All Forum Posts by: Sam Horton

@Mysonne Johnson Can you be a little more specific on the contract you are signing? If its just a buyer contract than your legal name should be fine. If its a purchase contract, then depending on how you will be financing it (hardmoney), use your business entity. 

@Sean Majer Congrats on your first deal! Truthfully I don't think it would matter all the much whether you put Duplex or apartment for rent. My only thought is that someone might believe they have a choice of two units within the building if labeled as a duplex. Hopefully that makes sense. You can always rent it as an apartment and disclose to the potential tenants that is is part of a duplex property. 

@George Brown congrats! Good luck with the closing and going forward 

@Jordan Ellis welcome! I think Chad covered a lot of good resources. As for as actionable steps outside of networking, specifically for wholesaling (or deal finding). Start driving around an are you are familiar with. Drive down all the side streets and start looking for distressed properties. Take a photo if you can and jot down the address. Keep doing this until you have a good list and then you can start to look into skip tracing tools and marketing tools to address these property owners. Good luck

@Steven Richards I think it's more or less about person preference on the hardware. I was a PC user until my mid 20's then switched to Mac. I currently use a MacBook Pro with dual monitors for work. For software, I use a CRM called Nutshell, Evernote for files/note taking, Tick Tick for productivity and reminders and Outlook for email / calendar. Good luck in commercial

@Peter Morgan A few thoughts: Look for local top producers. Interview a few, when interviewing ask about their experience, average days to an offer and what they plan to do to market your property differently than other agents would. Regarding Redfin, I don't like lumping all Redfin agents under one umbrella. However my general opinion is that they are salary versus a traditntal agent that is straight commission. If the Redfin agent doesn't sell your home they are still getting paid at the end of the week or month. Where as the traditional agent has the incentive to work harder to get your home sold in order to get paid at the end of the transaction. Good Luck

@Jonah Kolsrud Have your agent find out. They should definitely be able to tell you how long it's been under contract. As for back up offers your agent would have to discuss that with the listing agent to get more information 

@Jonah Kolsrud Best to check with the listing agent to see how long its been under agreement and if they are considering back up offers. 

@Thomas Phu We use RentRedi & Zumper. Can I ask why you are trying to get away from RentRedi?

@Kevin Donovan What part of Mass?