Working with Contractors and Managing Repairs

[Steven J.]

Ugh... repairs on your rental! Who handles them and how? What happens as the work orders start to pile up? Whether you handle repairs yourself or you don't know which end of a hammer to pick up you're sure to get some tips and tricks with how to deal with repairs that you can add to your toolbelt. Coming all the way down from Bloomington, this month we'll be having Marshall Ryan, a maintenance manager of over 200 units, providing us tips and tricks for maintaining your rentals.

If you've been to the Bloomington Real Estate Meetups and newly formed Illinois Rental Property Owners Association you'll recognize founding members Marshall and Marti Ryan. Marshall and his wife Marti of almost 20 years (next month), live in Lexington, a small town about 15 miles north of Bloomington, with 2 of their 3 children. The Ryans have been involved in real estate investing since 2006 when they purchased the property they currently call home, and kept the property they moved from, as a rental. Since then, they have been very involved in real estate, doing fix and flips, buy and holds, and property maintenance for landlords who manage their own properties. Marshall also manages the maintenance department of a small property management company. In all, Marshall has been maintaining the maintenance aspect of approximately 200 units for the past few years.

Our location will be Perkin's Restaurant in Urbana (the back room). Show up by 5:45 to order food and network. We'll get the presentation started at about 6:00pm.

You can find more information here .

As always, feel free to bring friends, colleagues, partners, spouses, etc.

*If you find value and would like to contribute a donation to defer the meeting costs(mostly catering-related), please do so using the Chip In link here ( https://secure.meetup.com/Chambana-Real-Estate-Investors-Meetup/contribute/ )