All Forum Posts by: Kristina Modares

I'm a realtor in Austin and started about 2 years ago. It was intimidating but I think what kept me going was that I was naive about Austin being a competitive city to be a realtor. I just worked my butt off until I found a lead generation tactic that worked for me. Also, I don't really work in San Antonio but I've done a couple deals and worked with realtors over there and compared to Austin, it seems very slow to me. Realtors seem "old school". I think if you're super professional, keep up with your leads and call people back and market online, you will kill it over there. I've told my broker about the potential to expand to San Antonio because I see such a huge potential over there. Good luck! 

@John T. @Betty Cruz ah yes! I used Zillow also and found somebody that way. 

Hi John, I posted my place in a few San Antonio FB groups. The craigslist one and another one called "San Antonio Housing, Rooms, Apartments, Sublets. I had a lot of inquiries and found 2 great tenants this way. It was nice to be able to see their FB profile as well. You'll need to weed out a lot of people though and make sure you tell them you're doing a background check. 

Come to Cheer Up Charlies this Sunday Apil 30th for "Talk Money to Me". Hosted by  Bravely.

900 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701

There will be 5 financial advisors you will be able to talk to one on one. Live music, lots of prizes, local vendors, free ice cream. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/699473126912112/?a...

Advisors:

Kristina Modares , Realtor/Investor

Keisha Gillis, Money Coach
Heather Labus, Accountant
Angela Epley, Certified Financial Planner
Alicia Hoffman, Certified Public Accountant

(Please share with anybody who may be interested!)

Hi!

My partner and I own a commercially zoned building near the Alamodome that has ~700 sq ft of space available. The property is a tri-plex and the other tenants include a local bakery (that doesn't sell coffee). There is also a backyard available for outdoor seating or additional parking if needed. We're nearing the completion of renovations to the building and would love to have a coffee shop tenant in place.

We're also passionate about local businesses and helping people realize their dreams. My business partners day job is working in creative marketing with entrepreneurs, authors, media companies and startups. He helps clients attract the type of media attention they deserve. He's helped launch several 7 figure businesses in the past. 

So instead of filling our commercial space in the traditional way, we wanted to try something unique. We're posting this in hopes that it convinces a person reading this to finally take the jump and build the coffee shop of their dreams. We'd love to partner with someone and create the coffee shop we'd all love to go to. We will work purely in an advisory role to help make the coffee shop great. Day-to-day, this is your baby, and something you'll need to love doing.

Here is what we'll help with:

- Space. We can provide the raw shell of a commercially zoned property to develop this coffee shop. Details still need to be worked out, but we can offset rent in initial startup months to take pressure off initially.

- Business/Marketing advice: Creating things that attract attention is what I do day-to-day. We'll help sit down and develop strategies to make this coffee shop THE place to go in the neighborhood and potentially city.

Here is what you need to do:
- Reply. You never know how your life can change with an email. If you think this might be something you're interested with, shoot us an email and lets chat.

- Coffee/hospitality experience. Ideally, you've run or helped run a coffee shop in the past.
Management experience. Hiring/running the coffee shop is something you're comfortable with. Employees and all.

- Obtain necessary permits/licenses. Our property is zoned C2, which allows for coffee shops. However, you'll be required to obtain any further permits/licenses needed to operate a coffee shop in the space

- Business plan. We'd like to see at least a rough idea of how you plan to run your business

- Startup capital. We can assist in not collecting rent for a period of time, and helping with changes to the building, but all other startup capital will need to come from you.

@Caroling Lee@Giselle Rivera maybe FB messenger would work better?

Great! I'll PM both of you. @Caroling Lee @Giselle Rivera

Hi! Was wondering if there was a female investor meetup in San Antonio or Austin? If not, introduce yourselves here. I'd love to start a FB group or a weekly or monthly meetup and talk about what everyone is doing. 

I recently closed on a property in San Antonio. Half of it is a commercial property...a bakery. My insurance company is requiring a few different repairs. One is "clean the cooking equipment ventilation ductwork". I'm currently working on a lease for these tenants as they were month to month with the previous owner. I was wondering if anybody has experience with restaurants. What's fair/standard for the tenant to pay for and what should the building owner pay for?

Any advice or information would be great! Thank you.

I recently closed on a property in San Antonio. Half of it is a commercial property...a bakery. My insurance company is requiring a few different repairs. One is "clean the cooking equipment ventilation ductwork". I'm currently working on a lease for these tenants as they were month to month with the previous owner. I was wondering if anybody has experience with restaurants. What's fair/standard for the tenant to pay for and what should the building owner pay. Should I be paying for maintaining kitchen equipment etc? Any advice or information would be great! Thank you.