All Forum Posts by: Gregory Schwartz

 Hey Michael, 

I am the leader of the Landlord Focus Group from Greater Houston REIA and we have a meeting the second Thursday every month. This month we have it at Spring Creek BBQ, 19099 I-45, Shenandoah, TX 77385. This month's meeting is today and this location is really close to the Conroe area. If you can make it, this will be a good topic for you to meet with some fellow investors and talk about some real deals. The topic is how to Finance 100% of purchase and 100% of rehab when you're doing a BRRRR and the speaker has used this method more than 15 times to buy multifamily properties around Downtown Houston.

I hope you can make it. This is open to the public. DM me if you want more information about it. 

Good luck!

Hi all, I'm new here and trying to learn how to become an investor in multi-family property. My wife and I currently own a home in upstate NY that has tenants, and they are interested in purchasing it. I own a small handyman business and am willing to maintain and manage my own properties. 

I'm here to find out where the best area for me to invest in will be and how to do it (I'm north of Houston in Conroe, TX). Currently I see lots of properties that look good in College Station. Any tips appreciated and I look forward to learning more!

Mike

Hey @Gregory Schwartz. You can tell me to F off if you're not interested, but my company offers multiple ways to market. We can do all the paid social, paid search, tv, radio, etc. You name it. We have a handful of REI clients already, so we're familiar with the industry. Something that I think would be more beneficial for someone in your position would be our marketing software oodapro.com. SMS, Email, Social blasts all automated. Voice AI agents and SMS agents. There is so much more that I can go over in a call. Just let me know or say F off haha. Thanks

Try to change the way you think/approach success.

Said it before, will say it again.

A lot of people do this:

Hey… I have 3 wives, 4 girlfriends on the side, 5 dogs, 6 jobs, I can only devote $200 every 5 months, and I have only 2 hours/month available to work on my business… how do I become successful?

Instead, you need to realize that success (or the universe, for that matter) won’t bend backward for you.

Instead of asking how to become successful based on your limitations, you need to turn it around.

First, you need to determine what it takes to become successful!? Then, use what you have to get what it takes to become successful.

If success takes 12 hours a day, $3,000/month on marketing, a solid education, knowledge of marketing, and deal-making—then that is what it takes.

The reason most people struggle is exactly this.

Understand this.

You can’t target motivated sellers. It is absolutely impossible. The reason why? Because no one—and nothing—can predict when someone becomes motivated.

Circumstance (like foreclosure) does not imply motivation. Motivation is an emotional response to a circumstance, not the circumstance itself.

To fully grasp this, you need to understand what a motivated seller actually is.

Many people think a motivated seller is anyone who wants to, needs to, or HAS to sell their house.

That is wrong.

A motivated seller has only one characteristic:

Anyone willing to sell their house below market value. The reason why does not matter.

Take someone in foreclosure.

Do they have to sell? YES.

And if they don’t sell, aren’t they going to be in trouble? YES.

Are they willing to sell below market value? NO.

They’d rather burn the house to the ground out of pure spite than sell to you at market value—let alone at a discount.

Once you understand the basics, you’ll soon realize that the ways everyone tells you to get motivated seller leads are factually, universally wrong.

Not an opinion. Just pure facts.

You can’t target them. They target you.

I've never owned a Nest thermostat myself, but I managed my former employer's personal properties, and he had several issues with Nest.  I met two different HVAC contractors at his properties to fix them, and they both expressed their dislike of them and said they have a ton of issues with them.  Hospitable recently released smart thermostat integration with Honeywell and Ecobee.  I've had an Ecobee, didn't love it or hate it.