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All Forum Posts by: Andrew Carlson

Andrew Carlson has started 9 posts and replied 221 times.

Post: Travel nurse trying to invest in REI, need advice.

Andrew CarlsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Rochester, MN
  • Posts 224
  • Votes 323

@Marie Griffin

I’ve been traveling for 7 years. It never gets easier to borrow money. Every lender gets this confused look on their face and thinks I’m a job hopping flight risk.

Post: A Fool Proof System To Wholesale Successfully!

Andrew CarlsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Rochester, MN
  • Posts 224
  • Votes 323

@Jerryll Noorden

Don’t listen to the other gurus. Listen to this guru.

Post: When deals are really just "overpriced offerings"

Andrew CarlsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Rochester, MN
  • Posts 224
  • Votes 323

@Don Gouge

The hosts of bigger pockets podcast constantly say “just start, just get in”

This could be dangerous advise to a new investor in this market. I “got in” last year. We will see what happens.

When listening to podcasts (specifically BP), remember, virtually everyone on the show started after the Great Recession and has been riding this insane wave of appreciation.

Post: Tiffany gets served notice, thinks she deserves better.

Andrew CarlsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Rochester, MN
  • Posts 224
  • Votes 323

@Jim K.

What’s the generic male version of a Tiffany?

Post: How to advertise for renters...?

Andrew CarlsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Rochester, MN
  • Posts 224
  • Votes 323

@Jason White

A little for rent sign in the front yard works for my small town apartments. We get the best tenants that way, no BS back and forth online. They pick up a physical copy of the application so the caretaker gets to meet them in person. Works for us, but again…small town, small apartment building. Good luck.

Post: What should I be reading ? ( Recommend your top REI book )

Andrew CarlsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Rochester, MN
  • Posts 224
  • Votes 323

@Jason Tassinari

If you want to get into apartments, read “The Complete Guide to Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings” by Steve Berges. It helped me immensely.

Post: Rages to riches, or at least fairly wealthy

Andrew CarlsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Rochester, MN
  • Posts 224
  • Votes 323

@Jasmine Russell

Don’t let being from a small town deter your path to success. The wealthiest man I know still lives in the same small town he grew up in (300 people back then, 3,000 people now). He tells me stories of the negative people he had to overcome. Every time he built something, bought something, flipped something, people said “that’s the last thing he’ll ever do in this town.”

3,000 units later he’s worth we’ll north of $100 million. Still lives in the same modest house he built in 1985.

Small towns can be a great incubator for big ideas! Keep charging.

Post: Looking to join mastermind

Andrew CarlsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Rochester, MN
  • Posts 224
  • Votes 323

@Tim Garrett

@Todd Dexheimer has a mastermind group. He’s also a syndicator and hosts a conference every year in Minnesota.

Post: What are the 2 sides of a bed mattress called?

Andrew CarlsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Rochester, MN
  • Posts 224
  • Votes 323

@Paul Sandhu

The upside and the downside. Duh.

Post: Built a 6-figure profit with rentals. What's next?

Andrew CarlsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Rochester, MN
  • Posts 224
  • Votes 323

@Erich Henson

Seems like you would benefit from selling all those properties and buying a YUUUUUGE apartment complex!