All Forum Posts by: Brandon M.

What’s the asking price?

I have one for you in Pinellas if you are interested still 

@Luis Salgado - I am an investor like you but I am also a licensed contractor. I specialize in doing windows and doors for other clients so if you ever need new windows or doors let me know. 

I also own a licensed electrical company so I can help you on the electrical side as well. That company is fairly new so we are still building up the client base, and I could possibly help you relatively quickly while our schedule is relatively open. 

Let me know if any of these will help you. 

Wire mesh lathe and stucco right over top of it. 

This one is in Clearwater by the way

Hey there Bigger Pockets family, looking to hear some other fellow agents on some tricks of the trade to get an offer accepted in this insanely hot market. In this case this offer will be for me and my own primary residence. This house just hit the market this morning, and within minutes every showing appointment between 11-7 tomorrow was filled up. The agent is now doing additional showings by squeezing people in between the scheduled 30 minute showings. 

Here are the things I am already planning on doing: 

- no contingency on selling my current primary residence. NO chance anything in this market gets accepted with a contingency. 

- $20-25k over asking price

- personal letter to the seller (from Google searches she appears to be a widowed older lady). Letters like this always help pull at the heart strings of the sellers. 

- flexible closing day. The agent mentioned to me today the seller couldn't close before May 15th, so since we don't have to sell our house to move I can be flexible. 

- Thinking of going with 0 inspection contingency. I wouldn't suggest it for every buyer, but I am also a licensed contractor who buys completely trashed and abandoned houses. Worst case scenario something major comes up (like foundation issues) and I lose my EMD. Anything else that might scare a buyer who doesn't know much about houses won't bother me.

Anything else you have seen/used recently that will help set your offer above all the others you are competing against? 

I have someone as well I would be willing to share contact info for, I use him for all of my builder's risk policies on all my flips. It is typically $600-700 for a 6 month policy for a typical $250k-300k ARV house (it excludes damage from a named storm). Feel free to reach out for his info.

@Matt Friesz- I would be willing to give you an opinion if you want to message me and send me the address, etc.

Both areas are good, but you will need to be mindful of the Airbnb rules here in Pinellas. Pinellas has cracked down on unauthorized Airbnbs in the area by levying large fines. Just do a quick Google search and you can read some of the news articles about the fines. 

You can still do it, but you will need to check with the municipality and go through any application process first. 

@Rose Paul What exactly are you looking for help with?