All Forum Posts by: Austin Davis

@John Arendsen I understand that too strong of resume can make me look bad....how do I I overcome that? Short of just butchering it and leaving out lots of stuff...which seems unethical.

So I decided that getting involved with real estate in a professional capacity would be very good for my education in REI. I'm looking at trying to get into either property managment or as a real estate assistant. So here's the crux of my problem, I have very little real estate experience and if you look at my resume the first two things to pop into any real estate agents head will be; he's over qualified and why is he applying ? I have a masters degree in public administration and a background in project coordinator / analyst type roles. I also have very little experience with real estate, I worked for my friends mother in high school (nearly 10 years ago) who was a real estate agent. That was mostly admin stuff, occasionally I would pull comps on the mls or input listings. I recently took a refreshers class on mls, so I'd be able to do most mls things within a few hours of being on the job. I'm also helping my best friend who's in seattle (im in tampa) with his REI business.

So my question(s) are the following? How do I overcome my lack of experience in real estate? How do I get real estate agents to take me seriously once they see I'm way over qualified? How do I  get them to see that I'm not just some dude shotgunning job applications all over the place in hopes that something will / trying to fill a resume gap until something "better" comes along?  I've thought about using a simple 1-2 paragraph introduction with my email (most the positions I'm seeing are on cg) explaining my motivation and then doing a quick elevator pitch with my top four skills (project management, social media, data analysis/excel number crunching, and cold calling experience). Thoughts?

I'm looking to generate leads for wholesaling/direct mail purposes. So I would definitely need the ability to filter for things like equity, last sales date, etc.

dear bp, is there any major different between listsource or agentpro? I know that by and large it depends on your farm area and how well the local governments record data , but the area I'm working in is very good about record keeping. So with that being said , from looking at things it seems agentpro is (even using the silver level) cheaper per lead than listsource . Thoughts ?

Tell them to get a ghost buddy.

I think its possible, but very hard. Large potential to get screwed or to screw things up. 

With that being said I'm in the process of engaging in the Virtual wholesaling business, kind of. I'm in Tampa and looking to wholesale in Seattle. The catch is that I'm partnering with my best friend (fraternity brother, best man at each others weddings , I trust him with my life) who has some background in REI. I'm fronting 3/4 the marketing budget (and taking a bigger piece of the profits for the first few deals). We compliment each other weaknesses and strengths. I'm good at analyzing data, setting up processes, talking to people on the phone, tracking data/leads, analyzing numbers, etc. He's good at the rehab side of things, estimating repair costs, and he's a good salemen/ negotiator. So I'm setting up the mail campaigns, handling in-coming leads, pulling comps, and running the numbers. My friend will inspect the property, estimate costs, and then give those numbers to me which I then use to figure out a Max Acceptable Offer. He will then close the deal, and take the deal to closing.

I would not be venturing into this deal with anyone else except my best friend. I know I  can trust him and he's got the right skill sets needed to pull this off.

thanks for the recommendations !

My friend and I are looking to partner on a wholesaling business in Seattle Washington. We're looking for an investor friendly title company that familiar with wholesaling process.  Reccomendations?

So I'm interviewing for a position with a local government in the Tampa Bay area in the City Planning Department. The position has a mild focus towards economic development in the downtown area. In some of my research I've noticed the city is trying to direct resources in the downtown housing stock and trying to improve it. They are trying to attract both improvements to neighborhoods in the immediate surrounding neighborhoods and the downtown (both second story residential and the few apartment building around). So my questions to the BP community, what sort of policies or programs could a local government enact to encourage, foster, attract, or generally make things easier for REI's to improve the housing stock in those targetted locations (or even in general city)?

 Will pass your info on. Also, would you mind explaining the land trust a little more in depth and what it's advantages are too that arrangement