All Forum Posts by: Chad Vergason

Great advice everyone, thank you very much. I have been door knocking this morning and have a few good leads on possible properties for a client as well as businesses needing my services! @Joel Owens i'll have that picture up shortly and @James Kendall great advice, thanks! I've already attended Rotary clubs and REIA's in the area. I'm looking into local BNI's as well.

Hello everyone,

I have recently begun a career in Commercial Real Estate. I graduated college with a degree in Entrepreneurial Management as well as a degree in Finance.

I've moved to a new city (Tampa, FL) and my sphere of influence is small at this point. I'm currently attending local events put on by REIA's, BNI's, Rotary Clubs, and other groups.

I have a "mentor" in my company who was nice enough to involve me in some of his deals but I don't want to be reliant on what he brings to me. I would very much like to start bringing in my own business (I have 2 deals in my personal pipeline in 3 months but that is about as far as it goes given the few connections I have). 

I'm looking for advice or "tricks of the trade" to grow my business other than what I am currently doing. I plan to begin door knocking in my Area of Focus in the coming weeks although I know it may be hard to get in front of a decision maker doing so. I have also created databases of properties and the business entities that own them, which I plan to cold call as well. 

Any Advice is appreciated.

@Account Closed I saw that on the forums the other day, it's on my list. Thanks! 

Hello everyone, I have recently graduated college and am working as a commercial real estate associate in the Tampa Bay, FL area. I'm looking to do some research into different financing options other than the typical conventional/FHA etc. loan options. Are there any good/informative books out there that could be considered a one-stop-shop read? I don't plan to start investing just yet as I am working first on growing my career. But I would like to have a knowledge base so that when I do begin investing I can hit the ground running.

If there are any books with advice on low equity financing those would be extremely helpful. 

Thanks!