All Forum Posts by: Charles Kao
Charles Kao has started 24 posts and replied 988 times.
Post: Should I leave an unit vacant when selling?

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@Jeff Jansen
Renovate the vacant unit and sell that way. Owner occupants always pay top dollar so they can occupy.
Post: House Hacking Advice- Lansing MI

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@Jacob Litwiller Trying Lansing Real Estate Investors facebook group
Post: Best way to market/recruit to a commercial real estate property?

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@Garrett Rich
Have multiple brokers pitch. The one who invests the most time into clearly identifying a strategy is who you should go with. If the response is vague and you could apply it to anh property then you’re just another listing to add to their list.
Post: CPA Recommendations in the Bay County Area (Michigan)

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@Janell Eisenhut
Should not matter where they are as long as they are in Michigan. I have never met my CPA and he lives 2 hours away and works with many investors. Gone are the days you grab a stack of papers and sitdown with your CPA. Try Brian Borawski
Post: Is there anyone doing new build small multi-family?

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@Evan DeVisser
Getting very popular as alot of R2 and R3 lots particularly in Kentwood still available. One of reasons I think you are seeing even large apartment complexes built as a bunch of small multi is because the fire suppression system is getting significantly higher so by building less population dense buildings you can circumvent a significant cost.
Post: Investors! Do you like wholesalers?

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@Ruby Ruiz
I like many wholesalers and dislike others. Just like everybody else.
Post: The Death of the Wholesaler?

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@Dan Powers
Tough to still enforce unless you create a regulating body and Zillow is basically doing the same thing buying homes cheap to resell.
Post: Why do I need a commercial real estate agent?

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@Prithvi Sri
Your question is asking do you need a commercial real estate agent? So why did you ask that?
Post: What to ask Michigan realtor about investment property ?

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@Kandice Manciel
Let them ask you questions and if you are learning things you aren’t learning then thats your pick. Let them talk more and if you are learning instead of hearing a sales pitch you will know.
Post: Starting self storage Business

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@Trevor Gray
If you are using as is rents with proforma expenses then thats common. I find alot of my deals market rents are not really market because nobody in area willing to raise rents so almost have to use your gut. If I see every facility 100 percent full with waitlist my assumption is rents can go up alot more than market.