All Forum Posts by: Amber Forkey

Hi @Daniel Tayeb, welcome to BiggerPockets! 

You'll soon find that there are a ton of resources right here in BiggerPockets that can assist in your calculations. The first resource I would point you towards is the "tools" tab at the top of your screen. From there, on the left hand side you'll see a category labeled "calculators" and that's where you'll find one for the BRRRR strategy. It's a great place to start and can help you visualize the numbers in a way that a spreadsheet generally can't (unless you're crafty with adding graphs and whatnot which I am not).

Good luck and feel free to reach out anytime! 

One of the most influential channels in my journey that was recommended to me was Alex Hormozi's. It's not real estate focused but it's worth listening to. All about mindset, business and growth. 

Upstate NY (1000 Islands Region) has a stable rental market due to the military base, Fort Drum being located here. It's also an area that has several markets that support short term rentals such as Clayton, Cape Vincent, Sackets Harbor, Alexandria Bay and others. 

Working with a budget of around $200,000, there are definitely multi family and single family opportunities here both on and off market. 

Reach out if you want to chat more, I'm always up for discussion. 

 Absolutely! Sending them now.

It's lunacy. The only item on a criminal report that you can automatically decline is "manufacturing and distribution of a controlled substance". But sex offenders need to be looked at individually and what class they are makes a difference. If 18 year old Tommy slept with his 17 year old girlfriend and the parents get mad and call the cops.... you can't deny based solely on that alone. Whether or not violence was involved makes a difference in the higher classes as well. 

 This is exaclty why mailing it several different ways such as first class and certified with return receipt should be permitted and count as it being "delivered". Under no circimstamces should we need to physically go to these properties more times than absolutely necessary. Soon we will need SWAT with us just to carry out an eviction... 

Yes, and if they're sending out 1099's that is necessary information as well. 

 Ah, unfortunately I'm in the 1000 Islands Region up by the Canadian border so I wouldn't have any contacts down that way. 

Hi @Nick Causa, I've had good luck with neighborhoodscout.com. 

https://datausa.io/ is another source that has some good information. Here's a look into one of my local markets so you can see the layout: https://datausa.io/profile/geo...

Census.gov is always reliable. Again, here's what one of my markets look like: https://www.census.gov/quickfa...

Hi @Grace Marlin, what part of Upstate NY are you in?