All Forum Posts by: Alyssa Dyer

Hey there- we’ve done well with direct mail. We’ve done mailings for years super consistently. That definitely makes a difference. 

I have friends who have used VAs for database organization and direct mail successfully. I've heard having a VA be an ISA is challenging. I can't speak from experience though.

For leads we follow up really diligently (but not overbearing) until we have their business or they opt to go another route. Sometimes that looks like following up daily, other times we may not follow up for several months. Our initial interaction with them guides a lot of the follow up decisions. We automated the follow up for a while and haven’t ever gotten the same results as when we follow up very personally. 

Hope this helps! 

Eli Davis (The Property Center) does apartments there, but not single family. I'm not sure of single family managers in the area.

@Doug Spence I forgot to tag you in my reply, but I responded above about Sarah! 

Yes! She’s really so, so great. She’s in St. Louis but *if* they do need someone in okc for something, they have relationships with attorneys here. So it’s really rare that they need someone here, but you’re covered if you do. 

Hey man, did you get your questions answered on this? 

The feedback above is all great. Checking with your broker is a good idea. 

Just know that not all brokers are well versed in investments (and that's okay, that doesn't mean they aren't great brokers). So you may have to do your own research and let that guide the conversation. I have my broker's license in OKC. We don't do much wholesaling, BUT when we wholesale we: 
1. Over disclose. The seller knows EXACTLY how much we are making. FYI, they can pull the information after closing. So it's just not worth it to lie.
2.We will close, even if the assignment contract falls through. People who want to wholesale with us want the convenience. It's usually why they're willing to take a lower price. So I make sure that no matter what, that house sells when I say it will. Even if that means I have to buy it and hold it for a could days/weeks while I wait on the other sale to process.

Let me know if I can help with anything. It's a lot to learn when you start out!

Hey there. We work with Ed Lee for real estate specific stuff. Contracts. Brokerage questions. Tenants. Etc. 

I work with Sarah Luem at Capes and Sokol for all things business management. Asset protection. Operating Agreements. Employment contracts. Etc. She's not in OKC, but she's really great at what she does and we don't need her to be OKC specific for that kinda work. 

Hope this helps!

Hey! How'd they do? 

We're always on the hunt for sewer inspectors and mold remediation/inspection companies. If they're good I'd love to know it!

Sounds like you got this figured out, but posting for future people who stumble on this thread. 

You can just start with an LOI at this step.

When you are ready to write a contract you can get one from OREC (Oklahoma Real Estate Commission). They update them regularly. 

You can also call the title company you're using and they can help with some stuff. But I wouldn't lean on them too heavily for that kinda thing. 

Hey there, I am late to the bandwagon here. But we've had good luck just giving tenants the benefit of the doubt (hard, I know, haha) in the conversation and just being like "hey you may have forgotten but you are in violation of your lease if you have animals. If you got a pet, we just need to get your paperwork cleaned up and start your pet fee." blah, blah. You get the idea. But pretty much every tenant has just been like "great, send me whatever I need to sign" and they start paying their pet rent. Especially since you said the house it taken care of, you may be able to just handle it without all the notices and intensity! 

This is great. What bank did you work with on the refi?