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All Forum Posts by: Patrick Hermans

Patrick Hermans has started 5 posts and replied 107 times.

Post: Numbers game with buyers?

Patrick HermansPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • North Andover, MA
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 72

@Oliver Wolcott It can be tough to grow a long list of buyers for some. My advice would be to spend time looking for high quality buyers who are able to buy many properties a year. 

Post: First time to buy in the States.

Patrick HermansPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • North Andover, MA
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 72

@Mohammed Ahmed The best advice I can give in terms of getting the seller to pay your closing costs is to get a great realtor who can negotiate well. There are a few tactics you can try out

Post: Planning my next Two Years in Real Estate Investing

Patrick HermansPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • North Andover, MA
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 72

@Danial Qureshi You definitely have a few amazing options and have put yourself in a goo position already. Shoot me a Private message and we can talk through a lot of your thoughts. I would love to help where I can 

Post: Newbie Investor looking at Columbus, Ohio

Patrick HermansPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • North Andover, MA
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 72

@Neddie Smith Congrats on jumping in! Best of luck! Have you already started looking around the areas you like?

Post: Out of State Investor & First time REI

Patrick HermansPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • North Andover, MA
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 72

@Eric G. Good for you!

Post: Apartment Buildings in Rochester, NY

Patrick HermansPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • North Andover, MA
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 72

@Martin Grizzanti Congrats on finding that! Don't let the shine of a massive investment sway your underwriting. Ehats your plan on the type of financing you want to get?

Post: newbie from Chicago land area

Patrick HermansPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • North Andover, MA
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 72

@Dean Lane good for you, thats awesome! Best of luck!

Post: Hey Louisville! New to BP and REI

Patrick HermansPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • North Andover, MA
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 72

@Adam Pontrich Thats awesome, good for you! My advice would be to take it very slowly. Do more research than you think you need becasuse its easy to make mistakes and its even easier to get taken advantage of by greedy sellers. An educated buyer is a good investor. 

Post: Newbie here from Yonkers, NY. Looking to expand.

Patrick HermansPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • North Andover, MA
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 72

Post: Newbie here from Yonkers, NY. Looking to expand.

Patrick HermansPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • North Andover, MA
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 72

If your looking to invest in an area that you aren't very familiar with, having a dynamite realtor is the only way to protect yourself from preventable mistakes! Pick the realtor very carefully!