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All Forum Posts by: Joe Funari

Joe Funari has started 1 posts and replied 798 times.

Post: House Hacking with DPA??

Joe Funari
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  • Real Estate Agent
  • Keller, TX
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@Harry Shmelts I recommend you reach out to @Andrew Postell. Andrew is a fellow investor and lender here in the state of Texas. He is quite simply a guru on creative financing options for investment properties. Many of my clients and I have used him for many years. You can't go wrong with Andrew. Just DM him directly to connect. Hope this helps you in your REI journey.

Post: Investment brokerages/ agents who deal with investors

Joe Funari
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  • Keller, TX
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@Rafael Castro I am a realtor and fellow investor working in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Majority of my clients are out-of-state investors. And yes, most of them are from CA. My niche is primarily helping fellow investors buy and sell here. Will be happy to have a call with you and share my strategies. 

Post: Looking for rental properties and intermediary rental companies outside California

Joe Funari
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  • Real Estate Agent
  • Keller, TX
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Quote from @Michael Bayrakeri:
Quote from @Joe Funari:

@Michael Bayrakeri I would recommend you find an investor friendly realtor in the market your interested in. They will be able to help you find a turnkey rental. They will also recommend a good property management to manage your rentals. Also, they should recommend landlord insurance carriers and contractors to do any make ready (if needed). Why limit yourself to just turnkey properties? Working with a realtor gives you more buying options too. I own investment properties here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Texas has some of the most landlord friendly laws. Also, high demand for rentals ensures low days on market for lease listings. Many of my clients live in CA. DFW is a great place to invest. 


 The problem I am facing at this time is that I don't know what I don't know, in terms of different regions and don't have enough data to focus on one area vs another.


It can be a challenge to decide on a market. Focusing on the most landlord friendly states helps narrow that search considerably. Let me know if you need any specific data for Dallas/Ft. Worth area and I will be happy to share it with you. Bigger Pockets recently published a great article on the Dallas/Ft. Worth real estate market. A lot of good data. Here is a link to the article: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

Post: Looking for rental properties and intermediary rental companies outside California

Joe Funari
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  • Real Estate Agent
  • Keller, TX
  • Posts 849
  • Votes 825

@Michael Bayrakeri I would recommend you find an investor friendly realtor in the market your interested in. They will be able to help you find a turnkey rental. They will also recommend a good property management to manage your rentals. Also, they should recommend landlord insurance carriers and contractors to do any make ready (if needed). Why limit yourself to just turnkey properties? Working with a realtor gives you more buying options too. I own investment properties here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Texas has some of the most landlord friendly laws. Also, high demand for rentals ensures low days on market for lease listings. Many of my clients live in CA. DFW is a great place to invest. 

Post: Real Estate Agents with Seller Finance Experience

Joe Funari
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  • Real Estate Agent
  • Keller, TX
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Quote from @Account Closed:
Quote from @Joe Funari:

@Account Closed I have been involved in many seller finance deals. But to be honest why would you want to pay in the neighborhood of 10% for a seller financed deal? It won't cash flow. Usually these are reserved for people with bad credit. This primarily applies to SFR's. But its rare you see owner financing on multifamily here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area due to the demand for them.


 Great context! Thank you for this information. What's the best investing strategy in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area in today's market?

I am a big fan of buy and hold SFR's here in the DFW area.

Post: Real Estate Agents with Seller Finance Experience

Joe Funari
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  • Real Estate Agent
  • Keller, TX
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@Account Closed I have been involved in many seller finance deals. But to be honest why would you want to pay in the neighborhood of 10% for a seller financed deal? It won't cash flow. Usually these are reserved for people with bad credit. This primarily applies to SFR's. But its rare you see owner financing on multifamily here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area due to the demand for them.

Post: Finding Quality RE PROS

Joe Funari
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  • Real Estate Agent
  • Keller, TX
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@Sean Haberman Find a Realtor that is a fellow investor like myself. Especially if your looking to invest out-of-state. My REI contacts become my clients contacts. No sense reinventing the wheel that so many first time investors make. Those I recommend from lenders, insurance carriers, PM's, REI CPA's, etc. I have personally used for many years and gladly recommend them to fellow investors. Hope this helps.

Post: In-place tenant on month-to-month

Joe Funari
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  • Real Estate Agent
  • Keller, TX
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@Anderson Bigate Nogueira You may have your wording wrong here. Are both tenants not paying their rent? If so you will need to proceed with the eviction process. However, if both the tenants are current on their rent and are on a month-to-month lease you can give them 30 days notice to vacate. No need to get the eviction courts involved. But I wold recommend you do one unit at a time. Give one tenant a notice to vacate. Remodel that unit, and get new tenants to move in. Once they have moved in then give the tenant in the other unit notice to vacate and repeat the process. Two reasons to do this. One, you continue to have rental income while rehabbing one of the units. And for beginners easier to manage one door rehab at a time. Second, lessons learned from rehabbing one unit you will be able to apply to the other unit when rehabbing it. Hope this helps. 

Post: Testing to see name

Joe Funari
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  • Real Estate Agent
  • Keller, TX
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@Steve B. We see it. Love the dog pic too. FYI, when posting questions be sure to reference the city in question. That way you get specific answers from fellow investors in that area. Because real estate, and especially landlord laws vary greatly from state to state. Great way to network in the area your asking about too. 

Post: Investor Friendly Real Estate Agent in DFW area

Joe Funari
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  • Real Estate Agent
  • Keller, TX
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@Shweta Bharti I am a fellow investor and realtor working in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. I specialize in working with out-of-state investors in purchasing investment properties here regardless of their exit strategy. I will be happy to work with you. Lets connect so that you can help me understand what went wrong with you previous realtor experience. This will ensure this doesn't happen again. Also, thanks so much @Kyle Mccaw for the referral. Shweta, please note McCaw Property Management has managed all my rentals in the DFW area for many years. His team is the best in the area and very happy with quality of service and tenants they place in my rentals.