All Forum Posts by: Charles Hill

Congratulations on the deal and believing in yourself!

I am from Indy. My dad had his properties with Dorfman Property Management. When I got my property I too placed it with Dorfman. Excellent Service. Contact Miriam Adar 827 North Capitol Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46204, (317) 634-5955.
Tell her I referred you!

I have a Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn account for our real estate business in Canada. I agree with Josh's take, "On Twitter, I think you should absolutely have a separate business and personal account. Use the personal to connect with people personally, and the business to provide service to your customers, to announce news and deals, and to broadcast as the brand." I would love to work with you Monica and others who use social media for our RE business.

Hello Tom and wife. I lived in Nanaimo for 13 years and had a mediation practice in the Old City Quarter. I now reside in Vancouver and do RE deals in the US. Welcome to Bigger Pockets. It's an amazing group of people with diverse backgrounds. Enjoy

As an investor in the current market, I am committed to having a clear sense of my "why" for being in this business, and how that "why" translates into value (benefit) for our investors. I would like to read from other BP members what is their Value Statement.
When you meet someone and they ask, "what do you do?" the Value Statement will in short order, let the questioner know that you are someone that might have a solution to their problem (benefit).

What's your Value Statement?

Dear BP Members;
What I would like to do is make a non-exclusive offer/contract with a seller, and I'm not a realtor, in Washington State. Basically I see it working this way. I would negotiate with the property owner and let the owner know my intentions which are: "I am not a realtor who wants to tie up your house with a ‘listing. I am a real estate investor and I have a plan to help get your home sold where I will market it at my own expense and on my own time."
In the meanwhile, you can continue to sell it yourself, or even list it with a real estate agent. If you get it sold first, I walk away and you owe me nothing."
"I would like to have a ‘non-exclusive option’ to purchase your home. Like I said, this means that you can continue to sell the home any way you like, and I will just be another ‘marketing’ method in your homeselling toolbox. I will do my best to find a buyer for the property within 15 days, and if I do, anything I get from them ABOVE what you and I agree upon as a price will be my profit. Would you be interested in finding
out more about it?"
(1) I would use the 5-day home marketing method made famous by Bill Effros.
(2) I would put $1,000 earnest money, to show I am a principal in this agreement and have the EM due at closing from escrow.
(3) I would like to have a Buyer's Agent (mine) to assist me with this process.

I welcome the BP Membership to critique this strategy. I know you will be honest and I can read, without blame or judgment, your professional opinions.

Thanks
Charles Hill

Great idea about options. In what States is it legal to do the options?

I have had success with this organization, camerondirect.com. Check it out and see if they provide the service, expertise you request. You can call them direct and speak with a representative.

Creating a contract initially with the seller that in the event of your death the property will revert back to the seller or to assigns/heirs.

propertyshark.com is pretty good. The best sights seem to be a portal set up by a Real Estate agent