All Forum Posts by: Jenn Barona
Jenn Barona has started 13 posts and replied 106 times.
Post: Property Management in Gainesville, Florida
- Real Estate Agent
- Gainesville, FL
- Posts 115
- Votes 100
Quote from @Thu Minh Dam:
Quote from @Jenn Barona:
I would definitely recommend Matchmaker Realty. Call Jennie Boymer at 352-558-4474 and tell her Jenn sent you. She’s been a property manager for over a decade and will give great service!
Thank you for your reference. However, this company has very low rating on Google with many 1* reviews 😞
I am a local realtor here in Gainesville, and I can guarantee that she is top-notch. A lot of reviews that get put are going to be coming from a disgruntled tenant who get their security deposit back or had some other issue due to their own fault. You generally don’t find tenants putting good reviews after they’ve had a good rental experience. You don’t have to reach out, but definitely don’t bypass her just because of the reviews. I would definitely speak to her and maybe even some others will chime in on the post and confirm how good she is.
Post: Property Management in Gainesville, Florida
- Real Estate Agent
- Gainesville, FL
- Posts 115
- Votes 100
I would definitely recommend Matchmaker Realty. Call Jennie Boymer at 352-558-4474 and tell her Jenn sent you. She’s been a property manager for over a decade and will give great service!
Post: Gainesville, FL Monthly Investor Meetup
- Real Estate Agent
- Gainesville, FL
- Posts 115
- Votes 100
Our regular monthly meetup for Bigger Pockets members and investors local to the the Alachua County,Fl area. We will be meeting at Swamphead Brewery starting at 6pm. There will be a food truck on site, but you are also welcome to bring your own take-out or food from home.
Swamphead Brewery
3650 SW 42nd Ave
Gainesville, FL 32608
This event is a monthly meetup of all types of investors. Newbies all the way to investors who have done all types of investing including flips, buy and hold, wholesaling, seller financing, notes, sub to and more.
Several of us will have just returned from BP CON 2023, so we’ll have lots of new nuggets to share with you all from the various conference sessions and workshops. Hope to see you there!
Post: Looking for hard money lender
- Real Estate Agent
- Gainesville, FL
- Posts 115
- Votes 100
Quote from @Chibueze Nwadigo:
Quote from @Eliott Elias:
Networking events is where you will find the bulk of hard and Private Money Lenders.
There are several hand money lenders in Gainesville,FL. Several of them show up to the meetup we have each month also. If you want to shoot me a message I can get you the contact info for some.
Post: Denver & Gainesville Rookies
- Real Estate Agent
- Gainesville, FL
- Posts 115
- Votes 100
Hi Sophia! I’m an agent and investor here in Gainesville,FL and I would love to connect.
Post: Is MTR a good strategy in Gainesville FL and surrounding areas?
- Real Estate Agent
- Gainesville, FL
- Posts 115
- Votes 100
Quote from @Nick Velez:
This is a city/County ordeal. With Tenants staying over 30 days, you have to get an inspection done and do a bunch of unnecessary upgrades to the property to be within compliance. I have two STR's here locally and a primary that I was planning on turning into a LTR next year. With the new ordinance, I think I would rather sell then deal with the city/county. I have an article below that discusses some of the rules.
https://www.wuft.org/news/2021/04/26/city-of-gainesville-ado...
There was a federal law that superseded the regulation the city Inspections were actually just canceled. So that’s no longer.
https://alachuachronicle.com/city-of-gainesville-halts-renta...
Post: New member from North Central Florida
- Real Estate Agent
- Gainesville, FL
- Posts 115
- Votes 100
@Jessica Robinson welcome! I’m an agent and investor here in Gainesville area as well. Im sure I’ll meet you at one of the meetups soon but if you ever need anything feel free to reach out.
Post: STR Property Manager Search - Gainesville, FL
- Real Estate Agent
- Gainesville, FL
- Posts 115
- Votes 100
Hey @Kevin Schellinger! I am a Realtor in the area and refer my customers looking to get into the STR market to Lorne Rodriguez. He runs halobnb.com which is a full service STR company. He's also a Realtor so he's great at being able to tell you correct numbers when it comes to purchasing more properties as well. Tell him I sent ya.
Post: Jungle, bike friendly 4 bed 2 bath short term rental
- Real Estate Agent
- Gainesville, FL
- Posts 115
- Votes 100
Hi I'm assuming you mean Gainesville,FL so my answer is based off that. If you mentioned it and I overlooked it I apologize. I would reach out to Lorne Rodriguez. He runs an STR company here in Florida and does amazing. www.halobnb.com
Post: First property: House Hack vs. Rental
- Real Estate Agent
- Gainesville, FL
- Posts 115
- Votes 100
I would definitely house hack! Gainesville doesn’t have the greatest/safest locations for multi family so maybe trying to find a single family home that has a converted garage with a separate entrance or maybe you’re open to renting out some rooms. Unless you’re comfortable living in certain areas knowing that you’re able to leave in a year.