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All Forum Posts by: Corey Grant

Corey Grant has started 4 posts and replied 65 times.

Post: Are there any east texas meet ups?

Corey Grant
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  • Investor
  • Livingston, TX
  • Posts 66
  • Votes 17

Hello.  Try searching here https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521 

Post: Excited To Start My REI Journey

Corey Grant
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  • Investor
  • Livingston, TX
  • Posts 66
  • Votes 17

Welcome!  I'm in Livingston.  We have a few rentals that we have been operating for the last 10 years on the side of my W2 job.  Hit me up anytime.

Post: :-) Hello, I'm excited to be a part of BiggerPockets peeps! Newbie here

Corey Grant
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  • Investor
  • Livingston, TX
  • Posts 66
  • Votes 17

Hi Yolanda!

I have lived and worked in Livingston, TX for 20+ years.  My real estate forte is long term rentals.  4 units online and 4 more waiting in the wings.  

Ask me anything.

What area are your lots in?

Post: Lake House STR Near Houston Texas?

Corey Grant
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  • Investor
  • Livingston, TX
  • Posts 66
  • Votes 17

I don't have any STRs, but I do have LTRs in Livingston. I work a W2 job at a community bank and have lived there for 20 years. A friend had a STR in Indian Hills on Lake Livingston. It did well for him.

I got married last October and my wife's house is in Conroe.  So now I split time between both locations.

Let me know if I can help in any way.  

Post: General contractor referrals to run Polk County rehab job

Corey Grant
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  • Investor
  • Livingston, TX
  • Posts 66
  • Votes 17

If you were looking for Polk County TX I would be your connection!  😏  No knowledge of Tampa though.

Post: Brick Home Renovation

Corey Grant
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  • Investor
  • Livingston, TX
  • Posts 66
  • Votes 17

Niiice!  Who financed that?  Since I work at First National Bank of Livingston, I'm super curious. 😀

Post: Montgomery County REI Meetup - January 2023

Corey Grant
Posted
  • Investor
  • Livingston, TX
  • Posts 66
  • Votes 17

Next month!  Looking forward to catching up in February.

Post: Protecting yourself from potential bad contractors

Corey Grant
Posted
  • Investor
  • Livingston, TX
  • Posts 66
  • Votes 17
Quote from @Bruce Lynn:

Pay for progress.  Every contractor wants 1/3 up front or more.   You negotiate something different....where you pay for work completed....I don't care if that is every week.  If they need to pay employees or subs....you pay for work done.   Don't ever deviate from this no matter what the story...and there are great stories...there are great salespeople.  You don't want promises, you want performance.   That way your money doesn't disappear, that way it keeps them coming back when they get super busy.   Get lien waivers for materials and work from the subs as you pay.  No wavier, no pay....and that is on the GC to get.

There are plenty of contractors here and others you will meet that just won't work this way....and when you deviate at some point you will get burned.  Happens to everyone who is active and deviates from the plan.  Of course contractors will tell you over and over they want money up front and they've been burned too many times from owners/investors.  So you have to move on to the next guy who is hungrier.  They're out there.


Never heard of lien waivers but sounds like a great idea!  Fortunately, in Livingston, TX the issue is just finding contractors that are still working.  I keep a long list on my phone and add names as I encounter them.  By the time I call to use them they are usually gone.

Post: Livingston county fix and flip

Corey Grant
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  • Investor
  • Livingston, TX
  • Posts 66
  • Votes 17

Nice job!

Post: Cash Flow Game Night

Corey Grant
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  • Investor
  • Livingston, TX
  • Posts 66
  • Votes 17

I'll be honeymooning (did i just make up a word?).  sounds fun though.  next month?