All Forum Posts by: Brian Desaulniers

Thank you Tim.  My email is bdesaul at yahoo. Please feel free to shoot me an email.

Does anyone know of a subcontractor to replace the windows in a rehab?  Not looking for the obvious big window companies that charge an arm and a leg for more or less the same work a sub could do.

My search on 'spec homes' in this forum has produced a ton of great discussions and some very good advice along the way. I'm considering going down this path, have made some initial progress with the GC and now looking at possible opportunities. Financially the deal has 4 points that carry the weight:

1. 50/50 after ALL costs
2. a $10,000 fixed fee for the general, administrative and construction management expense
3. Since they are RE brokers too, a 6% fee as a commission for the marketing and sale fo the property
4. If my property becomes a 'pre-sale' or model to build another home for others by the GC , I would get 15% of the profits after all costs; none of my monies would come into play. (This looks like a see-ya-later clause).

The last point is particularly bothersome since I communicated clearly I want to leverage existing construction activity to get to the next one and the next one if a new buyer approaches. 

The GC provided me a 2 page document that contains everything but the actual construction budget and the construction draw schedule.

Does anyone have an (investor-friendly) GC Contract for spec home building??

As always, our comments are welcomed!

Brian D.

Everyone  - Thanks for the replies and the recommendations.  I look forward to this journey (or process?) to see what I can make hay of. And judging from the browsing of done so far, a ton of information awaits.  Thanks again for your guidance. -Brian

Hello everyone,

As a new member to BiggerPockets--and new to RE investing--I'm looking to get started, but probably like most of you when you got started, the "How," "What," and "Where" was perhaps the hardest part. Right now I'm reading on REOs as a buy method; the book is dated so things may have changed. I'm curious what other people set as initial goals and strategies.

Brian D

ps: I'm going at this full time.