All Forum Posts by: Charlie Hampton

Hi @Brian Clark I've lived in and flipped some houses in Franklinville and know the area very well.  Let me know if I can help you with anything.

I purchased a property with a boarded up shed on it.  No big deal, I go ahead and close and then bring my machine there to knock down the shed.  Surprise, a squatter is living in there.  A PROFESSIONAL squatter at that.  Took me a year worth of court battles and dumb luck of him being arrested for something else for me to be able to tear the shed down.  I will ALWAYS spend the money on a lawyer now.  Feel free to search for my thread on the squatter....

Hi @Eric Oswald

I have never had much luck with the habitat for humanity thing.  I've found that I wasted too much time driving between them only to find sets of cabinets that were missing something or special order items that rarely worked for me.  I did score a case of 30 or so brand new doorknobs for next to nothing, so that was cool.

Here are my suggestions:

Countertops: Imperial Design in Gloucester City.  They were priced right and very quick.  Excellent quality. I've only gotten formica from them, but I'm sure they do just as great a job with granite.

Appliances:  If you want a package I have always found Home Depot/Lowes had the best package pricing.  If you need a piece here and there you can usually pick up something in the clearance section there for dirt cheap.

Flooring: Again, I've use home depot/lowes.  I have them install carpet but always did the hardwood/tile/laminate install myself.

HVAC equipment:  I used ACE plumbing in Vineland to buy the material.  You get the 3.5% sales tax rate there.  I also picked up tankless water heaters from them.

As far as contractor, I have one that I used but he is not the cheapest.  I have gone the route of cheap contractor and paid for it in the end.  I can send you the name of the contractor if you would like.  They are located in Williamstown and always show up and do great work.

Let me know if there is anything else that you need and I can pass along my contacts.

Good Luck!

What price did the contractor come back with for rehab?

Anyone here have a rental that got flooded last night/today? Looks like greenspoint got the worst of it. People are floating their stuff on air mattresses and in fridges. Sad to see.

I found a local bank in NJ that gave me a maximum dollar amount for total amount of mortgage debt instead of number of mortgages.  There is probably a local bank to you that can do the same thing.

I recently used Imperial Design in Gloucester City for formica countertops.  I didn't ask if they did granite, but I would assume they do.  They did an absolutely phenomenal job and I would use them again if I hadn't just moved out of state. 

Hi Trey, I just moved here from Nj. I was planning on doing multi family buy and holds but since being here I think I may go with a single family brrrr strategy.  I feel the single family is easier to liquidate in a market such as this one if it happens to get this bad again.

Plus I love rehab so this strategy should keep me content for the time being.

Thank you for the information!  I will look into Stonegate.

Hi everyone, I am relocating to Conroe Tx.  I am looking for an investor friendly bank that writes mortgages in house (my current credit union in NJ has stopped).

I currently have 3 mortgages, so I'll be hitting magical number 4 soon after my move and need to get creative unless the lender is more lax.  Looking for any recommendations. Thanks!!