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Monday, August 5, 2013

"For Rent" Channels for Landlord's Tenant Funnel

Landlords "For Rent" or "For Sale" Posting Options

One of my mentoring students the other day asked me: "Where can I post 'For Rent' or 'For Sale' on the internet?" He was familiar with the conventional ways but wanted to know what I would recommend concerning the internet.

Section 8 For Rent Sign
We have been preaching to our students to create as many channels as possible to produce the desired outcome. In this case, what channel(s) could Landlords use to produce the most qualified tenants for their investment properties.

We gave it some thought and came up with three channels:

  • The Retail Classified Market.
  • Low Income and Distressed Families.
  • Video

We came up with three lists for each channel:

Retail Cla$$ified Market
eBay Classifieds New York Times Classifieds
Backpage.com Real Estate Advisor
Facebook oodle.com
Zillow Vast
Trulia Google Real Estate Tools
Yahoo! Real Estate craigslist
Condo.com Streetseed Ltd.
HotPads Enormo
ByOwnerMLS Local.com
4RealEstateClassifieds.com Trovit
ByOwner Rent.com
OLX GeeBo
American Listed The Housing Block
Mitula Locanto
HouseHitz Gumtree
USFreeads Adpost
Classifieds For Free WebClassifieds.US
TheFreeAdForum.com Yakaz
PennySaver recycler.com
Claz.org Sell.com, Inc
Postlets ListedBy, Inc.
Low Income or Distre$$ed Families
GoSection8 Social Serve
Florida Housing Search.org
Video
YouTube Traffic Geyser
TubeMogul Dailymotion
Veoh Metacafe

As a Landlord, you want to rent your property as quick as possible. These tools will establish a very large internet footprint for selling or renting the Landlord's assets. It is a lot of work but can be very powerful for establishing cash flows.

Have you had any success with an internet service concerning an investment property? If so, we would love to hear about it by posting your success story in the comments section below this post.

Related Links, Blogs, Presentations or Articles:

  • List Your Section Eight Properties HERE.
  • Hands-On Real Estate Investing Course
  • Hash Tags: #SEC8 #landlord #REIP
  • Real Estate Investing Tip: Make sure when you are about to sign any real estate contract for a property: Florida FAR BAR, short sale option contract, purchase contract etc...that all parties are there for signature. If the significant other is not present you may have problems later on. By Florida law if the couple is divorced, unless the property has been settled previously (request documentation as proof), both husband and wife are entitled to the property therefore you need both signatures. Your first Question for any deal is "Are You or Have Been married?"

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Homestead Housing Authority Miami-Dade County Florida New Section 8 Offices

Homestead no longer Strawberry Fields!

The Homestead Housing Authority in Miami-Dade County Florida has undergone some major changes since the real estate market began heating up several years ago. The City of Homestead enjoyed a good 10 years of expansion. Work force housing communities began springing up where strawberry fields, nurseries, orchards and farm land once occupied a majority of the acreage now developed. Major retailers like Wal-Mart, Nike and Home Depot, discovered that Homestead was the last stop for travelers and tourists before they entered the Florida Keys.

I discovered the Homestead Housing Authority back in 1998 when it was just a small office. I found the agency was very willing to work with Landlords and Real Estate Investors by making the Section 8 processing cycle very easy for owners and tenants. What I didn't find was a lot of investors or Land Lords using Section 8 or Plan Ocho as an additional marketing channel for finding tenants to occupy their investment properties in South Miami-Dade.

That was Then, This is NOW!

The Homestead Housing Authority has just completed a new building and road modifications to their facilities. HHA and the rest of Homestead has grown and caught up with the rest of Miami-Dade county.

During the recent real estate bust, investors have picked up bargin properties in Southern Dade County. If you are a Landlord or a property owner looking for tenants, the Homestead Housing Authority HHA is one source for potential tenants in Southern Miami-Dade County.

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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Florida's Hurricane Season and FEMA's Hurricane Preparedness Widget

Florida's Hurricane Season


One of the biggest pains being a real estate investor in Florida is getting prepared for Hurricane Season. Due to the amount of work, we wait to the last minute before placing the hurricane shutters onto our rental property's windows.

As a result of waiting, problems are going to arise like:

 

  • Going to Home Depot.
  • Gathering Supplies, if available like:
    • Make sure you buy gloves PLEASE. I can't count the times we have been hurt just because we don't have gloves on.
    • Sun Block, Hats, Sunglasses, etc. Florida SUN is brutal. I find that the weather is beautiful just before the storm arrives. Sort of like "The calm before the storm."
    • Buy Wasp spray! As you are installing shutters on the second floor of your investment property you will find out why you need the spray! The EASY way or the HARD way.
    • A SPEED tool that allows you to secure the screws or wing nuts onto the shutter. You will thank me later!
    • Ladders of various sizes. Buy at least one that adjusts to 40 feet made out of fiberglass, NOT ALUMINUM. Why? Hint: High tension electrical cables.
    • Chain Saw and gas for cutting tree branches away from the property and for use after the storm.
  • Waiting in long checkout lines.
  • Loading tools and supplies onto your vehicle. Like getting your ladders onto the truck.
  • Driving to the property! OK for local properties but what if the asset is in another county? At one point I had several properties in Sarasota, Broward, Miami Beach and Miami-Dade.
  • Traffic – People getting out of the storm's path.
  • Finding HELP! Try installing these shutters alone! Now try it on 15 other properties. See what I mean.

You are going to work harder than you ever did before. You' ll be so tired that you want the storm to blow away your portfolio of rental properties so you won't have to ever do this again.

At last the second, the storm veer's and never arrives.

You see how crazy it can get?

Oh, by the way, if for some reason you didn't get the shutters up on time and there is damage as a result of the storm, the insurance company will not pay. Just thought I would mention that!

FEMA Hurricane Preparedness Widget

One of the reason I was inspired to write this post, I found a little widget from FEMA that provides you information about getting prepared for the hurricane season or any other disaster. I have installed this widget on all my sites to help my readers make informed decisions. See the widget sample below.

Related Links, Blog Postings, Presentations or Articles:
  • See our new Section 8 or Plan 8 Miami Florida Blog. A Section 8 or Plan 8 blog for real estate investors and tenants in Miami Florida. This blog is designed to provide content for real estate investors, landlords and potential tenants who wish to participate in the HUD program.

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