All Forum Posts by: Sam Valme
Sam Valme has started 21 posts and replied 160 times.
Post: Reducing Noise Between Units (Air Ducts)

- Rental Property Investor
- Arlington, VA
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I have a single family home that is being rented out as two units. The tenants have mentioned that they can clearly hear each other through the vents. Any suggestions on things I can do to reduce the noise between preexisting duct work?
Post: RE MAKES LOWLY PAID TEACHER MULTIMILLIONAIRE!!!

- Rental Property Investor
- Arlington, VA
- Posts 160
- Votes 53
The 10X rule never looked better then this haha. Congrats @Michael Swan
Post: Leveraging a "Trust" to make offers through an LLC

- Rental Property Investor
- Arlington, VA
- Posts 160
- Votes 53
In addition to @Steve Vaughan's question. When you say "whether the house is listed or not", which way would you have to set up the trust prior?
Post: VA RE Licenses/ Insurance Required to be a Property Manager

- Rental Property Investor
- Arlington, VA
- Posts 160
- Votes 53
Thanks @Matt Clark, are you aware of any additional insurances the company should have? Even if I'm managing my own properties. I'm thinking of insurances to protect the company from the tenants.
Post: Home Warranties vs. Paying Capex Out of Pocket

- Rental Property Investor
- Arlington, VA
- Posts 160
- Votes 53
@Walker Seid and @Bryan O. good to know. I'll add those to my list of "Reasons Why Not To Get Home Warranties" haha. Its interesting that this seems to be a unanimous opinion across the board. Does anyone have a good experience with them?
Post: Home Warranties vs. Paying Capex Out of Pocket

- Rental Property Investor
- Arlington, VA
- Posts 160
- Votes 53
Well @Steve Rozenberg. I'll take that as a "no" perhaps even escalate it to a "hell no" haha :). I really appreciate the through opinion. Unless someone offers a heck of a counter statement, I don't think we'll be moving forward with the home warranty investigation.
Post: Home Warranties vs. Paying Capex Out of Pocket

- Rental Property Investor
- Arlington, VA
- Posts 160
- Votes 53
Does anyone use Home Warranties for their rentals? Good experiences or a waste of money?
Post: MeetUps - Little Rock, AR

- Rental Property Investor
- Arlington, VA
- Posts 160
- Votes 53
Welcome @Mikai Jackson! Check out biggerpockets.com/meet to see who's local to you in Arkansas!
Hope to see you around the site!
Post: Leveraging a "Trust" to make offers through an LLC

- Rental Property Investor
- Arlington, VA
- Posts 160
- Votes 53
Excellent point @George P.! Here are the questions I had for @Kris Haskins to start. I'm sure you may have some input as well!
#1 What are the steps needed to take write up a trust?
#2 What legal protections does it offer?
#3 What additional steps do you have to take when doing business through a trust when we want to do things like make an offer?
Post: Can Portfolio Lenders Refi <12 Months at 85%LTV like Reg. Banks?

- Rental Property Investor
- Arlington, VA
- Posts 160
- Votes 53
This is very interesting information @Upen Patel. Much different then what I heard from the bank. We should connect to discuss this in more depth. I'd really like to make sure I have all the facts before I move on my next deal. I'll send you a PM. Thanks!