All Forum Posts by: Anthony Frandanisa

@Lisa Brooks the house sold to another investor so unfortunately not, best advice I have gotten is stay consistent, being in the front of someone's mind when they hit a pain point and want or need to sell is a good thing. Best of luck.

Hello Bigger Pockets, 

I'll cut to the chase and keep it short. I am in the process of securing funds to start my investing journey and I sat down to discuss it with my CPA before my wife and I make any purchases. She advised me to not start a business entity and use a personal liability umbrella policy to safeguard my family. She said once we get to the point where we want to move properties into an LLC we can do that, but that we should start buying in our name so it's easier to finance. Thoughts on the advice? Is an umbrella policy going to offer us adequate protection? Thanks for your time in advance.

- Anthony 

@Umar Awan thanks for your advice. Appreciate your feedback.

@Jerryll Noorden Thanks for the advice, I appreciate your feedback.

@Spencer Cornelia Thanks for the input, I appreciate it. You made a good point about how if they are distressed the format probably won’t matter much. Maybe I’m taking the actual letter a bit to serious. The intention is to put my best foot forward and be viewed as someone who can help.

Hey all, I am just starting out on my journey and have spent that last few months devouring every book I can, listening to countless BP podcasts, audiobooks, and sat down with some people who are current investors in my market to try and learn as much as I can. Recently I have tried to spend more time researching my market and doing some driving for dollars. I have found a distressed and vacant duplex that has potential and I want to pursue it further. It is not listed on the MLS so I looked up the property information and got a parcel number, then went to my county tax assessor's page and got the owner's information with the parcel number. I want to send a letter to the owner establishing an interest in the property, and hopefully the owner will be interested in selling and respond so I can take a better look at the property. The input I am looking for is how other people format their letters? Do you give a phone number and email? Any input or advice is helpful. Thanks for your time.