All Forum Posts by: Brandon Holtzinger

Google Flippin Custom homes. It wont let me post a link.

Hey @Stephanie Cessna!
We are in Granbury too and my wife is an RN. We will be looking to buy a new personal residence in January so we have been looking around and everything is really high. Good luck in your search.

BRANDON AND AMANDA

Yes it is. We will be busy this weekend getting it back rent ready but after that it should slow down.

We are in Granbury. Just have the one rental at the moment. We are on hold while my wife finishes the nursing program.

Disclaimer - I am buying my first rental property as I type. Should close next month.

Listening to different podcast this makes the most sense to me:

I liked the idea of just charging a certain amount extra per month per pet (example: $50). This way it is non refundable and you dont have to get into a deposit situation where the tenant wants their money back at the end of the lease b/c they say the pet did not do the damages to the property. 

At first I thought who would pay $50 a month but several podcast said good tenants with good pets will be happy to pay for a place that will allow pets. Bad tenants and/or tenants with bad pets wont be willing to pay and that is probably not who you want renting from you anyways. 

Also go with the no dangerous breed pets and if you require renters insurance to make sure they are added to the policy was another good tip I heard. 

Just my 2 cents!!

@Bart H. I was looking at $100-150,000 (3/2/2) houses in the Granbury/Cleburne area the last few weeks and tried to look at a house 1 day after it being listed and was told unless I was going to offer about 10k over asking price and paying cash it would not be worth our time because they already had 8 offers on it. Another house was listed for 2 days and we put in an offer above asking price and once again no luck. 

I just think it is that time (the high time) of the cycle in our area.  

@Brandon Turner   After I told her that I thought you owned it I saw that is said appartment, so it might not be the one you own, but still pretty funny from my 13 year old daughter.

My daughter loves Kurt Cobain and this was the text I wake up to.

Also, have you seen our "lake" right now? It is nothing more than a little pond. This rain filled it up and the BRA will have the water sold within a  month. Houses on the lake are worth less and less every day. Its getting bad here.  I just dont want you to think near the lake is a selling point in Granbury right now bc it is not.

http://savelakegranbury.org/

Yes, we are passing on it after looking at it. Moving onto the next one.

@Elliot Smith it is in a 100 year flood plain. That is why the high insurance.

I went and looked at it last night. Cracks in just about every corner of the house and above doors. Some cracks in the tile in both kitchens. It really looks like foundation problems. Driveways were cracked very badly with 1 and 2 inch gaps in some places.