All Forum Posts by: Marvin McTaw

Hey @Tom T. thanks for sending this along. I will check it out! 

Hey @Stephanie Garcia I would not recommend calling the bank to discuss anything. Get the statements from the Seller, catch them up on the payments and just move forward. 

Hey @Chantel Green you generally have to send out mail in large enough quantities for it to have any meaningful results. You can't send out 10 mailers and expect results. Your mailers need to be in the 100's or 1000's to see the kind of results you want. To get 100 seller leads, you're generally going to have to contact multiples of that...even in the case of contacting For Sale By Owners! 

If you do want to spend money and set up a website, you can check out https://oncarrot.com/ They have turnkey investor websites you might be able to use.

Good luck to you in your real estate investing business! Hope my suggestions help!

@Nick Brubaker @Patricia Joseph and @Kevin Polite, 

Apologies for the delay as I had to search my calendar to actually find the Meetup. Here is the direct link to the meetup that @Micah Redden is putting together. I will also @ reference all of you on the post for it.

@Jason Hern - it would be great to meet up sometime as well. I'll shoot you a message. 

I think @Rick Baggenstoss's advice is great for making offers. Figure out your exit strategy and then back into the numbers. Good luck! 

Hey @Tommy Tran! Welcome to Bigger Pockets as well as to the Atlanta area. This site is fantastic and has been a wonderful place to learn more and network with others involved in real estate investing. To be frank, it has actually been a better resource for me than the local REIA. Your sister sounds like a smart woman if she is bringing you in so try and learn as much from her as you can.

If you're looking for someone with a similar background to you who is also involved in real estate investing, @Account Closed is a pretty good guy to speak with. 

In any scenario if there's anything I can do to help you out, please let me know. 

Cheers! 

Hey @Eric Feng I have a fantastic inspector. His name is Richard Chastain and he is with Buyer's Protection Group. Just call their number and request him. He is fantastic and incredibly detail oriented. His reports are also superb!

Hey @Tommy Spivey that has been my experience too. You can try looking for real estate agents who are investor friendly but it can be pretty difficult to find them. If you're looking for fix and flip type deals, you might want to try sourcing the properties yourself, networking with other real estate investors and looking at wholesaling inventory as well. 

Hi there @Robert Mitchell and welcome to Bigger Pockets. This is such a great forum for networking with other serious investors. The thing I like about BP is that there is such a wealth of information here not only for the newbie but the seasoned investor as well looking to learn about the finer points of REI well as latest industry developments. It'd be great to connect with you to learn more about your goals as well as your experience. Cheers and once again, welcome to Bigger Pockets!

Hi @Anna Watkins I was unaware that this was even being proposed. For the most part, people do this sort of stuff to try and increase property values so I'm generally not against it. The bad part though is that it can typically result in higher taxes and crappier services. Obviously I am making generalized statements but I hope whatever ends up happening is for the betterment of the area as a whole.