All Forum Posts by: Kim Tucker
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Post: Novice in Kansas City

- Flipper/Rehabber
- Kansas City, MO
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Hmm . . .are you getting all the money out of your land that you should be???
I have a friend who raises cattle near Venita and he has a bunch of income off land that is not being used for anything.
1. Getting paid to rotate crops and not plant or grow anything from year to year.
2. Farming or renting out to a farmer the years it can be grown on.
3. It seems every plot of land he buys comes with a house or a mobile home that he then rents out for rental income. So he makes good rental income on the non-farmable areas near the roads. He was even thinking of taking some of the plots and building a small mobile home park.
4. He gets paid for the hay a few times a year.
Just thought we needed some input for keeping the farm land. I like your 1031 Idea too.
Post: Introduction and Referral Requests

- Flipper/Rehabber
- Kansas City, MO
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When I am seeking lenders that hold their own paper I (1) go to the local REIA and find out who partners and lends privately, but that will take some time building relationships (2) go to smaller more localized banks, not mortgage lenders or brokers as they by definition are selling their loans.
I have also found that if you go to banks in smaller markets outside of the metro, where there is only one or two offices that you often deal directly with the bank president and can make some great loans and connections.
And I just posted this on another question - but go to local REIA meetings, meetups and the like, talk to people, vendors and build relationships and you will be able to get some great referrals - just like here at BP, only live and face to face - I think there is even a live BP meeting in Waldo this week? Ok, maybe it was last week - but watch the events tab and go to the live meetings and meet people.
Post: contractors in Kansas City

- Flipper/Rehabber
- Kansas City, MO
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- Votes 710
We usually have several great folks in many areas of the business at an average MAREI meeting . . . its great to connect face to face and we highly recommend talking to the Vendors who have tables at each meeting, not only about they services they offer, but get a business card and follow up with them for recommendations to other services. The vendors are out there every day helping others do 20 or 30 deals a month, so they know who is working for their customers, who gets things done, and will give you some outstanding referrals.
Post: Kansas City MO: Alternative/wholesale sources for properties?

- Flipper/Rehabber
- Kansas City, MO
- Posts 2,001
- Votes 710
I need to understand your question.
If you are looking for sources of non-mls properties to buy from wholesalers, then you need to get out and find the wholesalers. Some options there are to
One: follow properties posted on various sites and follow the posting back to the listing company and ask how to register on their list. The more experienced groups will list a property and direct you back to their website with some sort of form to sign up on their list. Sites like the properties here on BP, or local REIA group websites that list properties or the real estate investor group sites for the cities in question on Facebook.
Two: Google the terms sell my house fast in whatever city you are buying. Find every we buy houses website that are on the first 3 or 4 pages of Google, and sign up on the pages that have investor buyer sign up forms and on those that don't send an email or contact message to the site owner to find out how to get on their list.
Three: Go to the local REIA group meeting and other meetup events. Take a notepad and business cards. Get contacts and websites from everyone who says they offer houses for sale, Realtors, Wholesalers, Newbie Investors, then go home and follow up with these folks and get on their list.
Now if you just want to find sources of houses that are not on MLS, then you need to go to work and market for houses for sale. To do that
1. Have a website about buying houses that has a lot of different blog posts over time using keywords that sellers use. I have an Investor Carrot Website and most of the folks in KC do to - MAREI has a discount link on their site if you want to get a few carrot websites and save money. Feed Blog posts over time, add photos and videos to those blog posts and then as they post, post comments and links back to them on all your social media and then have all your social media friends like the posts (THIS IS HOW BP GOT TO BE WHERE IT IS TODAY - BLOG POSTS WITH KEYWORDS that get splattered, liked and shared all over social media and that go out in a newsletter several times a week - all those clicks back to BP and here we are - it works for sellers too. (Hire someone to do this for you if you don't have time.)
2. Advertise online that you buy houses - Google Ads, Facebook Ad, Retargeting Ads - Craigslist ads
3. Buy lists of owners of properties of the type you might be looking for - multi-family 2 to 4 units, or who would be motivated single family owners: send direct mail - lots of it.
I do a lot of #1 and #3. . . if you have a brand new marketing machine, you need to spend more money on #2, if your machine is 15 years old like mine and your website already ranks, and you want to target your leads to specific properties and areas rather than a blanket ad across the metro, then I spend more money on direct mail and retargeting. I get way less leads in areas I don't want tying up the phone lines and costing me money when I will not do anything with them anyway.
Hope that helps. You can follow my profile back to my website and sign up as a buyer on my investor site and back to our local REIA group to see what properties our members have for sale.
I buy and wholesale across the KC Metro - I don't buy or wholesale in the urban core and focus on areas where houses are at least $80k to $100k and up retail.
Post: Looking for an investor friendly realtor

- Flipper/Rehabber
- Kansas City, MO
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Join us at the next MAREI meeting August 14th at the Holiday Inn at 8787 Reeder Road - we will be talking about Private Lending, Funding and Borrowing 7 to 9 - we have networking from 6 to 7pm and a lot of the movers and shakers in the city - also the WinVestors meeting the next morning from 9 to 11 every Wednesday morning at Lucky Brew Grill on Johnson Drive.
Post: Out of state investor - Wanting to start in Kansas City

- Flipper/Rehabber
- Kansas City, MO
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- Votes 710
Welcome to KC
Post: getting tax delinquent list in kansas city MO

- Flipper/Rehabber
- Kansas City, MO
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- Votes 710
@Larry Moore
Jan and Larry Jordan run a meetup group in Blue Springs - they have a meeting Thursday Night - I think that is covering tax sales in Jackson County - their last email to me said that the list will be available Friday and you have to get it from a legal publication like the Daily Record or the Pulse Legal - these can get you probably the lists in Jackson, Clay, Platte and Cass - and maybe St Louis - just note that St Louis County and Jackson County do not sell tax liens, but sell properties after 4 years of non-payment so their sales differ.
Look for the Blue Springs Real Estate Investment Group on Meetup to get more info about this event to learn how Jackson County tax sales work.
Post: Kansas City, Mo investing?

- Flipper/Rehabber
- Kansas City, MO
- Posts 2,001
- Votes 710
So there are a lot of great realtors and a lot of great turn key providers.
Speaking as a seller, it does not matter how great your realtor or turn key provider is, the houses are tough to come by. When we list a property, we usually have 4 or 5 offers, several that are cash and closing in a week.
I would say having good boots on the ground you trust who can go look for you so you can get your offer in quickly and having easy access to cash - or building a relationship with a good turn key provider that will go out and find that house and commit to selling it to you - BEFORE they even buy it, might be a good idea.
Post: Insurance for Rental in Kansas City

- Flipper/Rehabber
- Kansas City, MO
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- Votes 710
I can't stand NREIG and that's who I'm with, but I am insuring vacant properties.
I have a conference call with Arcana this morning - they have been offering policies for landlords, renters and builders risk for years and they have just partnered with National REIA - that means better rates and buying power for the members of National REIA.
Post: Unable to find rental

- Flipper/Rehabber
- Kansas City, MO
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- Votes 710
Most rentals in KC are not listed in MLS, although they might be Downtown and Westport.
Avoid Craigslist
The bigger time managers do post on Zillow
There are a bunch of for sale / for rent in city groups on Facebook - you might have luck there.