by M. Ian Colville Buying in an undesirable neighborhood can make financial sense, but is it worth it? The short answer is, it depends. Of course, it depends on the property and the neighborhood, but it also depends on the investor. Buying in a challenging neighborhood can end up being a disaster, but it can also produce good returns and involve minimal... Continue Reading →
Everything You Need to Know About Subdividing Your Land
by Kevin Perk When you say the word subdivision to most people, it will most-likely conjure up images of large tracts of suburban style housing. And while huge housing developments are one type of subdivision, there are also much simpler forms that even the novice real estate investor could contemplate doing. Knowing what a subdivision is... Continue Reading →
How We’ve Automated the Marketing of Our Vacant Properties
Nearly all of our marketing is done online. We’ll occasionally use directional signs and a sign in the front yard for our hard-to-find homes, but these are rare and calls are few. For our mobile home and land niche targeting low-income tenants, we’ve found Craigslist, Facebook, a local classified paper, and the popular real estate... Continue Reading →
Tired of Ineffective Mailers? It’s Time to Bring Your Marketing Into the 21st Century
Ever go to the mailbox after a long day of work, peer inside hoping to find something fun and useful (or better yet, a check), but instead it’s clogged with shiny coupons and ads from companies you have no interest in? It happens to all of us. We shove the whole stack of mailers into... Continue Reading →
4 Quick Real Estate Marketing Tactics That Actually Work (And NO, It’s Not Bandit Signs)
Real estate. Marketing. Despite disruptive titans like Airbnb and WeWork, you will still find “old school” methods littered across the industry—especially when it comes to marketing. Like massive signs that say, “WE BUY HOUSES CASH” and lazy landlords who insist on checks For some agents, “innovative marketing” consists of email blasts and posting a listing on... Continue Reading →