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The Simple Strategy to Get Your Loan Approved (Almost) Every Time [With Example!]
There is a bit of a myth out there that when it comes to getting financing from a traditional bank, it’s all about meeting their criteria and nothing more. However,…
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How to Pacify Your Most Indignant Tenants With One Simple Strategy
When it comes to tenant relations, there are few, if any, more important skills than being able to de-escalate situations with unhappy tenants. And if you have any experience with tenants, you…
Why Good Maintenance is the Best Way to Retain Tenants
Property management is an absolutely critical component of any successful buy and hold strategy. And while there’s a lot to be said about good leasing, firm rules with tenants, quick turnovers,…
How Studying Poker Can Help Investors Play Their Best Real Estate Hand
My brother lived as a professional poker player for over a year before joining me in Kansas City to work in real estate and eventually becoming our property manager. He…
Project Management 101: How to Effectively Coordinate Your Rehab Jobs
Even if you hire a general contractor, you will most likely need to do some project management in order to get your rehab jobs completed. Project management is half art…
Want to Land Deals? Better Stand Out in a Sea of Yellow Letters! Here’s How.
I’ve gotten really into Timothy Ferris’ podcast as of late (in addition to, not instead of, the BiggerPockets Podcast, of course). And I found myself thoroughly enamored by his discussion…
How to Buy a Profitable 4-Plex Deal: An Investor’s Step-by-Step Case Study
So last week, I talked about how we purchased a package of 97 houses all at once. Let me follow that up by letting you know how we purchased a…
How I Purchased 97 Properties at Once (& What I Learned From This MASSIVE Deal)
It was a cold, dark evening as the moon crept behind the horizon and a bitter wind whipped through empty streets. OK, I’ll drop the melodrama. It was actually sometime in late…
Newbies: Getting Discouraged Early On? Here’s How to Rekindle Your Passion!
Many a new real estate investor jumps into the endeavor with much passion and excitement, only to come to the stark realization that real estate investment is not the get-rich-quick…
Put to the Test: Are the 2%, 50% & 70% Rules REALLY Useful to Investors?
Real estate investor’s have come up with a lot of rules of thumb, most notably the 70%, 50%, and 2% rule. But how useful are these rules? Well, let’s put them…
5 Invaluable Lessons I Learned From My Worst Real Estate Deal Disaster
Last week I told a happy-go lucky, sunshine-and-puppies story about real estate success in multifamily investing. Unfortunately, not all such stories have happy endings. So this week we will embark down…
From Listing to Closing: The Step-by-Step Process I Used to Buy a 32-Unit Apartment
I have often found that one of the best ways to learn is to look at a concrete case study. Hopefully, a step-by-step retelling of how we recently purchased a…
The Quick Guide to Hiring For Entrepreneurs: How to On Board Quality Team Members
At some point in your business, you will reach the point where you can no longer do everything yourself and will arrive at that dreaded spot when you actually need to…
