All Forum Posts by: Casey Murray

@Jarred Curry check out the Norris Group. Bruce Norris is a well respected investor dealing with hard money loans.

@Vincent Chau That's too far out of my comfort zone. Check if there's any REIA clubs out there to get market knowledge. Best of luck.

@Eric Lyles You're getting some great feedback here. I would look through your monthly budget in fine detail and see where you can start cutting expenses to aggressively save cash. Ask yourself if certain expenses you're incurring are needs or wants? Remove the wants and you'll pile up cash fast. Best of luck.

@Zachary St Laurent I would attend your local REIA groups and talk to investors. No offense, but not all GC's and handymen are created equal. If you are professional and competent with your work, you'll have a continuous flow of business. Best of luck.

@Ronnie Terry and @Benjamin Eccles Definitely go to your local meetups and talk with experienced investors in your area. You save a lot of time, money and effort by having veterans on your side. But also think of ways you can provide value to them (administration type work, working on flips for free) to prove how serious you are. 

@Wesley Jensen I agree with @Rob Orazi. Make sure to review the current owner's lease agreement with that tenant to confirm there is a security deposit and see what type of language they include regarding the security deposit. Worse come to worse, you keep a portion of the security deposit and apply to the damage. 

@Lucas Procopio I would work with an experienced RE agent/investor knowledgeable with investment properties and contact those listings sitting on the market for 100+ days and also expired listings. After a property sits for a while, sellers become more flexible in terms of negotiation. Best of luck man.

@Jonathan Santa Seems like you're on the right track. I would attend your local REIA and connect with investors/agents that are experienced with investment properties in your market. It's vital you leverage from experienced investors to mitigate your own headaches/financial loss.

@Samantha Stout It wouldn't hurt to get your current residence appraised and see how much equity you have to play with. It's a great time to refinance given the market's historically low mortgage rates. Hopefully this would give you the capital to invest in another property. Best of luck.

@Ryan Wiles The answers in this forum are great. The FHA is a steal with 3.5% down. Even better, you can get locked in with a historically low interest rate. I would suggest filtering your property criteria for a property where you can "force" the appreciation through rehabs. Best of luck.