New Member In Hampton Roads Realtor and Contractor

[Eric Doud]

Hello All

My name is Eric Doud. 

I have been reading the forum posts for some time now and have been listening to the podcast also and figured it was time to start posting. We have be investing for close to 10 years now in the hampton roads area. Never expecting it to become a career. My wife runs are realty company (Doud Realty Services INC) that specializes in property management. I took my knowledge of home repair and got my contractors license and started doing repairs and remodels while her business was growing. I just recently went and got my real estate license and would like to start selling to first time buyers and putting the investment bug in there ear during the process ( that is how we got started ) You have to educate the buyer about the process and always back up what you say with the numbers. Also I would like to work with investors looking to acquire more properties.

The properties that we have are a mix of single family and multifamily with the biggest being a 12 unit. Our office is a mix use with an office on the bottom floor and three apartments above.

My goals in the future is to grow our business and to provide quality jobs to our employees. Work with new home buyers and teach about investing and work with investors as they purchase more properties. We would also like to continue to purchase multifamily and single family properties.

Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake.

[Lisa Doud]

Let me be the first to say that When we opened the company Doud Realty we had roughly 87 rental units in June of 2012,  this month we have brought our total up to 200 Rental units, and we working with technology, and embracing the future.  Our owners never receive one document in paper it is all electronic in their owner portal, and our tenants hardly come in the office because they of new technology which allows tenants to pay online with an ACH-E Check or Credit card or they can pay their rent at 7-11 or Ace Cash express.  There are just amazing things out there and as a small company we can implement them and work smarter not harder.  I look forward to see what the future to see how my job can get easier as technology is implemented.