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  By: Brian John and I met through networking on Bigger Pockets. I was new to Columbus. My family held a few campus rentals in Kentucky and had flipped a couple houses. While looking for properties on the MLS, we found there were not many good deals. So, upon hearing John was finding them off
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  By John It’s easy right?  Put up a “for rent” sign in the yard, post your property on Zillow and sign up a great tenant… not so fast there, Kemosabe! If only it was that easy.  The truth is that finding a great tenant is not as easy as it seems. I have learned
-> Continue reading 6 Easy Steps (And 1 Hard Lesson Learned) to Finding a High Quality Tenant

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To run a real estate investing business, you’re always on the go and often rely on convenience within your smartphone to perform your daily tasks. We utilize a lot of apps and websites to help us out on a day-to-day basis. We’ve compiled a list of all the apps and websites we look to, and
-> Continue reading 15 Apps We Use For Real Estate Investing

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By: Brian Flipping houses is both rewarding and risky. When done right it can be great fun to watch a dilapidated house transformed into a modern and desirable home. The neighbors love you for helping their neighborhood increase in value. When done wrong, stress abounds, sleepless nights and steep losses are what you can expect.
-> Continue reading The Process of Flipping A House – Rehab

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  By: John Nobody wants to lose money. The reality is: if you haven’t lost money on a real estate deal yet, then you haven’t done enough deals. I don’t say this to discourage you, but to help you learn and grow. As we grow, we are learning from the mistakes we’ve made (and hopefully
-> Continue reading 5 Tips For Working With New Contractors

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Airbnb seems to be everywhere. More and more travelers are choosing to spend the night in someone else’s home or apartment rather than a hotel. You can rent for however long you need to, and can stay with the Airbnb host or have the entire space to yourself – it just depends on the specific
-> Continue reading How To Make A 6-Figure Income With Airbnb Without Owning Property

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By: John Let’s be honest. Every landlord wants to rent his or her investment property as high as possible, especially in a market with a lot of rental competition. Rental properties have a certain level of fixed expenses that go along with them such as mortgage payments, taxes, insurance, repair and maintenance costs, legal, and accounting
-> Continue reading 4 Tips to Leasing Your Rental 20% Above The Competition

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By: John A few years ago we made the switch from spreadsheet to a customizable CRM.  It was a game changer. I tested 10 different CRM systems and what I found was that there is a balance between visual effect, customization, automation and price. Below I lay out the criteria I considered when choosing my
-> Continue reading How to Choose the Right CRM That Will Take Your Business to the Next Level

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We are celebrating one year of the Take Action Real Estate Podcast! We hope you all have learned a lot from our podcast so far – we keep learning as we go! We’ve had some amazing guests come on the podcast and talk with us and give their expert advice on a variety of different
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By: John If you are looking for discounted properties, then you’ve probably heard of the term “wholesaling” before. For those of you who don’t know, my definition of a real estate wholesaler is as follows: “A person or entity who contracts discounted property and sells them to cash investors while keeping a small cut in
-> Continue reading How to Work With Wholesalers and 5 Places to Find Them Pt. 1

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