All Forum Posts by: Jessica DiPonziano
Jessica DiPonziano has started 15 posts and replied 46 times.
Post: New Investor Getting It Right

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Quote from @Lexey Vezzoso:
Hey Jessica!
Are you only interested in the Philadelphia market?
Nope! We are open to investing anywhere, we're just only are familiar with Philadelphia and New Jersey markets at the moment since it's where we live.
Post: Section 8 Rent Issue

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Hey all looking for some advice. We have a Section 8 renter who always pays their portion on time, but the Housing/Govt is paying the wrong amount and have been for months. After we raised the rent they were paying the correct amount, then all of a sudden reverted to the old amount.
We have been calling to try and correct this for 3 months and no one ever calls us back. We informed the tenant to see if she can get them to call us. They haven't paid the correct amount for 6 months and one is missing entirely.
Anyone deal with this before and what actions did you take? At my wits end here.
Post: New Investor Getting It Right

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Quote from @Eric Greenberg:
Welcome! Congrats on the first property, especially a 3-unit at the shore!
Is push back a bit and say there are B-C areas of philly with low home prices that could be easier to pull off than an out of state acquisition depending on your goals.
My goal is to buy and hold with long term renters. Depending on the area, occasionally short-term rentals. True about Philly. I just know inventory has been low and bidding wars. I have an investor friendly realtor in the area I plan to reach out to who has many investment properties of their own in Philly.
Post: New Investor Getting It Right

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Quote from @Dave Skow:
@Jessica DiPonziano- thanks and congrats ... make sure you have a solid written contract/ agreement with any partners on any purchases you make together ( I assume you prob already do ) ....when you are getting closer to begiining to search for the next property - make sure you have your loan pre aprpoval updated and in place with your lender ( assuming you need to use financing )- good luck
Thanks Dave! Yes we are currently working with an attorney, we did a lot of legal zoom stuff when forming so were working on getting a proper entity, formation docs, contracts for the partnership etc. We started messy but now sorting it all out before we continue in acquiring properties!
Post: New Investor Getting It Right

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Hey there! Yea I find some teach people as well.
We don't have any specific areas. We picked the shore town for our first one since it's a place I visit every year and it was an area we knew the vacation rental market was good. Living in Philadelphia with high house prices, we are hoping to learn how to do Virtual/Out of State investing. If something is a good deal, we don't care where it is. We are looking to do more Buy and Hold with Long term renters, but open to Airbnb focused destinations too.
Post: New Investor Getting It Right

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Hey all! I'm a software engineer trying my hand at real estate investing with my partner. We currently own one triplex in a shore town, renting units seasonally and year round.
Looking to start expanding our portfolio extremely soon and look forward to networking with everyone to make some deals happen :)