Some of the free options even have websites and digital applications included. 

Hey all,Put an offer on a triplex near the airport today and got a nasty surprise when I called to get my pre-qualification letter.  

The Milwaukee market is quite diverse and while we have areas that have seen double digit appreciation in 2016 YoY there are others - especially low price point areas - that have flat lined.

Marketing isn't free - and the successful marketers are spending thousands of dollars a month to generate leads - Are you ready to commit the budget to marketing in order to compete with the number of people sending letters to homeowners?  

Look for the words WITH POWER OF SALE in bold capitol letters, this is not an implied power.

Once we got that clear, it was just a simple written letter faxed in with a response received in about a week.

I would write a demand letter to the landlord ASAP citing the case law that Matt W. cites above and demanding immediate payment.

There are a lot of great options out there; aside from providing the basics (ie. listing tool to get the property published to 10+ major sites, scheduling tool to schedule viewings, tenant screening with comprehensive applications which include nationwide criminal background checks + credit checks + eviction history, digital lease creation tool, rent collection tool, and maintenance tracking tool), some services also offer your tenants additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. all of the other tools in addition to their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus; this can create an added incentive for making sure they pay that rent on time).

Article from HousingWire:The National Association of Realtors drew a line in the sand between homebuyers and investors, but one investor says he’s had enough.NAR made its stance on investors clear on several occasions: Investors are creating more competition for first-time homebuyers, possibly even keeping them from homeownership.Back in January, the initial public offering for Blackstone Group’s single-family rental operator, Invitation Homes, became one step closer to reality, as the company disclosed the terms of its initial public offering.What was unusual about this deal was the fact that it happened with the backing of mortgage giant Fannie Mae, as noted in the Wall Street Journal.NAR did not wait long to criticize the GSE, sending a letter to Mel Watt, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, according to an article by Lorraine Woellert for POLITICO.

I have bid on properties before on Hubzu and Auction.com but this was the first time I drew up an actual purchase agreement, a POF letter and submitted an EMD check all on my own.