All Forum Posts by: Dwayne Byrd

@Brian Keegan cheapest isn’t always best. It also depends on the price range of your home. What a lot of people don’t realize is that potential buyers agents sometimes skip homes with low commission. You will notice a higher amount t of showings and offers at the standard 3 percent rate.

Like others have said, if the agent caves in your negotiations, they will likely do the same on your behalf. The market is hot, but some people are missing out on thousands by trying to save money on the agent or trying to do it themselves. Pay a good agent, get it done and move on down the road with everyone being happy!

Welcome! Love to see fellow people from Brevard Here! 

Welcome! There are a lot of great people around BP to help answer questions you have! I would offer the same! 

Brevard County, FL area has some nice options for investment! Let me know if I could be of assistance as I have helped several BP members!

I have a lender that can do FHA 3.5 percent down, but has a lender assist for downpayment. On the flip side, the interest is a little higher ect. There are gives and takes with it. Let me know if you need anything

Hello and Welcome to Bigger Pockets! I am over in the Central FL / Brevard County Area and would love to connect. We have a few decent deals that are around currently, and I have a couple of BP members under contract on a few properties.

Hello Sumner,

I could help point you in the right direction in Brevard County. I have helped several BP members find the right properties here (I even have one guy closing on 2 properties currently - one tomorrow and one in a couple of days).

Hello Dustin, 

I have helped a couple of BP members find properties over here in Brevard. I know of a few right now that make sense numbers wise. 

In Florida it is customary for the SELLER to choose the title company. I would use a local title company that you are familiar with in which for them to send the escrow. That would be my number 1. 

Sounds like you have a pretty good performer. The thoughts I have are that in this situation, I would sit down and write it all down on paper. Create a roadmap or sorts, as to where I am trying to go, and then reverse engineer the path to get there. Based on the information, it seems that you have obtained a solid amount of appreciation (depending on your original downpayment - which is obviously less than the 20 percent as you have pmi. You have done well with this one. 

I don't know that there is a wrong answer per-say, it's about what you feel comfortable with, and WHAT UPCOMING DEALS YOU CAN GET INTO. You can start looking around to get an idea of what specific options you have to invest in, run the numbers and let the numbers help you decide. Make sure the next move is advantageous, if so, put your focus on moving forward in that direction based on your numbers (refi, sell, ect.)

One of my best pieces of advice that I live by, is that I will NEVER my personal attachment to a property decide whether or not to sell. I house hacked at 24 while getting my Masters Degree, had some options to sell at a great high point, didn't because of all of the memories that I had there for celebrations with my late mother, ect. and ended up having to hold onto the property for much longer during the downtimes ect. I try to treat everything as logical numbers. Heck, there's a certain number that I have in mind that when my primary residence reaches, I will likely sell it and build another home for my family and I as we have got into building (and we love our home for the most part).