Investor · Beach City, OH · Member since 2015 · 13 posts · 2 votes
Greeting! I decided to become a member of BiggerPockets because it keeps coming up in my search results and the replies to posts seem relative and make a lot of sense.
I have 2 rentals in the areas mentioned and am considering buying 2 more in the North Hill, Akron area. My plan is to learn as much as possible from others in the business and copy their success. I'd love to hear from others in my area!
Investor · Canton-Akron, OH · Member since 2012 · 917 posts · 477 votes
10y
Welcome to Bigger Pockets
@Andrew Fisher, good to have you here, as a contractor, homeowner with a paid off mortgage, and a few rentals under your belt, I'm sure you will have valuable insights to contribute to the forum.
The most sucessfull, profitable rehabbers I know locally are also contractors.
Investor · Canton-Akron, OH · Member since 2012 · 917 posts · 477 votes
10y
Welcome to Bigger Pockets
@Andrew Fisher, good to have you here, as a contractor, homeowner with a paid off mortgage, and a few rentals under your belt, I'm sure you will have valuable insights to contribute to the forum.
The most sucessfull, profitable rehabbers I know locally are also contractors.
Welcome to BP! It's a great community here. You will gain a TON of knowledge and who knows - maybe you'll even find a partner or two.
Knowing that there is a resource available to me that offers advice on pretty much any REI question has been a huge benefit to me and my business.
Investing in multifamily properties by using as little of my own money as possible is my game. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you in your journey!
The best way to jump into buy and hold ownership is to target an owner occupied multi family home with an FHA loan - which means only 3.5% down payment. Send me a message if you want more details. : )
Investor · Beach City, OH · Member since 2015 · 13 posts · 2 votes
10y
Thank you @Dell Schlabach and @Ashley St. Gelais! It's so good to have feedback so soon- the support is a big boost for me! As you can see, I have to post around my work since I'm still working full time in construction, but hopefully that'll change relatively soon! I think it may be time to buy Pro...
Investor · Beach City, OH · Member since 2015 · 13 posts · 2 votes
10y
Advice well taken, @Ashley St. Gelais! It seems to be hard to get started and know for sure which direction to focus first, but we definitely have a number we need to see before I quit what I'm doing now.
I'm really in an ideal situation where my services will be in pretty high demand anytime I'm not working on our real estate goals so I'm hoping to "gradually shift" rather than "cold turkey".
Already it takes an amazing amount of time off my regular work to plan, research and manage, but it's worked well so far and I've come to believe we can pull it off :-)
Investor · Canton-Akron, OH · Member since 2012 · 917 posts · 477 votes
10y
@Andrew Fisher I seem to have messaging trouble as well.
If you are interested in talking real estate, exploring ideas. You can email me (address in profile) to set up a meeting. Typically meet a couple investor, partners, contractors at local coffee shop on Saturday mornings, if you are interested.