Landlording Tip: Screen Your Tenants
I realize that this is a very basic tenet, but when times are rough, we don’t always follow it. The reason we screen tenants is to ensure that we, as…
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Joshua Dorkin
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…
Why You Should or Shouldn’t Put Coin-Op Laundry Machines in Your Rental Property
Last year, someone raised a question on our landlord forums in an attempt to figure out is it worth it to invest in coin operated laundry machines for rental properties.…
Breaking Down Real Estate AdSpeak – Funny Definitions for Real Estate Jargon
The Washington State University Department of Mathematics has blessed the real estate world with new definitions for some real estate terms we often see real estate agents and FSBOs use…
Top 35 Real Estate Blogs
The Original Top 35 Real Estate Blogs list was compiled in August 2006, and has generated almost 150,000 views since then (as of 6/30/2013). This post has been enormously popular,…
How to Post Your Property for Rent on Craigslist
Just read a post on Brian’s REI Blog that talked about quickly filling vacancies. His advice was fast, easy, and inexpensive: Post your vacancies on Craigslist. I know it seems…
The End of The National Association of Realtors’ MLS Monopoly?
Apparently, a New real estate marketing system was proposed in Maine. This system would be a statewide multiple listing system (MLS), and would compete with that of the Maine Association…
Top 7 Coolest Real Estate Web 2.0 Sites
Things are changing so fast online, and Web 2.0 is taking over. Mashups are the newest rage for now, and there will certainly be cooler stuff to come in the…
How to Successfully Market to Homes in Pre-Foreclosure
Image by respres via Flickr Article Updated 5/9/09; The piece was initially written in March, 2006. In this post we share some ideas about finding and contacting owners of homes…
The Ideal Real Estate Investing Team
There are several important things you need to do to be successful in real estate, one of which is building the ideal team to help you find and manage your…
Section 8 Success Story
One of our members, Jason Barnett decided to share a success story about his experience with Section 8 that we wanted to share below: [BEGIN STORY] “I posted here a…
Two Easy Strategies to Help You Become a Millionaire
I know that BiggerPockets.com is a website devoted to real estate investing, but our ultimate goal is to help our visitors find wealth. I was just reminded of a few…
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,…
