All Forum Posts by: Chris Jenkins

Hello, I would recommend Clifton Construction out of Portsmouth, VA. There is a local real estate investors group called PREIA. You can get on there are find some credible contractors in Hampton Roads.

I'm an Electrical Contractor based out of Hampton, Virginia and have several contractors I work with if you need help with your projects.

Welcome to Bigger Pockets!

Just joining this community is a great step forward towards REI. Like Tysheen said, PREI is a local group that can be found on Meetup.com and offers a e-mailing list that is a very good tool.

I'm an Electrical Contractor out of Hampton, VA if you want to add me to your network feel free. Wish you luck.

I use Dixon Hughes Goodman. They have 3 locations in Hampton roads and one is near VA Beach. They have several programs to help you learn and have quickbooks training. I do believe the first consultation is free as well.

There is a lot of development taking place on this side of Hampton.  Buckroe Park is still being developed with 300K homes, similar to 4-6 other locations between Buckroe, Phoebus, and Fox Hill.  There are dozens of single Builds, and they are all in the 200-300k range.  Hampton just built our new Hampton Town Center replacing the old Coliseum Mall.  Buckroe Beach has a new fishing pier as well, city owned.  Hampton also has a convention center as well now.  Hampton is also updating the road ways, lighting, walk ways, and utilities.  On the other side of Pembroke and Old Buckroe rd is very nice.

Fort Monroe was decommissioned and Hampton obtained the property in 2012, a lot of it was deemed a National Monument.  Since then Hampton has set up in Fort Monroe and sold and rented out some commercial property.  Recently now the National Park service is obtaining Fort Monroe from Hampton, though I don't know too much about this.  Either Way it is a nice addition to the area.  The beaches are very nice as well and they still have the camp site open, etc.  Actually my company got a lot of contracts in Fort Eustis building facilities and housing so they could move from Fort Monroe.  I know someone mentioned Fort Eustis being decommissioned, I don't know about that but it does not appear so.

Main street in Phoebus is doing very well, and that area of Phoebus is very nice.  They have added a strip mall beside the Farm Fresh that is on the same road. Nice restaurants and stores.  Phoebus and Buckroe in general I would say are bad areas.  At least that is the view of most people who I talk to about this area.  I don't think it is bad, but who knows I'm inside looking out, I might be part of the problem, haha.  There are good areas, but the bad areas we have are BAD areas.

I would conclude in saying that Buckroe Beach and Phoebus is on the rise, of course I plan to aid in making it a better place when I invest in the properties in the area.

Welcome to Bigger Pockets. I'm just getting into REI as well, Wish you luck. I'm an Electrical Contractor out of Hampton feel free to contact me. I give free consultations and advice.

Really good information here. I live in Hampton, VA my day job is an electrical contractor and I work a lot of contracts for most all federal installations in VA. It's safe to say the Hampton Roads area is dependent on Government employment, but it also has a ton of Industry and Trade. My current company has been in business for over 30 years based in Chesapeake with 80 employees and we are one of the main contractors doing work on bases and our commercial side still takes up 35-50% of business. I agree that the Neighborhoods are funky, at least the ones constructed around the 30-50's era. I would say that in each of the 7 cities they each have a gem that helps keep the Hampton Roads bound together, and each with good and bad investments. There is also large projects going on in each city, with one of the biggest being the new VA Beach arena contract. I also agree that the Hampton Roads area is 'Special' and like any serious investment will have to take its due diligence.

I am focusing my REI in Hampton starting off, we have the Veterans Affairs, Langley AFB, good local trade and industry. The only down side is the public schools in Hampton, which I can contest to graduating Phoebus High School, and I am thankful I live in a age where I am able to use Google. I do plan on eventually investing north of Hampton, in Yorktown, Seaford, Poquoson, and maybe Newport News. I'm also looking at properties on the Eastern Shore, my wife is from that area and I've seen a lot of opportunities and talked with an older REI. They also just built a wal-mart in Accomack, so that part of North Hampton is now part of Civilization.

Welcome to Bigger Pockets. I'm new to REI as well and this website has helped me a ton. Networking is crucial and I joined up with some REI Associations. I went to a few meetings that put me in contact with a lot of professionals and the e-mail list is a very awesome tool.

You can add me if you want. I'm an electrical contractor based out of hampton, VA feel free to contact me.

Best of luck.

Hello.  I'm an electrical contractor out of Hampton, va.  Feel free to contact me.  I am investor friendly.

If you go on Meetup.com, there are several REI groups to join with all sorts of people in REI. Good place to network with wholesalers.

Hello and Welcome.

I'm also a newbie REI. I'm an Electrical Contractor out of Hampton, VA so feel free to add me for the contractors. BP is a great place to network. If you go to Meetup.com there are a few REI Groups and Associations locally, good place to meet people and they have an e-mail list that everyone communicates through.

Good Luck!

In Virginia where I live the owner is allowed to act as the GC and not required a license for specific trades, I'm not sure if it changes for REI.

I'm an Electrical Contractor and small GC, so there is another option I use to get around with the permits and trade labor.  You can have the GC or Specific Trades pull permits and give only consultations with design and directions.  This will be a cheaper way to work on your rental, without using trades, and satisfying the Local AHJ.  Also you will have a consultation contract that will make sure you are up to code and do the most adequate install you prefer.  During the course of your install, if you are unable to do certain parts of the job you can get the contractor to do those specific tasks at a pro-rate.  Naturally through the networking you will build a good team, everyone wants to save and make money.