All Forum Posts by: Nick Rutkowski

Nick Rutkowski has started 75 posts and replied 1470 times.

Originally posted by @Jim K.:

In this world, Nick, aren't we all put in situations where we have to deal with people who lack integrity every day?

Unless you think that the supermarkets where we buy our food don't do things like put wheat products on their shelves that include sawdust fillers, the gas stations never doctor their pumps to register a full gallon every .97 gallons, the waiters have never spit in anyone's food, the pharmacies are always giving you your medicines at a fair price, the public school teachers who care for our children are all passionate professionals instead of CYA pension-seekers, and of course that we have statesmen in political office with clean hands and clear hearts and pure thoughts running through their heads every moment of the day...

All the hysterical protestations and declarations of extraordinary personal integrity here seem a bit overdone here, don't they? Is this a real estate forum or a seminary ethics discussion group? The investors doth protest too much, methinks...you can all stop clutching at your pearls and insisting you have never deviated once in your life from the path of the righteous man.

Jeez, yeah you're right. There's a lot of companies out there that force my hand to buy from them. Would you be willing to JV with a partner who doesn't have integrity or would make you sacrifice your integrity?

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@Michinori Kaneko HELOCs are revolving, you can reuse the money you put in. Your HELOCs are interest only? I pay P&I for my HELOC...

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@Amber K. Would you do business with someone with no integrity?

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@Jake Thomas Money is infinite, your time is limited. This is decision is up to you. However, take the time to take care of your child. One day they might take over your business.

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@Brian Tran You’re going to get played by contractors, bottom line. We’ve all been messed around with one way or another. Learn from your mistakes and that should help you from being played again. I had a 10k plumbing problem I had paid for, just to rip it all out because it wasn’t up to code. What did I learn? Plumbing. Never again will I have some sap do that again to me. Think of a contractor like a girlfriend. 90% of them you’ll dump but the good ones you keep forever!

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@Greg Stetz Are you sure you don’t want to sell houses? I knew a teacher by day RE agent by evening and she sold 20 houses her first 6 months licensed. I think you should give sales a chance, at least don’t neglect the opportunity to open another income stream aside from teaching and investing. You’re a teacher, you know every family, child, parent, grandparents and they all know you. Half of an agent’s job is to know everyone and everyone know them, you already did that.

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@Perry Rinato I got licensed right out of college, own two rentals, and do RE as my full time job. Be prepared to be let down your first 3 years of sales. It’s going to be hard, you’re going to be broke, and you’ll be frustrated so often you’ll wish you hadn’t signed up. But then, one day, everything will click. You’ll go 0 to 100 in a blink of an eye and you’ll be happy you went through the pain. We all go through the gauntlet starting out, I think it’s the industry’s way of weeding out the bad agents. Figure out how to separate yourself from those who do sales for decades. (My favorite agents are those who have done it twice as long as I’ve been alive) Don’t waste your time getting a loan, self employed people have to wait 2 years before being eligible to apply. If you need a shoulder to cry on, your wife is a great support, I use mine for that and to pay our bills. Be humble, anyone can replace you and EVERYONE HATES AN ARROGANT NEW AGENT! PM me if you need help or life support. Good luck man and DONT GIVE UP!!!

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@Alyssa Kroeker I am a realtor who does this for both tenants and landlords. I make the tenants pay if they need my help and I make the landlords pay if they us me. I charge a flat rate for tenants and a percentage for the landlords.

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@Phil Sharp What is your exit strategy? That could be a good determination of what kind of house class you want to buy in.

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@Maria Amaro I’d make them buy the house, a deal is a deal and they are under contract. I wouldn’t rent to them either, if they are messing around now whats stopping them from messing with you as renters? Cancel the deal, return their deposit, fire your agent, and start over.

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All Forum Posts by: Nick Rutkowski

Nick Rutkowski has started 75 posts and replied 1470 times.

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