All Forum Posts by: Robert Leonard

Welcome to BP @Joe Marchetta! Glad you found the site and I look forward to your contributions to the group!  See you around.

Welcome to BP @Jack Wheeler!  LA investors are out here.  Glad you found the site and hope to see you around.

Welcome to BP @Theron Brown!  Stick around here.  Listen to the podcasts. They are like short courses on different strategies and the hosts do a pretty good job of making them educational. Take notes.  Read the recommended books shared by the experienced guests on every podcast episode.  Search for the things that you don't understand, then ask questions when you need help or to clarify.

Welcome to BP @Mark Townsend and @Justin Ouchley!

I'm glad you both found BP.  Feel free to reach out anytime you need to get past any hurdles along the way!

The first step was getting smart. Getting smart starts with reading and learning from the experiences of others. You don't have to go out and buy a property and learn from your own mistakes. With a little bit of patience, you can learn from others' mistakes and effective strategies that add up to some very basic know how. Before you fire live rounds, you learned some fundamentals right? Same applies in REI, IMO.

I'll go right to step two and say appreciate the power of leverage and protect your credit.  Credit is money, real money.  You can blow it or put it to work for you when you use it with discipline and with a deliberate purpose.  Looks like you are onto that since you mentioned coming up with a down payment.  Now get a job that pays as much as possible that will improve your creditworthiness and if at all possible allows you to make some inroads to being a connected investor.  I already went past step one, so I'll stop now ... :-)

Welcome to BP @Nelson Rodriguez!

I'm closing on my next Baton Rouge property Thursday afternoon.  Hope to see you around BP and around town!

Welcome to BP @Fletcher Artie!  With your experience, I look forward to your participation here on BP and getting to know you.

Hello and welcome to BP @Christina Gray!  You can learn a lot here.  The podcasts are gold.  Just like short courses on different strategies to pursue.

Feel free to give me a shout anytime I might be able to help you get past any hurdles along the way.  See you around BP and around our area!

One rehab tip that I noticed in your before/after pictures.  I would have kept the cabinets and painted just like you did, but I would make one change.  That scroll work over the kitchen sink is probably on a single board that can easily be removed and totally take that 70s-80s element out of the kitchen cabinets.  It works either open or by replacing it with a straight board if you want/need to fill the space.

It works as is, just a personal preference.  The work looks very well done.  I need to get some contractor references from you.

Nice job @Stephen Hundley and great story!  I love it when investors add value and make the places we invest a better place.  Bravo my friend!