the business, they bought a package of [...]

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Economy

Rental Outlook 2012: The Good Times Roll on

by Steve Cook | December 28, 2011

The stars are aligned to make 2012 an extraordinary year for rental income. The decline in homeownership is translating into rising rents and the multifamily apartment sector, though booming today, was late catching the wave. If it weren’t for the new investor-driven single family rentals in many markets, rents would be zooming even higher than [...]

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Real Estate Investing

How To Train A Property Management Company

by Chris Clothier | December 22, 2011

This past weekend I was digging through old DVD’s and “thinning” the big stack of movies we have and I came across a video I ordered online a few years back. It was a DVD on “How To Train Your New Dog At Home”. It was a slow Saturday and I suddenly found myself on the couch with [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

“Mini-Model” Leasing Strategy will fill Vacancies Fast in Multi-Family Apartment Buildings for Under $200

by Spencer Cullor | December 10, 2011

Most potential tenants make their decision to lease your property within the first 30 seconds of entering the apartment. It is critical to capture their interest and make a great impression as soon as they enter your building. You need an effective leasing strategy to help you do this. A “mini-model” apartment is one of [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Self-Help Evictions: What You Should NEVER Do as a Landlord

by Peter Giardini | December 4, 2011

Now, I have to admit that there have been several times where having the ability to “help” myself to an eviction, especially while using a forklift, might have crossed my mind, but better judgement seemed to always prevail. The first question that should be crossing your mind is: “Is this even possible”? The short answer [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Evicting Your Tenants without Using a Forklift

by Jason Hanson | December 4, 2011

I recently came across a headline which read, “Man Charged With Attempted Murder in Forklift Attack.” Apparently, the guy was a landlord who had some tenants in a mobile home who weren’t paying rent. He tried to get them to leave the home but they refused. That’s when he drove a forklift into the home [...]

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