All Forum Posts by: Terry Giancaterino

I would say meet with them because, out of hundreds of calls and appointments to look at the house I had for sale two years ago, I went with them and it was a smooth transaction. I would work with them again.

I'll admit, I got sucked in, but only paid $97 for the 3-day workshop, which was useless because the speaker/trainer (yea right) that spoke at this workshop talked soooo fast that you couldn't even take notes. And when someone raised their hand with a question, he would ask that it wait til the break. But when I break came, he was nowhere to be found.  It was supposed to be a workshop, not a 3-day seminar.  I did see people sign up tho.  This was the one in Houston a couple of months ago. I believe this one was the Than Merrill one from Flip this House.

@Tracy Mason, Yes, I’m getting ready to do that now. I have a sweet deal for $29,000 and have a lender ready to loan me $50k for the flip. But I can’t get my numbers to work. I thought I could buy the house and have enough left over for the flip. But the house needs so much that it wipes out my budget. So, I have to tell the lender tomorrow that I can’t use his $50k. AM I INSANE?

I need help setting up my GV number. It allows me to pick a number from a list but when I do, it says there's a problem.  IT gave me the number, I didn't choose it so why would it says there's a problem with the number?  HELP! I've been working on this issue for hours and it is just wasted time I could be doing something productive!

When I was in my 20's, I use to sell multi-family buildings. I would walk the property after the developer I worked for completed building them, put the ad in the paper, met with investors and sold the buildings.  I was very good at it.

@Micheal Ran:  I just noticed something you wrote above and you said,

"My personal thoughts...

The market is really high right now(not a time to buy unless you find a gem)."

What exactly do you mean by that? I know the inventory is a bit slim for houses right now but people, I find, are still thinking about 2008 and not increasing their prices (some people) thinking they probably cant sell it unless it's low. (I've actually run into that --twice) so I feel as though the market is great right now for buying and selling. Your thoughts?

I feel the same way about Channelview. I mean the SAME EXACT way. The oil and gas in this area SHOULD make this a community with high-end properties but it has been more neglected that Pasadena. I live in a home that's been in the family since 1934. Houses were well made back then, custom, in fact, every board in the house was cut to fit and I'm not talking 2-4s, I'm talking walnut and oak 2x6s with hardwoods throughout of normal size. It came with 5 acres of land and you are, at least, 1/2 acre from your neighbor's front door. But then you have the "other" homes, a lot of which are mobile homes. I want to makeover this city, one house at a time.

I'd Google it.  ANYTHING you want to know how to do is there.  Good Luck!

We lived in Playa del Coco for 8 months in 2007/08 and loved it. We intended on making a surf camp. We rented a large cabana with 4 large beds upstairs and a bathroom (with hot water shower, which you didn't see much in those days) and air conditioning (again, something rare) with wireless internet (we had it wired) and added an LG air conditioning system downstairs with cable tv and was on the bus route to town (or you could walk, which we did quite often), but because the locals felt we were trespassing on their work, we were forced to live out our money and returned home broke. At the time, my husband had just sold a piece of property he had bought in '97 and the return was outrageous (he sold it for 7 times what he paid for it). We had loads of fun though, and went deep sea fishing, bar hopping and to volcan arenal and went on the canopy tours. We had howler monkeys with babies on thier backs eating our mangos and papayas right outside our windows and doors and they often peeked into our house with curiousity. It was a vacation like no other since--check out my FB page (terry giancaterino). You are right, real estate sales isn't what it use to be and it has gone thru the roof since '97. We left a lot of things behind with a friend (computers, 6 brand new fishing poles with $100 reels, fishing tackle, a large stereo system, etc., etc. because we had intened on going back after his father got well, but never made it back. Our things are still in Playas del Coco with a friend and would love to go back to get it all and to look at real estate and how things have progressed since we left. There was a helluva lot of new construction going on when we left, but the city was still mainly rural and off the beaten path. How far are you from Coco?

Would love to talk more about it. I am in Houston.

Thanks,

Terry

I just got a listing (from the family) and I need to get comps. Can someone help me with this? I am not a Realtor and I don't have MLS.

Thanks a bunch!

The property is 2127 Blueberry, Pasadena, Texas 77502