All Forum Posts by: Steve Meyers

Thanks for the input Alex, have you personally used a VA from upwork before?

Has anyone used upwork or any of these other third party sites and had good luck with a skilled VA who has been able to set them appts? I'm looking to provide good data lists of contacts to call for real estate prospecting, but curious if anyone has had success doing this or if it's just a waste? I'm willing to train them on scripts as well

Does anyone have a good preforeclosure letter that they're using and having success with?

Hello, had an idea to do a contest at my open houses to give away a free home warranty as a buyer credit through escrow.  When buyers come in I'll ask them if they'd like to enter for a chance to win a free home warranty, if they say yes I just ask them to sign the sign in sheet and they spin the wheel.  If it lands on a free home warranty then they would get a certificate stating they would receive a free home warranty as a buyer credit through escrow.  What is the rule on a strategy like this?  Is this considered soliciting buyers by giving this away?

I'm looking to purchase a condo for my first investment in the 90K-110K range and don't really want to have to put down more than 5% for a down payment.  Since this won't be an owner occupied property and I want to use it as a rental property a lot of lenders are telling me that 15% is the best they can do.  I've looked into other creative ways to get this done such as partnerships, but I'm just wondering if there is anyway around having to put down 15%?  I have about 20K saved up but don't want to have to use 15K of it for a down payment.  Does anyone have any advice on how I can purchase something as a rental with a low down payment?