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All Forum Posts by: Benjamin Barredo

Benjamin Barredo has started 72 posts and replied 228 times.

Post: Market in Loudon, Tennessee

Benjamin BarredoPosted
  • Wholesaler
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Posts 247
  • Votes 76

I just got a call from a distressed owner who has a 2/1 in Loudon Tennessee that he's wanting to unload for 50k.

He claims he had a realtor tell him it could sell for 110k. He also claims that he added 2 rooms to it but I doubt that'll stand in a 1200sqft house.

Still, he only owes 40k and I think he's desperate enough to sell for that. I just need to know if I can unload it considering Loudon is on the edge of civilization.

Post: Is this a Notice of Default Listing for Knoxville, Tennessee

Benjamin BarredoPosted
  • Wholesaler
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Posts 247
  • Votes 76

http://knoxfocus.com/category/archives/public-noti...

http://knoxfocus.com/2016/10/legal-and-public-noti...

Above are two links to a local paper I found online when searching "notice of defautls, Knoxville tn".

Is this just that? How do I read this stuff without getting a lawyer to translate it? The first is to a group of lists by dates.

The other is a link to a list published on 10/24.

Can someone explain to me what I'm looking at and whether or not this is what I'd see at the courthouse if I went to search myself?

Post: Cold Calling on Houses

Benjamin BarredoPosted
  • Wholesaler
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Posts 247
  • Votes 76

@Julie Marquez

@Kyle Kapp

Can someone show me what a notice of default looks like? My city's records office said that this isn't public and a person has to go to the courthouse to see them but I just saw a posting titled "

Legal and Public Notices for the week of October 24, 2016" in a local paper. Is this the same thing?

Post: How Much Marketing for 1 Deal a Month?

Benjamin BarredoPosted
  • Wholesaler
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Posts 247
  • Votes 76

@mark allen

MF investing is definitely in my crosshairs but I did plan to build up to it. Now that you mention it I think of Grant Cardone's 10x Rule and I think you're right. Maybe I should start at the end? 

And yes, you guessed plans spot on. target is passive income, job fee in a few years, more time with my family. 

Post: Good first investment?

Benjamin BarredoPosted
  • Wholesaler
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Posts 247
  • Votes 76

@Aaron Aguilar

Do you attend meetings in your area? My first advice would be to get a veteran investor to walk through it with you (or a GC). Maybe pay to have it appraised ($400) or inspected by a pro ($300-400). Walk through with them and ask about the permit situation. Get an idea on what it takes to get it permitted. Truth is, the permits are only going to be an issue with you are ready to refi (considering you don't need to finance a takeover now and are able to assume the current debt). So that'll give you time to get that in order.

If the condition is good to go as you say, sounds like a great deal but I do like @Travis Beehler advice. Make sure you are in a situation to be able to afford this incase you get stuck without tenants or you get hit with maintenance costs or other unexpected surprises.

I say go for it. Try to get her to let you Sub2 the property. Keep us posted on how it goes.

Post: Can you wholesale rental property?

Benjamin BarredoPosted
  • Wholesaler
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Posts 247
  • Votes 76

Well, we need more information about it to give you an answer. Is the owner the one you're dealing with or the renter? I know it's a stupid question but you'd be surprised.

If the owner is selling then do they have equity or do they owe almost what it's ARV is? What is the ARV? Is it a house, a condo, a duplex, a triplex, etc?

Without information (which the questions I asked are but a few that need answers) I can say this - you can wholesale any type of property if you have buyers that want it.

If this is a house you can wholesale it to other landlords or rehabbers, depending on how much room there is between your purchase price and the potential ARV. Even land can be wholesaled but you just need to know there's a market for it.

Get all the information you can about the home (type, bedrooms, baths, sq.footage, age, condition (in and out) lot size, vacant or no, how much is owed, how much they are asking for, where it is, the neighborhood condition, the market for real estate in your area....). The best thing to do is to look at the different calculators in this website (rental, rehab, wholesale) and note all the information that it asks for and then try to get as much of that information as you can. Post it on here and we'd be happy to help.

Post: How Much Marketing for 1 Deal a Month?

Benjamin BarredoPosted
  • Wholesaler
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Posts 247
  • Votes 76

@Joseph Kirkland

I called the Deeds office and they said they don't have a place online to specifically search for houses in the pre-foreclosure process. They said it has to be done at their office on their computers. Is this what you meant?

Post: How Much Marketing for 1 Deal a Month?

Benjamin BarredoPosted
  • Wholesaler
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Posts 247
  • Votes 76

@David Faulkner

Do you know if your "short white" friend (lol) uses a script or talking points he hits when door-knocking?

Post: How Much Marketing for 1 Deal a Month?

Benjamin BarredoPosted
  • Wholesaler
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Posts 247
  • Votes 76

thanks. That's the kind of answer I was looking for. Short and sweet. It's surprising how hard that kind of answer is to get on BP. ;)

Post: How Much Marketing for 1 Deal a Month?

Benjamin BarredoPosted
  • Wholesaler
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Posts 247
  • Votes 76

@Jay Hinrichs

Great advice. I love it.