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All Forum Posts by: Michael Giorgianni

Michael Giorgianni has started 5 posts and replied 39 times.

Post: Wholesaling a Commercial Deal - With Financing

Michael GiorgianniPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Danville, VA
  • Posts 44
  • Votes 9

I have a small 6-unit commercial deal and have a buyer that can get financing.  Is this possible or am I going to have to structure this with a hard money lender and refinancing it later?  Prefer option 1 if possible.  Any ideas???

Post: Wholesaling Real Estate - HUD Homes & Active RE Agent Broker Issue

Michael GiorgianniPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Danville, VA
  • Posts 44
  • Votes 9

Looking at activating my real estate license with a broker that will work with wholesaling and normal real estate. However, I have future plans to wholesale HUD homes and the broker I'm looking at hanging my license with is a dominant broker in listing HUD Homes. Very limited to the brokers that will work with me. Could there be any potential issues with this? Conflict of Interest, Ethical, Etc???

Post: E & O Insurance - Wholesaling Real Estate?

Michael GiorgianniPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Danville, VA
  • Posts 44
  • Votes 9

@Eric Belgau @K. Marie Poe

Thank you for the valuable information.

Post: E & O Insurance - Wholesaling Real Estate?

Michael GiorgianniPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Danville, VA
  • Posts 44
  • Votes 9
Originally posted by @Account Closed:
@Michael Giorgianni,

Check with Lloyd of London, they will write a policy on anything.


My 2cents,


Joe Gore

@Joe Gore : I will look into them.

Post: E & O Insurance - Wholesaling Real Estate?

Michael GiorgianniPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Danville, VA
  • Posts 44
  • Votes 9
Originally posted by @Account Closed:
E&O insurance is typically for professionals providing advice or services to clients. As a wholesaler you are not providing advice or a service and you don't have clients. At least you shouldn't be. Supposedly you're a principal in the buying and selling transactions. It's this kind of thinking that gets wholesalers into trouble. Providing services and having clients in RE transactions crosses over into licensed activity.

Agents typically buy E&O policies because they are providing services to clients who might sue them for damages because of mistakes made. I can't imagine there is an insurance company that is going to write a policy to cover a real estate investor for making mistakes. And I wouldn't expect an agent E&O policy to cover the agent in a wholesale deal.

@K. Marie Poe

I believe you are right again lol. I have called a few companies, all in which say they only have policies for agents/brokers., not for real estate investors.

When I had the other issue of a brokerage company wanting a percentage of my wholesaling profits(DISCUSSION: How are Fees Handled), would E & O insurance cover buying/selling then?

Post: E & O Insurance - Wholesaling Real Estate?

Michael GiorgianniPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Danville, VA
  • Posts 44
  • Votes 9

Ouch, sounds like a bad situation.

Post: E & O Insurance - Wholesaling Real Estate?

Michael GiorgianniPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Danville, VA
  • Posts 44
  • Votes 9

Has anybody here looked into having E & O Insurance when they are buying/selling (Wholesaling) Real Estate?

Post: Wholesaling Real Estate With License - How commissions/fees are handled?

Michael GiorgianniPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Danville, VA
  • Posts 44
  • Votes 9
Originally posted by @Account Closed:
Originally posted by @Michael Giorgianni:
That was my "ah ha" moment for the year. I'll know how to handle my next broker appointment lol

Hope it helps!

That perspective made absolute sense to me. This will help me prepare more for my next brokerage I contact.

Post: Wholesaling Real Estate With License - How commissions/fees are handled?

Michael GiorgianniPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Danville, VA
  • Posts 44
  • Votes 9

That was my "ah ha" moment for the year. I'll know how to handle my next broker appointment lol

Post: Wholesaling Real Estate With License - How commissions/fees are handled?

Michael GiorgianniPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Danville, VA
  • Posts 44
  • Votes 9

Marie: Your previous post is the issue I was trying to clear up. The initial broker stated that they would take me but want my fee/profit going through the brokerage as well as normal real estate activities. I don't understand how they can ask of that if I'm acting as principal.

Shawn: I agree, however, was not clear to let them know the exact number that I'm missing the boat on, it is very large. I will however contact the attorney I use to handle my transactions.

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