All Forum Posts by: James Holland

I use a few different Chrome and Firefox plugins that let me download anything. Seems to work better on firefox, but there are options on both. Mostly preference.

use "flashgot"  together with "downthemall"  on firefox. Mostly you just visit the page you want to download and whatever is playing the plugin will pick up and give you a link to download. 

"95% of the time... It works every time"  :-)

Data mining. Research. Setting Appointments.  All of the time consuming task that are least profitable

Called and left you a voicemail Alexis

Oh wow. I don't agree with the above at all.  Not to say it is wrong or right. I respect everyone's business structure.

As far as local or out of state: I think there are pros and con's for both.  Lots of factors to think about.  I find that with myself and clients that when they invest locally, and particularly in a long term rental (or even a total rehab big project) it ends up totally consuming them when it is local.  

Let me explain.

When you live local, you become the bottleneck for all problems. Every leaky faucet, broken window, noise complaint, uncut grass.... etc ... you feel you MUST go by the house and take care of it yourself.  You find yourself on your way home from work or the store thinking "let me just swing by there and see what they are doing".   

It ends up becoming a full time job. With the potential to drive you crazy... much like a full time job.

I found that some of my most stress free deals were out of the state. Because if something went wrong, I was forced to hire someone to take care of it, then I just went back about my day. Whereas if it was local it would ruin my whole day because I would go to the location and be yelling at people and/or getting yelled at or trying to solve whatever the crisis is.

Now I have the discipline to hire a full team and property managers to handle all the "less essential" business aspects so that I can focus on the more profitable tasks - that is finding and putting together more deals. THAT is where the money is made. Not going to fix clogged toilets.

So my advice, if you DO invest local because you know the market better, be wary of what you spend your time doing and ask if it is a HIGH PROFIT activity or a time drain someone else could be doing. 

Well you are in the right place.  Welcome to the forum and good luck on your journey

Hello Mario. Congrats on finding this great lead. If you need more help you can send me more information. Would love to take a look.

Totally depends on your investment strategy. There are benefits and disadvantages to both.  I had my license for years.. but for what I wanted to do, I found more benefit in letting it go.  But one of my partner's has his. So, it just depends

 Yes. Wholesale or fix and flip primarily.  

if it will be worth double what you are paying, then you should be able to either get a HELOC (a credit loan/mortgage... however you look at it) on the equity of the house which you can use to purchase the next. Or when you go to get the loan for the second property, you can use the equity as collateral to qualify for the next. If that makes sense.

 hahhaha I'd say.  I would LOVE to find a custom 9-bedroom for $3000!!!! Would be amazing! Except that my entire family would try to move in lol