How To Find An Investor-Savvy Real Estate Agent
Finding a real estate agent that understands what it means to be investor friendly can be extremely hard. This is an agent that understands that you will be placing in the…
Real Estate Business Management
Business Management can often be similar across many industries and types of enterprises. Successful real estate investors treat their investments like a business and run them professionally. This section of the BiggerPockets Blog contains articles that can help journeyman investors systematize and professionally run their real estate businesses. Topics include hiring, management, business policy, and scaling. These articles are written by some of the best investors in the business, and in regions throughout the country.
Things to Consider Before You Buy That First Multifamily Building: Managing Property Management
This three-part set of blog posts looks into the factors that you ought to consider before you buy your first multifamily rental. Part I (Click here to read) was about the fundamental economics…
Cap Rate and Cash-on-Cash Return: A Definitive Guide
[summary]Are you confused about the terms “Cap Rate” and “Cash on Cash Return?” This post will explain everything.[/summary] There are several means of determining the return on an investment property.…
The Best Property Management Company in the World
What is the “best” property management company in the world? Does one exist? What would make for a perfect property management company? Other than one who pays you the rental income…
The Easiest Way to Find “Off Market” Deals: Pocket Listings
The off market deal – the white whale of real estate. Every real estate investor wants one (or 100), but how do you find these elusive deals? First, let’s review…
The Anatomy of a Real Estate Contract
This is going to serve as an overview of real estate contracts. This blog post is intended to provide general information regarding real estate contracts, specifically residential resale of single…
3 Impressive Ways that Buy-and-Hold Investors Gain Equity
Think rental properties are ONLY good for cash flow? Guess again. If you have a buy-and-hold strategy with real estate — in other words, if you are the proud owner…
Buying Multi-Family Properties: What’s All The Hype About?
I recently had the opportunity to join Mr. Joshua Dorkin and Mr. Braaaaaandooooooooon Tuuuuuuuuuurneeeeeeeeer (and the crowd goes wild!!!) for a BiggerPockets Podcast 61. This was, indeed, an honor for…
Do You Have a Property Inspection Toolkit? (9 Must-Haves to Get You Prepared)
If you are a real estate investor (or would like to become one), it is more than likely that you will walk through many properties. I recommend that anyone looking…
Should You Buy More Rental Properties Or Pay Down the Ones You Have?
Many rental property owners are debating between two choices: Should they focus on paying down the handful of properties that they already own? Or should they buy more properties? In…
How to Incorporate Floor Plans into Your Real Estate Business
I am always looking for ways to improve and different ways to set our real estate business apart from the competition. Some things that we try work, others don’t. Today…
Using a Free CRM to Manage Your Real Estate Business
A CRM is a software program that is typically used to organize and manage customers for a business. It stands for Customer Relationship Management. In real estate, many people use…
Do You Know Which Home Improvements Will Pay Off?
When you’re planning improvement to your property do you know which ones will pay off when you rent it or sell and which won’t? Sure, bathrooms and kitchens are the…
