All Forum Posts by: Cory Mccarthy

I love the Groesbeck area(northeast quadrant) and the east side neighborhoods.  Both close enough to MSU to rent to students, but with Lansing taxes and rentals laws which differ considerably from East Lansing which are very strict and confining.  Own a home in that area and would own more except it is just too far away from me to manage easily.  Low crime, high values and great area for mixed use (can rent to students or families).  Check it out. I think you will like the neighborhoods.

Linda,

I am rolling on the floor with laughter.  That is so funny.  Need to talk soon as we might be selling a property and need to understand 1031 rules.  I will call to discuss.  Just saw this post and had to respond!  hope you find a renter soon.

Thanks for the update @Maureen Wilkerson.  would love to see the pictures of the finished product if you can figure that out.  I will keep my fingers crossed for you for a smooth and successful closing.  Continued good luck to you.

@Dan Johnson, I noticed above that you asked @Fay Chen a question and never got a response from her.  My guess is that if you do not specifically tag her as I just did here, she is unlikely to have ever seen your question unless she is following the thread.  By tagging someone, if they have their settings correct, they will get a notification from BP that they were mentioned and be able to respond a little easier, otherwise are unlikely to see the response or question.  To tag someone, you simply type the @ symbol, immediately followed by their name and after typing in a few letters of their name (exactly as it appears in their original post) there will appear a pop up or prompt below where you are typing their name, select that prompt and it will add their entire name and highlight it in blue with the @ symbol as a leading character.  Once it pops up in blue, you know they will get the notice that they have been tagged.  If it isn't blue, chances are they will not get a notice.  

in this case, I am kind of interested in Fay's response, so I hope she will tag me back when responding.  It took me a while to figure out the tagging process, so I hope this helps in the future and good luck with your future endeavors.

@Cole Stevenson,

BP like any other tool is what you make of it. It has tremendous assets, calculators, knowledge and reference items, but you will only get out of it what you put into it. My advice to you is to load a picture, complete your profile, putting considerable thought into your goals and what you want to get out of the relationships you develop here and then completely dedicate yourself to those goals without giving up. I am far from a long term member or even one that has achieved considerable success, nor do I possess a wealth of experience to lend to the community at large, particularly in comparison to many of the folks on here, but I have been at it for a while now and stay committed and try to contribute when I can. One of the things I have noticed here on the site is that a lot of people pop on, show up for a few weeks or months then slowly fade away. I believe they ultimately find out it really is hard work and difficult to stay dedicated and slowly lose focus and the original desire that lead them to the site to begin with. If you read enough forum posts and listen to enough podcasts/webinars, you will eventually hear that a large percentage of folks that connect on BP never really make it in REI over the long haul. Buy the books, invest your time in the podcasts and webinars, play around with the tools and spend the lousy $30 it takes to be a pro member to get access to all of these tools when you need them and on your own schedule. If you are NOT willing to invest your time, money and energy on this site, it is NOT likely that you will find it any easier to invest those same assets (time, energy and money) into real estate and income producing assets either. Ultimately that is all this site really is: an income producing asset that is what you make of it. I truly hope you make the most of it and achieve the financial freedom and security that this site can help you achieve and I wish you the best of luck in your journey. If I can ever be of any assistance to you along the way, I would welcome that opportunity and find it a privilege to give back in some significant way. Go Kill It!!

Hi Jennifer Arnett , I will be in need of photography in Brighton, Howell, Fenton area soon so wanted to connect with you, but when I tried to request a connection with you, I was told your connection was limited . If interested in connecting for this purpose, please pm me or request a connection so we can discuss a future relationship. Best of luck to you in the mean time. Regards, Cory

@Charles Kao currently the meeting is scheduled for Friday July 8th at Block Brewing in Howell, but I will not be able to make that one, so will be suggesting to our other members that we move it back a week to the 15th.  Not sure how that will be received, but would be happy to keep you posted.  Just go to the site and join the group and I will make sure you get notified if it is going to change.

@Jake Thomas, congrats Jake!  as a fellow Michigander, I have followed a lot of your posts over the last year or so and am not surprised that you finally accomplished your goals.  Next step is the four hour work week!  Keep hustling.

@Corrie Moore, another source for networking meetings is meetup dot com.  Until the BP events tab gets filled up with Michigan events, this may be a good resource for you as well. Best of luck to you and let me know if I can help any other way.

@Adam Kasix, Love the bio and enthusiasm. Check out the free REI meetups in the surrounding area. There are a couple of them in Troy area, Detroit Renegade group in your area, another in Ann Arbor and I help to host one in Howell for Livingston county. Get to as many of these as you can and network, network, network. You can find multiple REI gatherings at Meetup dot com and recently they added an events tab under community at the top of this forum. Don't see anything for Michigan yet, but it is a brand new feature so I expect it will get filled up very quickly. Keep perusing and get out to meet as many like minded people as possible. If I can help any other way or you want to get together for coffee or a drink, just let me know. Best of luck to you!