All Forum Posts by: David Panzera

Justin 

Welcome to BP.  Like wise, I am a local Broker in Columbus.  Let me know if I can help or answer any questions for you in regards to multi family units.

David

Hi, @Jaren Barnes. If you're still a moderator, can you help me with this issue as well? I wrote a good blog post a few weeks and have no comments at all. Went in to check it and it doesn't even show up in a member blog search. Not sure what we did wrong?

Thanks much,

-David Panzera

Thank you, @Robert Ellis! Happy to help answer any of your questions, David. Feel free to private message any time, and good luck!

-David Panzera

Hi, @Nate Szana and welcome! There's a good community here and lots of people willing to give you their thoughts on deals and ideas. I agree with @Jeff Robert and would stay away from D areas (I even suggest to my clients to stay away from C areas). Happy to talk about it if you want to. With regard to the wholesaling aspect, you might network at COREE, centralohioreia.com. They have wholesaling subgroup meetings and you can meet people in person to talk about that aspect of the business. Good luck!

-David Panzera

One tip that we can offer simply with regard to your Craigslist ad is to delete and repost your ads to refresh them or they'll fall so far behind that no one will see them. 

I agree with @Peter Mckernan. When we created a value proposition last year about our company -- what makes you different than another PM company since there are so many? -- we did some research and the number one thing investors and tenants complain about is lack of communication. We're good communicators, so we made sure that was first in our value proposition language. If that piece is there, we've found that other issues can be worked out more easily, especially bigger issues like talking to an owner about the rainstorm that caused a lot of damage, or having a conversation about why it's wise to replace something big right now even though they might not want to spend the money.

Welcome, @Tosha Johnson! You'll find a lot of great resources here on BP. Happy to help if you ever have questions.

-David Panzera

Thanks much, @Peter Lohmann, for the kind mention! Happy to talk to you, Chris, to answer any questions you might have. Like Peter we don't work as far as Zanesville but can help you figure out a solution. 

Hi, @Jay Azeltine, and welcome to BP! There's a lot of great resources and people to learn from on this site so you're in good company. Best of luck!

-David Panzera

Hi @Edward Mccracken. Like you, I like free things, a lot, but I feel tenant screening is the wrong place to get that. Getting the right tenants in your rentals is what helps your investment make you money. We use Fabco for background checks and have for years. http://fabcogroup.com/screenings/. As you'll see in the link they do, among a lot of other things, a national criminal report that includes county muni and common pleas court records and arrests reported to county sheriff's offices, and you can ask for a free sex offender report. It's $100 membership set-up fee and they charge us $10 per report we run. We charge the applicants a $35 app fee for one and $40 for a couple, which covers the Fabco costs and our work in calling past employers to speak to them personally. Fabco is worth every penny. Good luck!