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All Forum Posts by: Corey Martin

Corey Martin has started 5 posts and replied 51 times.

Post: What is your biggest challenge right now?

Corey MartinPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Nashville, TN
  • Posts 54
  • Votes 36
Quote from @Axel-Bruno Lukemba:

My biggest challenge right now is knowing where to start I’m new to this and I’ve been reading real estate books and started the ultimate beginners guide and listening to podcast and I’m finding challenging looking for seminars or looking for real estate agents in my area, so I can get an idea of negotiations and coming to an agreement works. 


Connect connect connect! Have you gone to any REI meetings in your area?

Post: What is your biggest challenge right now?

Corey MartinPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Nashville, TN
  • Posts 54
  • Votes 36
Quote from @Damaine Hamilton:

I need a deal that can change my life but I don't have any income statement how can i get approved for a investment property 


 What market? You can get approved for a mortgage and house hack your first property!

Post: What is your biggest challenge right now?

Corey MartinPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Nashville, TN
  • Posts 54
  • Votes 36

Need Buyers in Nashville. Mostly cash buyers. But Ill take buyers cause I have sellers!

Post: Rescinding Binding Contracts and Offers - Best Practices

Corey MartinPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Nashville, TN
  • Posts 54
  • Votes 36
Quote from @Caleb Brown:
Quote from @Corey Martin:
Quote from @Caleb Brown:

In my area your clients could still be risked being sued for not terminating due to a contingency. What I typically do(if there's a inspection contingency) is cancel due to inspections. You could call and see if they would sign a cancellation before going through that so you don't waste their time. If you are honest they'll appreciate that. Most likely I would have the EMD going to the seller in this case. Again it is riskier but most of the time they would cancel and move on with the sellers receiving the EMD. In future ones If you can be careful with doing a bunch of offers, the last thing you want is a law suit. Also when the buyer offers he should have the intent to close, why some investors get a bad rep for cancelling quickly.


 The one good thing is no earnest money had been sent or received yet. And thats exactly what I tried to do, be honest and forthright (to an extent, don't give too much client info away)


I would still have them send EMD and it go to the seller.


 and you know clients are going to hate that. though I can explain the situation they themselves got put in

Post: Rescinding Binding Contracts and Offers - Best Practices

Corey MartinPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Nashville, TN
  • Posts 54
  • Votes 36
Quote from @Caleb Brown:

In my area your clients could still be risked being sued for not terminating due to a contingency. What I typically do(if there's a inspection contingency) is cancel due to inspections. You could call and see if they would sign a cancellation before going through that so you don't waste their time. If you are honest they'll appreciate that. Most likely I would have the EMD going to the seller in this case. Again it is riskier but most of the time they would cancel and move on with the sellers receiving the EMD. In future ones If you can be careful with doing a bunch of offers, the last thing you want is a law suit. Also when the buyer offers he should have the intent to close, why some investors get a bad rep for cancelling quickly.


 The one good thing is no earnest money had been sent or received yet. And thats exactly what I tried to do, be honest and forthright (to an extent, don't give too much client info away)

Post: Rescinding Binding Contracts and Offers - Best Practices

Corey MartinPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Nashville, TN
  • Posts 54
  • Votes 36

Real Estate Agent here. Ran into this situation, see if anyone can relate:

My client was looking to do 2 deals fast for a 1031 exchange. They initially put out 2 offers. This was Saturday morning with deadline Monday at 5 PM. Monday morning came and both offers were accepted but as they were getting this info, they found 2 different properties they liked better and had me put offers on those. They had me bind the contracts from Monday (the initial 2 offers that were accepted) while they put out the 2 new offers. The those were accepted and they wanted those instead. So I needed to then send termination documents to the first 2 offers. My best practice here was to call the agent beforehand to 1) give them heads up 2) give them a small explanation (so as to not reveal too much). 

I feel I didn't hurt the agents too much as I terminated fairly quickly and they didn't even have time to remove the listing and such. Also both properties did have multiple offers on them so they were able to pivot. However, this does do a bit of damage to my reputation and that's the last thing I want. I want to always have great working relationships with my fellow agents. 


How do you feel this could have been handled better? What's your best practice when needing to send a termination?

Post: Nashville, TN Market Cap Rates

Corey MartinPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Nashville, TN
  • Posts 54
  • Votes 36

Pretty much what Im seeing as well. 

Post: Nashville, TN Market Cap Rates

Corey MartinPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Nashville, TN
  • Posts 54
  • Votes 36
Quote from @Luka Milicevic:

@Corey Martin

Nashville proper-close to the urban core you are looking at zero to near zero cap rates. 15 minutes from the city about 2-3%. In the surrounding areas, if you find one of the better deals probably around 5%. 

Mboro, Spring hill and Mt Juliet are all smoking hot markets. Cap rates there are sub 3%. The most recent large multi fam I saw close in Mboro was at 2.8%. 

I haven't seen a 7 cap in about 2 years. 

Last apt complex I sold was an hour outside of Nashville for 3.5%. 


 Thank you for this! This actually very similar to what I have found out but I wasn't sure if my math was off because of the numbers I saw. Do you see them staying g there, going down, or going up?

Post: Nashville, TN Market Cap Rates

Corey MartinPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Nashville, TN
  • Posts 54
  • Votes 36

Hi All, I am doing research on the Nashville Markets in and around Nashville, TN. What are the average cap rates you are seeing compared to other markets? What about gross yields? Not just Nashville proper either but Spring Hill, Murfreesboro, and even Mt Juliet. 

Post: QOTW: What are your "hard pass" items when evaluating real estate

Corey MartinPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Nashville, TN
  • Posts 54
  • Votes 36
Quote from @Troy Albers:

If it’s for a property I’m looking to hold and rent out for a long time, I’ll generally pass on homes with pools. They tend to be a pain in the a$$.


 That's a fantastic thought. Pools in the long run require alot of time and attention. Do you advise clients to not do those if its a property held for appreciation?