Are You Sure Your Independent Contractors Really Are?
As a real estate investor — and especially if you’re a house flipper — you will no-doubt be hiring a lot of independent contractors to support your business. And I’m…
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.
6 Rules for Managing Your Contractors
In my opinion, the most difficult aspect of being a first-time house flipper is managing your contractors. Perhaps it’s because I came into this business with no construction experience, or…
4 Key Lessons I Learned From my Rotten Virtual Assistant Experience
Virtual assistants can be incredibly useful to your real estate investing business. I truly believe that the ability to successfully delegate (including knowing when and what to delegate) is key…
Can You Answer These Subject-To Questions?
In the current economy subject-to’s are the best way to make money. Yes, a lot of people have terrible loans that you can’t do anything with. However, remember this business…
Piercing the Veil: Holding Owners Liable for the Acts of the Business
While visiting the Starting Out Forum here on BiggerPockets, I read through a thread titled “LLC Controversy”. Instead of responding to the thread directly, I decided to write this blog…
5 Reasons Why You Need a Real Estate Attorney
True Story: Jim and Susan Jones were selling their home in Florida and relocating to Pennsylvania. They had entered into an agreement of sale with a buyer for their home…
The Perils of Going Condo
Purchasing a condominium is a popular choice for homebuyers of all ages who wish to dispense with the expensive and seemingly endless responsibility of maintaining a home. Although living in…
Real Estate Partnership Questions
I was talking to some friends who were looking at purchasing a condo together. They wanted to know what I thought about the premise of them owning a rental property…
Things to Consider when Interviewing Property Management Companies
Picking a great property manager for your rental properties is one of the most important tasks you’ll undertake, once you’ve actually found a good rental. In searching for a manager,…
