All Forum Posts by: Alexander Jivov

Hey everyone,

Looking to connect with a good insurance professional covering South Florida and/or Jacksonville. I am currently in market for my first property (multi-family medium term rentals) and given how crazy the Florida insurance market currently is, I'd prefer to find a great insurance partner to form a long term relationship with.

Thank you!

Hey BP Community!

For the last few weeks, I've been transitioning from my initial learning and research phase and actively entering the market (starting in Florida) to find my first investment deal. 

One of the most helpful things I've learned from networking and studying is that while learning about the concepts of real estate investing is great, actually hearing about real deals, whether they be a success or failure, is even better. 

So - I thought I'd create this post for fellow newbies to share stories of their first deals, so that hopefully we can all learn!

Hey everyone!

I have a question as a new investor. I am currently practicing evaluating properties here in South Florida so I can get a feel for the market and what strategy would work best for my situation, and am struggling to find any off the cuff percentages (i.e. 1-2% of the purchase price) I can use to estimate rehab costs. 

For context, I am looking to get started with buy and hold LTR duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes in and around Florida. 

I am currently building out my network and hope to connect with a contractor that can give me a more professional opinion, but before that it would be great to hear what assumptions everyone is using when putting together initial profromas!

Hello everyone!

Excited to be a part of the community here and to make some great connections. As an introduction, my name is Alex and I've been a technology and sales professional for the last 10 years, primarily helping companies of all sizes scale their sales efforts and grow their customer base. I moved down to Fort Lauderdale from Canada about a year ago, and have been spending the last several months immersing myself in all the real estate books, podcasts, videos, and courses I can get my hands on. 

My goal is to start aggressively (first purchase in the next 90-180 days) growing a portfolio of cash-flowing properties to supplement my primary income and eventually become involved full time in buy and hold real estate investing. Ideally, I'd like my first deal to come with as little money down as possible, so am always looking to learn about new ways I can be creative in a sale. 

As part of that, I'm looking to make connections with investors here who have experience both in cash flow investing and the Florida market. I always like to bring value to any connections I make so am happy to discuss mutually working on deals or supporting in other ways in exchange for knowledge!