All Forum Posts by: Brian C.

@Jake Recz welcome to BP! I hope you find the answers you are looking for. Always good to see more people from Jersey on this site.

Hi @Darren M. while I do not have your answer I hope someone on this site does and responds. There are so many people who have an exorbitant amount of information here. Good luck with your endeavors and don't give up. 

Hi Kim! 

Welcome to BP! I made the move from NJ to DC (Northern Virginia specifically) myself. I hope you find what you are looking for here. There are many resources available. I am curious about the self-storage industry and will be following this thread. Good luck!

Brian

Thanks @Antonio Coleman, @Jeremy Vogan, @Chaz Reid, @Denise Stanford, @Dmitriy Fomichenko, @Mayank Saxena, @Larry Fried    for the warm welcome! I hope we all continue to cross paths on our real estate investing journey!  

Thanks @Jesse MacNeill I knew the phone wasn't going to ring by itself! In about a month I'll be sending out a follow up postcard. Fingers crossed!

Hello BP! My name is Brian

I am from central New Jersey but I currently reside in Northern Virginia. I have declared this year as the year of action and have soaked up a great deal of information from the forums and podcasts. So far I am enjoying the pro aspects as well tinkering with the calculators, etc. 

I currently am a member of my local REIA group and have thus far made some good contacts. In addition, I sent my first round of absentee owner letters last week (so far only 3 voicemails left :-/ ) and so far not much luck. I only sent out around 200 so I am not even close to worried. I have about 250 more ready to be mailed this weekend.

Besides getting my feet wet with wholesaling I am interested in learning more about buy and hold as well. The suburbs of DC aren't the most fertile grounds for multi family homes so I have to set my sights a little further away. 

I am also looking for a new JOB (yes, really) but that will be for another post because I don't want to seem like I am soliciting anything. 

I look forward to connecting with you! 

Welcome @Dawn Fu  ! I hope you find what you are looking for. I search loopnet.com often but it seems there are only listings around the shore area that have been impacted by Sandy. In addition the website focuses on commercial property (4+ units). I hope you find the resources you are looking for!

I personally use a UPS mailbox instead of a PO box as it seems more personal. The UPS mailbox uses suite numbers and looks like a real address. I wouldn't want to give away my personal address for privacy reasons and don't want my mailbox flooded with returned mail.

@Lamont Marable you were smoooooth! I must say if that was your very first phone call you'll be signing contracts in no time. I watched a couple of your videos on youtube and you have a talent of speaking with people and making the conversation as casual as possible. I hope your endeavors are fruitful.

Excellent plan of action @Ana Garcia ! I am new as well and I have 500 written absentee letters ready to go and plan to send out 250 of them tomorrow. Right now I have an account with Ring Central for sellers to leave a voicemail but I have been curious about patlive for some time now. Please let me know what you think of them and how smooth the process was to set up. Good luck!