All Forum Posts by: Ryan Miller

 Roy, I just blurred out the name on the photo using imgur.  

The app is owned by 

Real Estate Portal Usa LLC

4603 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, OH 44134

http://reportallusa.com/about_us.html

"Real Estate Portal USA was founded in 2006 by Dave Fuhry, Joe Harwood, Robert McGee, & Allie Schuring."

I'm in Dallas, TX and I'm a wholesaler. Also my name is not up on that list.   I'm just trying to share something I find useful.  

Whoops, okay I fixed it.  Thanks!

I hope this is the right sub forum for this, if not feel free to have it moved.  I also have no affiliation with this company, but for me it's a great tool.     The App is called LandGlide. My brother in law is a big hunter and always looking for new places to hunt, so he uses the app to see who owns land he wants to hunt on, and then calls the land owner to see if he can lease it. 

I'd also like to point out, that this might not work in your county, but in DFW it's worked in all the counties I've tried it in.  It uses GPS to find your position, then you can scroll over a house and the address will pop up.   That helps me, because I can see the house number on the home and match it up in LandGlide.   After you select it , it gives you some basic info on the house, but then (and this is my favorite part) it will take you right to the CAD page.     For me it's a huge time saver.  I used to write down address as I was driving, or take a voice memo.  Now I can just open the app, get to the CAD page, and it will open each one in a different tab in Safari.   

The ratings on this app are awful, to me it seems this is because it's $9.99 a month. For me that's not a big deal as it's a business expense, and saves me a lot of time.  The app works well, it's fast, and it's never crashed on me.  The first 30 days are free as well, and if you stop using it, from what I can tell you don't have to cancel the monthly because it has you renew only when you open it. 

Here are a couple of screen shots. I blocked out the owners name, that's not how it shows up on the app. 

 One of them was for sure.  The other the lady just up and left it. 

I don't run into these very often, but honestly you never know when you're going to run into something like this, so it's always best to be careful. I always have a flashlight, pocket knife, small multitool  and I also have a LTC/CCW so I carry as well.      Both of these were boarded up, one had lost it's certificate of occupancy.   The house with the needles I'm pretty sure the squatters were inside as I was pulling the board off the back door.  The pitt bull photo was another house where the I had previously had a couple of guys run up as I got out of my truck. 

I always knock really loudly, and normally talk as I'm coming up to the door.  From my experience people that are squatting don't really want confrontation.  Normally when I pull up, I take a min or so to look the house over from the outside. Look for someone peeking out, or even walking around the house area really checking out what I'm doing.    The house with the pitt bull the squatter was defiantly close by, and was pacing the street as I came out of the house.  Luckily the dog was not aggressive towards me.  I just slowly backed away and left the property. 

More than anything it's just good to be aware of your surroundings. No deal is worth your life or safety. I've only passed on going into a couple of houses, but I know I made the right call.   

Sorry I should have mentioned. I have someone with MLS access show me the cash solds in the area.

One thing I do is look for cash sold properties in the area where the home is. If they belong to an LLC or are non owner occupied then call them up. They are often more than willing to hear about good deal close to the area where they have already made some money.

 I always let my sellers know up front that my offer does not include back taxes or judgements.   Just helps avoid any confusion at closing. (just an FYI)

That should be the tag line for Zillow.