Investment Info:Single-family residence renovation investment.Purchase price: $70,000Cash invested: $50,772Sale price: $168,900Contributors:Peter VekselmanPartner Driven partnered with BJ and Traci Medlen on a renovation project in Lebanon, Missouri.

TIA   :) Landlords need to be MORE hands-on for screening rental applicants and NOT looking for ways to streamline it.There's no system, AI or otherwise, yet that can catch fraud better than a trained human.

If your unit is sitting for more than 21 days, your process is broken.Here is how we keep vacancies low and tenant quality high:Data-Driven Pricing: Don't guess.

Learn how to screen well, utilize multiple sources to obtain background info including Social Media and your favorite search engine or AI Friend.

He responded to a text campaign (my AI sent initial outreach) and we never spoke on the phone—only texted.

Quote from @Adam Macias: Handwriting letters has been more effective right now than anything AI can do for me in real estate.But a real handwritten letter. 

AI-fronted intake, not shared inboxes or phonesAll maintenance requests route through an AI intake layer (voice, text, form).

Especially for out-of-area screening, portfolio comparisons, or brokers/investors evaluating multiple sites quickly.I also agree BP’s core audience is rental-focused, not entitlement-driven developers.

Hey everyone,I’m a real estate agent in Middlesex County, MA, and lately I’ve been shifting my focus toward working more closely with investors doing fix-and-flip projects in this area.I’m genuinely interested in becoming the kind of agent investors actually want to work with long-term, not just writing offers, but helping with things like identifying solid opportunities, giving realistic ARV feedback, understanding renovation-driven pricing, and planning the resale side early on.I wanted to open this up as a discussion and hear from others about How have you seen agents successfully connect with active flip investors at the local level?

When it does make sense to use softwareIf you start feeling like you’re running a calendar-driven business instead of owning real estate, that’s usually the tipping point.