Dorothy Butala

I eat, sleep, breathe and dream real estate. I am not the type of person to be tied down by the 9-5, so I fully left the traditional workforce in 2016 and haven't looked back since! - Over 15 years experience in the ownership, investment, management, renovation and financing of cash flow assets, specifically residential rentals - Hold approximately $2.6 million in real estate assets - Closed on a $1.35m syndication deal as the main operating partner in Spring 2021 - Prior director for a property management company for over two years, that managed 550+ residential units, 2 million SF in commercial space and 150+ condos - Speaking Engagements - Adept public speaker and instructor --Featured speaker for 1st Time Flippers (Facebook group) "Private Lending 101" --Featured speaker the Real Estate InvestHer - Baltimore (2021) "Deal Analysis and Renovation Management" and Los Angeles (2021) Chapter "Deal Analysis" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD9m1MYtQlQ) --Featured speaker the Real Estate InvestHer membership (2021) "Deal Analysis" which consisted of 90+ aspiring and active female real estate investors at the time of the speaking engagement --Panel member at the Pay It Forward Master Mind Event 2021 and Master of Ceremonies in 2022. --Featured speaker Erie, PA Real Estate Investor Group 2022 "How to Find the Best Real Estate Investment Deals" --What's the Deal Podcast Guest Show #5 "Helping Women Create Passive Income" (https://tinyurl.com/3j3r3svx) --Unlocked Podcast Guest Show #21 "Why Property Management Sucks + Other Random Thoughts" (https://tinyurl.com/yx9hyfdn) - Assisted in capital raising, due diligence and marketing in a $10.6m syndication in 2019 - Former six year board member, Chair of Education Committee and Chair of Community Outreach Committee of the Apartment Association of Northwestern PA which provides educational resources to over 1300 landlords - Acted as a consultant to institutional clients in the education (Edinboro University) and medical field (Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus) in Pennsylvania and New York, on how to best manage their real estate assets - Real estate coach who provides one on one guidance to aspiring real estate investors which includes marketing, lead generation, deal analysis, network expansion, and contract execution - Animal and housing expert - Since 2012, taught hundreds of landlords the intricacies of handling pets, emotional support and service animals in residential real estate. Created reasonable accommodation requests documents for service animals and emotional support animals to assist landlords and property managers in the delicate and often confusing nature of such requests. Currently those documents are distributed by the Apartment Association of NW PA which includes ~1300 landlords spanning 25,000 rental units. - Instructor and content developer including coursework such as basic and advanced property management for new landlords and syndicators, deal structuring, underwriting - Licensed real estate sales salesperson in Pennsylvania and New York, working with new and seasoned investor to assist in building their cash flow portfolios - Private lender with loan volume of $500k+ - House Hacker (because I still don't want to pay my own mortgage) - Airbnb host focused on medical student and professional housing - US Army Veteran, OIF II, Bronze Star Recipient -SCUBA, sailing, animal rescue, motorcycles, equestrian, world traveler, landscape painter Looking to provide help and advice to BP community members in the areas of land lording and deal analysis for buy and hold properties. Would also love to connect with members who don't want to deal with trash, tenants and toilets and are looking to work with a solid and well educated investor to increase returns on their monetary investments. I also have a large network of private lenders who lend in Erie County and Crawford county, so if you are looking to invest in the area, let me know and I can connect you with creative financing. Best way to get a hold of me is shoot me a text at 814-230-6683 - sometimes I don't get notifications that I have messages on the site so if you wanna chat, text is best!