All Forum Posts by: David Niles

Hey Edward, Welcome to BP! Also Central Florida here,  DeLand area.  

Quote from @James Wise:

Quote from @Drew Sygit:

Here's some more "fun" to share with everyone.

Had an insurance claim a few years ago. 

Helped owner maximize the claim with their insurance company. Interestingly, insurance companies have flat amounts for just about everything, based upon zip codes.

Once owner got their funds, they proceeded to nickel & dime us for every and any bid item we gave them. All our prices were UNDER what the insurance company paid, and they still weren't low enough.

So, owner went and hired someone to do the work cheaper than us. 

3 months later they called us to take over and the job was a mess. Their cheap guy took their money and did only half the work, which was shoddy at best.

 Ya'll remember the "Cash Flow King" Matt Motil? He used to be a regular contributer on the BP forums. He operated out here in Cleveland before he got exposed for running a Ponzi scheme. He used to tell people HoltonWise charged too much for repairs.

We took over a property Matt "renovated" for one of his customers. Check out this kitchen he did lol.

 Who doesnt run their pex on the outside of walls and cabinets....lol

Congrats Shelby,  lots of good people here on BP. My wife and I own a brokerage and Property Management company in the Central Florida area ( DeLand FL ) any questions or help we can provide, drop me a line.

Thanks Dave

Did you do a walkthrough with them and checklist signoff before occupancy? We also like to do a video walkthrough as well, tougher to fight that in court. 

We have investor clients throughout Palm Coast, Daytona and surrounding areas including DeLand. Orlando is a little too far west for us to give proper info or support. Drop me a line if your still needing assistance.

Hi Stephen, you state "required extensive maintenance and upgrades" , required by who? Were these discussed between you and your PM? If so, maybe they mistook the conversation as authorization?  

We never do any repairs or upgrades without crystal clear discussion and authorization from our owners.  I would recommend just contacting them and be as open as you were here and have a discussion on what transpired, why and where any confusion came in from either side. 

Quote from @Charlie MacPherson:

Nice place, but watch out for the Burrowing Owls.  These little owls literally dig into the ground to make burrows for shelter.  They are very, very protected in Cape Coral as it's home to a lot of them.

Cute little guys unless they take up residence on your property, then a PITA, lol.

 My mother in law has had a condo in Cape Coral for over 20 years, wonderful area but the traffic has grown insane, all the time.  It's gotten to the point that she's thinking about getting out. 

Hey Chris, I dropped you a pm.  

I did most of my contracting in Western New York and surprising for NY which is a fee and license crazy state, they have no central licensing either, it was all done by town or local city. 

Now living in Florida, its totally different. Florida went from sort of one extreme to another, the wild west of anything goes to pretty tough. I believe its all the natural disasters down here and low lifes ripping people off that drove them to the current laws.  Not only is the test tough, but its a FELONY to do work without your license. 

Awww man, all I ever find is more junk......