All Forum Posts by: Zachary Smith

I'm also looking for an investor focused agent to help with the purchase of our third rental property in Fort Wayne, IN.

This sounds excellent. I have attended the local REI meetings and found them to be very beneficial but because of my work schedule (retail pharmacy) I am regularly unable to attend the Saturday morning meetings. Having an additional option once per month to meet with other investors would be fantastic. Tuesday nights would work best for me. I've reached out to my PM and a friend who owns a local business to see if they could provide a meeting space.

We are planning to buy our third investment property in Fort Wayne, Indiana by the end of 2017. Our previous agent is now unavailable so I'm wondering if anyone can point us in the direction of an investor focused realtor in the area? Thank you in advance! (46818, 46825, 46835, 46805, 46807, 46814, 46804, 46845, 46803)

I am looking for a good property manager in Fort Wayne, IN. Any suggestions? Thank you

I am looking for a good property manager in Fort Wayne, IN. Any suggestions? Thank you

I am looking for a good property manager in Fort Wayne, IN. Any suggestions? Thank you!

Thank you so much everyone for the replies and advice!

I'm looking to get started in Fort Wayne, IN. I'm interested in buy and hold to start out with. Just looking to see if anyone has any local advice, strategies, or success stories for this market. Thank you!

Hey BP! My name is Zach Smith, I live in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I grew up helping my dad rehab single and multy-family homes in Ohio where he is a buy and hold investor (he would just call himself a guy trying to help pay a portion of his kids' student loans). I learned a lot but I'm not interested in doing all the work myself like we did when I was a kid. I am, however, very interested in the investment opportunity that Real Estate provides.

I've been educating myself as much as possible for the last year and as of right now I have just finished saving capital. I now have what I need to get started on my first single family home and have started searching for deals.

I'm planning to build up a solid portfolio of single and multi-family homes in this area for now. My eventual goal is to move into larger scale apartments sometime down the road.

I've read quite a few posts from other Northern Indiana investors about the local REIA meetings on the 3rd Saturday of each month but unfortunately my full time work schedule makes it very difficult to work in an odd Saturday like that. If anyone has any other suggestions on ways to connect with other investors in the area please let me know. I'd love to brainstorm deals and opportunities.

Any tips or suggestions are appreciated!

Happy investing!

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