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All Forum Posts by: Anthony Gayden

Anthony Gayden has started 77 posts and replied 1981 times.

Post: Pre-approval Package prior to LOI?

Anthony Gayden
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Omaha, NE
  • Posts 2,030
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Originally posted by @Chris Mason:

You're mixing and matching 1-4 unit residential stuff with commercial real estate stuff.

Residential real estate doesn't use LOIs, and commercial real estate doesn't have preapprovals.

 That isn't exactly true . I have actually obtained a pre-approval letter from a commercial lender for a 10 unit multi-family that I was trying to buy a couple of months ago.

Post: What's your preference? ---> VoiP or Landline?

Anthony Gayden
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Omaha, NE
  • Posts 2,030
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Originally posted by @Joe C.:

When using a phone to speak to sellers/buyers, what do you prefer - Landline telephone? Or, VoiP?

I don't use a cellphone because mine sucks and drops calls, so I have not included it as a choice, respectively. Please choose from the two choices above and explain WHY you prefer/choose whichever choice you've chosen! :)

Thank you to everyone who provides an answer.

 I lived in an area that was extremely rural and had horrible phone service for years. Everyone out there has a landline. Now that I'm back in a major city, I exclusively use cell phones. Verizon has by far the best service in Omaha.

If cell service is spotty in your area, you need to get a landline for your business.

Post: Airbnb partnerships...buying multi unit bldgs to rent to airbnb's

Anthony Gayden
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Omaha, NE
  • Posts 2,030
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Originally posted by @Myka Artis:

I knew it was only a matter of time before big corporations started jumping into the Airbnb game. It's too much money to be made in it. I'm actually doing the same thing on a smaller scale myself by getting with multi unit owners and turning their units into Airbnb's. If you start building an Airbnb portfolio now then your opportunities will be endless in the future. Airbnb is still only at it's foundation in my opinion.

 That sort of thing has me thinking that the line between hotel and vacation rental will be blurred to the point where governments force vacation rental owners to abide by hotel rules and taxes.

Post: I'm Paying for Heat on My 14 Unit Apartment and its Killing Me

Anthony Gayden
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Omaha, NE
  • Posts 2,030
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800 / 14 = $57.14 per month, per unit. Honestly that doesn't seem too bad.

Would it be possible to raise rents that amount to offset the cost? If not, can you implement some type of RUBS system?

Post: Which is the best niche that goes well with buy and hold strategy

Anthony Gayden
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Omaha, NE
  • Posts 2,030
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@Account Closed

I recently started looking at wholesaling. The reason was simple. I am always looking for great deals. I actually started doing my own marketing to find off market deals and I quickly realized that if I found a great deal, others would be interested in buying it from me.

Post: Very Inexpensive North Omaha Home

Anthony Gayden
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Omaha, NE
  • Posts 2,030
  • Votes 3,310

Still available.

Post: How are investors good for communities?

Anthony Gayden
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Omaha, NE
  • Posts 2,030
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Originally posted by @Jesus Sanchez:

What types of good deeds are investors doing for communities out there? How are investors helping out? 

What types of good deeds can be done that us investors can help facilitate?

 Personally I think that investors are great for communities. I hear a lot of talk about how "gentrification" is a bad thing, but what I see is a person or persons with money investing in a neglected community and repairing/restoring homes and businesses.

Investors bring life back into properties and communities. We take properties from being obsolete to being functional and useful again. Of course we are making money at the same time.

Those who complain about "gentrification" don't contribute any of their own money into the community (probably because they have no money) and expect businesses to not make a profit so that a community can continue to cater to the population that allowed it to go into disrepair in the first place.

I don't know about you, but I have always hated driving around a big city and seeing blocks of big beautiful homes and properties that have fallen into disrepair because they aren't located in the best neighborhoods.

Post: What keeps you going

Anthony Gayden
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Omaha, NE
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Fernando R. What keeps me going? Obsession. I am insanely focused on my goals.

Post: Occupied, can’t get access for co inspection. Please help

Anthony Gayden
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Omaha, NE
  • Posts 2,030
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@Lillian Shi

Why can't the landlord (Property Owner) give notice to the tenants (Occupants), that you are going to have to enter for the property to be inspected?

Post: Very Inexpensive North Omaha Home

Anthony Gayden
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Omaha, NE
  • Posts 2,030
  • Votes 3,310

This house is a 3 bedroom, 1 bath home in need of a little TLC. Great investment. New hot water heater in 2017. New furnace in 2015.


For sale as is with no repairs or updates by the owner. Cash only.

My contact info is in my signature.