All Forum Posts by: Richard Solano

Hello BP!

I have been managing a few of my own properties in Florida but now want to turn my attention to building a property management services company in Norther Virginia (where I live). The state of Virginia requires property management companies to have a broker's license (which I don't have). I am going to be networking a lot at local REI events, but I was wondering if any brokers out there in BP-land know of or are interested in being my partner. I know property management pretty well now and have a good system down, but I need to find a broker that is willing to be a partner and collect a percent of the profits with little to now effort.

Any guidance is greatly appreciated!

Best,

Rick Solano

@Aaron Poling Thanks so much for the info.  Either my wife or I would like to attend. Sounds like a great opportunity. 

Hello BP!

I'm new to investing in NOVA and would like to connect with brokers and wholesalers in the area.  I'm primarily interested in 2-4 unit multi-families.  Our preference is Winchester, but we are open to most NOVA areas.  Any assistance is appreciated.

If this is not the right way to connect, I would be interested in any meetups or network events that you can share.

Thanks!

Rick Solano

Heather Skowronsky thanks! 
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Hi fellow BP'ers!

I live in Reston, Virginia and would like to know the best way to find and purchase auction homes in northern Virginia.  Websites? Government websites? other sources?

Thanks!

Thanks Caroline, Brandon and Brent!

Hi BP community. I am selling a 6 BR colonial house rental property in a pretty desirable area. I had a buyer back out at the last minute. House is back on the market. I listed with a flat fee MLS offering a 1% buyers commission. This was 4 days ago. The buyer I had lined up before listing on MLS found my house FSBO on Zillow so I thought listing on MLS would generate more traffic. No such luck. Not one inquiry. The house appraised at $340k so we listed at $345k. I have a sign in front yard and also listed it on Facebook marketplace and Craigslist. I log in every couple days to renew those posts. I’m starting to get concerned. The tenants we had in there moved out almost a month ago. (Ugh) What else can I be doing? I would have thought we would have at least gotten one call by now, but nothing. The school district is awesome (10/10 on Greatschools.org). Any insights, advice or reassurance appreciated.

Does anybody have a list of local or community banks based in Tampa, FL that do rental property mortgages? I now Bank of Tampa (obviously), but what are others? Thanks!