All Forum Posts by: Cameron Braig

Hi Matt, 

Congrats on the progress this far. 

Attending networking events, local meetups and industry conferences can be a great resource. It can help build a network, make connections and hear from and speak to like minded people all within the space. Best of luck in continuing growth and hope all goes well. 

Hi Jad, 

While not real estate specific, "It Takes What It Takes" by Trevor Moawad, is a great resource. It discusses the notion of neutral thinking and getting to the truth quickly to overcome challenges. In a space with obstacles and challenges both seen and unforeseen being able to utilize neutral thinking overcome a challenge and progress forward is great reminder and process. 

Hi Gina, 

Congrats on getting started and welcome to the forum. Some good metrics to help filter out target markets can be; population growth, income growth, rent growth, job growth and job diversification. These can help filter down target markets and submarkets. Leveraging and building broker relationships can also help in order to see more deal flow and perhaps off market deals as well. Best of luck and hope things progress well. 

Hi Angela, 

If looking for a direct mail provider, Ballpoint Marketing could be a good option. They have a number of different templates and styles to allow for multiple points of outreach as well as campaign styles. They also provide a hand written template which cold be helpful. Finally, the team has a real estate background so they understand best practices and different use cases. Hope this helps and best of luck making contact. 

If looking for a direct mail provider, Ballpoint Marketing could be a good fit. They have different template types to allow for multiple ways of outreach and campaign styles. The team also has a real estate background so they can help with best practices and different use cases to stand out. Best of luck and hope things progress well. 

With a competitive environment right now deals are hard to come by. A couple things to help can be build and leverage broker relationships. The deal flow they see can be a good resource and there could be potential off market deals. While searching for the first deal, continuing to underwrite can be useful as well. This can help you better understand the market and identify and good deal should one come up. Hope these help and best of luck. 

Congrats on getting started and welcome to the forum. The BP forums are a great way to hear personal stories, lessons learned and differing ways to invest. 

While not real estate specific "It Takes What It Takes" by Trevor Moawad is a great resource. It discusses the option of neutral thinking and getting to the truth quickly in order to overcome obstacles and progress forward. This space is littered with challenges, obstacles, etc so the ability to think neutrally allows you to overcome and move forward. Best of luck starting out. 

The lease will let you know about sub leasing opportunities. If pursuing the airbnb model, one strategy could be working with traveling nurse organizations, hospitals, etc. The pandemic has increased demand for nurses and if able to establish relationships you can have a consistent flow if short to mid term rentals with a qualified tenant base. 

As alluded to above fees like HOA can get away from the bottom line but there are opportunities that the numbers can work as well. A couple questions to ask when looking at properties could be, when was the last HOA assessment? How much was it? What was it for? What is the next project and when would do anticipate timing? These can help you understand past and potential costs that may occur.

Welcome to the forum and congrats on getting started. Hopefully things progress well and best of luck going forward.