All Forum Posts by: Adrian G.

Hey Victor,
I was just about to make a post asking the samething because as of November 1st I will be officially living in Irvine also woo hooo. Since I do work from home I will be hunting down all the clubs to keep me from going insane living in the burbs. (Yes O.C. is the burbs haha)

$75 a sq ft? What kind of finish work would that get you....Paper and plastic????

Has anyone here ever heard or tried them out? They seem to have some interesting training courses.

http://retrainingcenter.com/

Originally posted by Vikram C.:

A friend of mine builds freeways in India and uses converted containers as offices and accommodations at his various sites. Container-leasing is often used for tax deductions and once depreciated, the containers can be bought pretty cheap.

Vikram,
Yeah people have been using containers for offices and etc for a really long time, Im finally glad to see that with the market being the way it is that people are realizing that not only are shipping containers stronger but the costs is tremendously lower then building with regular materials. Even though I had this post about using shipping containers as storage...my primary idea is using them for housing.

Originally posted by Luis Leon:

Been roofing over 12 years now and have seen most problems. I'm here [edit] should you have any roofing or leak questions. Happy investing!
Luis

Luis,
I was hoping to hear you say that you are BIGGER POCKETS friendly and will be offering 50% discounts to any investor on the site....JUST KIDDING.

Welcome to the site :mrgreen:

Originally posted by Financexaminer:

Adrian, you are one wild and crazzzy guy! They are not allowed in the city here, only for a short period of time like moving pods. I don't see why they would not work in an area hwere apperance is not critical.

A lady was on the news here, she used several containers and built a neat home overlooking a river out of containers (sided of course and roofed). One was cantilevered out over a steep hillside. They are also used as camps. Lots of uses I guess. Good luck

Bill,
Im sure I shouldnt say this but yes I am a very crazzy guy haha, I use to think that sticking to high risk deals were the best ones (Boy did I learn and dont know what I was thinking). Yeah I think a lot of people/counties believe that I was gonna keep the "Container look" and that probably freaks them out but yes they should all be sided and roofed with modern/eco looks. (Ecoclad is a great product).

Hopefully, I can eventually find the right location and get the ball rolling. Thanks for everyones support.

Originally posted by Diane J.:

Here's another one built in France. I'm diggin' the upper covered deck. Ok, it's not a storage facility but it's quite a handsome house!

http://sciencehax.com/2010/02/inexpensive-home-built-with-recycled-containers/

Diane,
This is a very nice home, and right up my alley of what I plan on doing later on.

Bryan (or anyone),
Does it have to be that way, I guess Im asking whats stopping say 5 investors or even buddies from starting a small club (including a Legal entity of course) and pooling money together for say a small project??

Bryan,
Where can I find info on the BP syndication group?

What do you mean a sponsor in the form of a GP?

I dont know if I would compare it to stock investing clubs but yeah with partnerships and joint ventures.

Well every RE investment club (people who pool money together for RE investments) should always go with a business entity but Im asking how come more people arent doing this. From what I read this was popular in the 70's & 80's when mortgages were much tougher to get. Aren't we in that same situation right now? Are RE investment clubs a thing of the past or do they cause to much disagreement??