All Forum Posts by: Emily Lai

Thank you so much for the responses and advice.  Sounds like I need to start a social media account.

I do plan on offering help virtually.  I love analyzing deals and design.

I plan on analyzing deals in the different markets of active listings, to share how you can make a house hack work or how to get your first deal that will cash flow positive in year 1.  

And also share how to value engineer rehab projects to get the best bang for your buck.  

Where to splurge and where to save that will make the biggest impact and get your units rented asap.

I will come back and update with my new social account soon! Thank you!

My W2 is affording me some extra time and I want to spend that time building my REI experience.

I am a commercial lighting and interior designer and lighting controls expert.  I design small to large scale commercial projects.  

So, I'm very comfortable in the construction space.

My husband and I have been investing in real estate for 5 years, currently have 14 units.

My strength has been value engineering our construction projects. We've done 3 large unit renovations, and 2 ADU's.

All within budget.  My other strength is property management.  We self manage and we've had 0% vacancy, <1% late payment, all occupied at market rents.

(we rented out an apartment before we even closed on the property!)

I'm just really frugal and really efficient in the way I plan, shop, and execute.  

I'm currently helping my cousin to buy their first add value property.  She told me that my knowledge and experience is valuable.

So, I'm trying to see what can I offer to the community.  I love analyzing deals, designing and budgeting.  

What do you think? Are there people that can benefit from my help?

Hello! First time posting here.  I live in Chicago, and the market is too expensive to get into.

I'm looking in OKC because my brother lives there and he said rents are high compared to purchase price.

I'm looking for an investor friendly agent and also any leads.  Looking in the Edmund or Yukon area.

Please let me know if you have any insights to the market or any leads.  Thank you!