All Forum Posts by: Akiva L.

James, whether you need a real estate lawyer or not depends on what you would like to achieve. If you want to set up your own purchasing agreements (especially commercial) or leases, etc. I would get a real estate attorney involved.

In my experience, if you buy residential properties using an experienced agent (i.e., standardized sales contracts), requiring a warranty deed, and get title insurance you should be pretty secure. However, if you buy directly from a private party using a quitclaim deed, or even special warranty deeds (e.g., foreclosures etc.) I would get the contract written/reviewed by an attorney. 

If you need any recommendations, please pm me.

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Hi Mark,

Welcome to BP. @Aaron Yates and @Tom A. have organized meetups in the past. It's a great opportunity to network. Personally, I specialize in Multi-family (apartment) brokerage, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. 

Shawn,

It really depends whether you want to work as a "traditional realtor" or got the license primarily for your own investment purposes. It also depends whether you want to do only residential or also commercial deals. Some of the brokers allow you only to work with properties that fit into a certain mold. I would speak with several brokers (even different offices of the same larger companies) and see where feel comfortable you could get the most training and support. In my experience, when you start out in the residential real estate world, splits and fees are comparable between the bigger brokers and can often be negotiated after a few months.

@George P.

Here are the info:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1395601964047844/

@J Scott

I am in Reisterstown until Tuesday morning, would love to see what you are doing...

@Paul Hector

You may want to contact @Michael Dundon , he and his partner are investing heavily in Redford.

@Brad T. & @Jal Singh ,

I have the game too. Let me know if you have any interest in setting up a gamenight one of these days...

@Aaron Yates , either location would work for me, but I can't do Fridays.

@Account Closed , a few great resources I found about syndication are:

Craig Haskell at valuehoundacademy.com

Joe Stampone at astudentoftherealestategame.com

Joshua Kahr (general commercial course) at http://vimeo.com/user2742987/videos