All Forum Posts by: Francis A.

@Paul Ortiz  You are ON THE MONEY!!! ;-)

@Tom V.   I attend a weekly meet up in San Gabriel/Arcadia. The realtor who hosts the meet up sells regularly to Chinese buyers. He's been talking about this for the year or so that I've attended.

Hi - Sharing an interesting article on Real Estate buying in Arcadia, CA. It's about 18 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-15/ch...

Hello,

I have to reseal parts of a kitchen floor in my duplex. I'm learning the hard way after I initially sealed the tiles which are white and porous. 

I used SEALER & FINISH (GLOSS) by TILELab. I gave the floor 3 coats but I did it over a 24 hour period and did it in sections. 

In an instance like this, do I need some kind of sealer remover to wipe down the offending sections before resealing?

I will be making a trip to Home Depot but I thought a little pre education from here might help me ask the right questions.

Thanks in advance!

Francis

The engineered hardwood looks awesome! Is it too pricey for a regular duplex rental?

Update: 

A friend of mine who makes furniture for stores like Restoration Hardware and Urban Outfitters just delivered a table to a house in Elysian Park. He was shocked. This is the area right beneath Dodger Stadium. In true gentrification fashion the home they delivered the $2000 dollar table was the home of a designer.

I will be driving that area soon to re famililarize myself with the neighborhood.

Sorry, the link to... 

BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing

http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing

@Dave Kay

Ironically, I viewed your post on my phone and this ad was right beneath it.

http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/432/topics/151154-multi-family-unit-investing-education-videos-materials---looking-for-some?highlight_post=1009687&page=1#p1009687

You're pretty much at the "beach". The bigger pockets "beach" so to speak. So if you will humor me, sand not necessary! ;-)

The titles below have helped me. If you scour the text beneath each podcast and check out the bullet pointed topics and/or books, you're pretty much set with what you're looking for. 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1419537253/ref=oh...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0970116268/ref=oh...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047178978X/ref=wm...

I'm sure you'll receive more helpful pointers!

All the best in your investing future!

Francis

@Brandon Sturgill What you looked at feels like a deep pocketed developers pet project. I am not a SFR mansion type (at this point) but I'm wondering if the $700 gas bill could be tamed with Solar panels. Granted solar panels can "ruin" the look and feel of a building. Or would it be better as a tear down and replaced with a duplex or tri (if rezoning is at all possible)?

@Engelo Rumora  This reminds me of some of the buildings near downtown Los Angeles that have been divvied up and turned into Duplexes and tris. It's certainly a looker!!!

Here's an interesting article from the NYTimes. 

http://online.wsj.com/articles/bargain-mansions-lu...