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Vinny Gaines
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Elkridge, MD
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DONT BE TOO THIRSTY!!

Vinny Gaines
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Elkridge, MD
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Just figured to share what happened to me...

I had to decline submitting an offer with an agent today because I felt the margin was too close. I wanted to badly put this deal in contract today as my first deal but couldnt.

Although I'm putting zero into the deal financially, I am putting in the sweat labor of finding a good deal. 

I found a deal that I thought was good at one point however because of a miscalculated rehab cost by the realtor in comparison to the true rehab estimate by the gc's, the margins became closer than I felt comfortable with for my partners money. 

I told her that I would treat her money as my own and we agreed to the points of bowing out of the deal. I explained our position to the realtor and gc's ..all was good.............on to the next one...got 2 lined up!! Theres always another deal.

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Val Csontos
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  • Annapolis, MD
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Val Csontos
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Annapolis, MD
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@Vinny Gaines  Last time I toke my realtor's advise/input on a rehab i worked my ..ss off for 4 months and broke even on the property. And  my realtor friend made two easy commission(buy/list) of about $22,000!

And he was a good friend was not out there to screw me. I did take a while for me to realize that he is not a rehab expert rather a sales expert! 

Good luck to you be persistent it does pay off soon!!!

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