All Forum Posts by: Constantinos Zavos

Hello everyone,

I am relatively new to RE Investing and currently own a house in Columbia, SC. I manage it from NY where I live full time and I am trying to make a few key connections in the SC area that could help me manage the house remotely. 

I am looking to make some fix-ups to the house this summer so wanted to see if any recommendations for good contractors / handymen / repair companies that I could hire. My goal is to keep investing in the area so would be more of a long-term partnership.

Any advice on how to best hire / monitor / manage work done on a property remotely would be greatly appreciated!

 Thank you both. I have heard of success stories with direct mail as well. What platform do you use to send it out? Any advice on what you usually include in these letters?

Thank you! Are there issues when one LLC has ownership in a new one with other equity holders?

Hey - I am currently doing something similar. Would be great to connect and exchange notes on best practices!

Hey everyone,

Fairly new to real estate investing and I was wondering, what ways have you found the most successful in finding off market deals?

What is the best way to find and approach people who are not necessarily selling at the moment and make them consider a sale?

Hello everyone,

Ill try to keep this short, I am new to investing in real estate and looking for some insights. I recently went into a 50/50 LLC with a college friend to buy our first property in the college town we attended. That went really well and now we are looking to add 2 more people for a new property. We are looking for some legal advice on how to:

1) Best set up the LLCs for tax and liability purposes

2) Create a basic Operating Manual among the shareholders

3) Find the best practices to go about creating LLCs in different states etc.

Does anyone have any legal services/advisors that were investor friendly and within budget for people just getting into this industry?

Thank you, very useful. What about if the original LLC has a fully paid off house in its name? Would we be able to collateralize that house (as a form of guarantee) to help on the financing of the new one?

Or would we have to write that house into the new LLC?

On this matter, when bringing in other investors is it best to buy the property through an LLC? How easy is it to get a mortgage if so?

Hello everyone, 

Ill try to keep this short, I am new to investing in real estate and looking for some insights. I recently went into a 50/50 LLC with a college friend to buy our first property in the college town we attended. That went really well and now we are looking to add 2 more people for a new property. We have some concerns:

1) Should we a new LLC and have our old one hold stake in it?

2) When using other people's money to invest, what is the best way to set up an agreement on a limited budget?

3) What would be the best way to get a mortgage on a new LLC, would our stake by our existing LLC create an issue for financiers?