All Forum Posts by: Dhrumil Patel

I am looking for a wholesaling friendly title company near  killeen, copperas cove, harker heights. Thank you in advance.

ok thank you everyone for the great insight. i will follow up with builders and see what their rules for renting are! yeah the community was looking for was around the suburbs of austin and dallas by dr horton and will find out what their rules are. thank you again for the insight. 

I have moved to texas recently and would like to know if you can buy a new home from builder and rent it out without using it as a primary residence? Thank you in advance.

I have been constantly looking at the deals for last few weeks. But before I meet the agent and look at properties and if I want to move on with purchase I would love to know how to estimate the cost of repairs. Are there any good sources available? What exactly I should look into ? What is the best way to approach this?

@William Graves Thank you for starting this forum. I really do have the same question. Shall I choose a deal in expensive neighborhood that I am more familiar with or go with less expensive and within my budget city which I have less familiarity with?

Thank you for your Reply Shmuel. But can you please elaborate on what kind of things I should look into to figure out whether its seller's or buyer's market. how do I know? Number of houses on sale? How many houses on sale indicates more inventory or less inventory? 

Again thank you.

I would like to say Hi to Bigger Pockets Community. I would like to introduce myself to everyone here. After reading some books attending free seminars in the town, I am finally here. I have been doing some research about the best resources and ways for networking in the RE community and I think I have finally found one. My background is in healthcare and I am a pharmacist, however, I would like to get into RE and become an investor. I have only graduated a couple years ago.  Though I do not have a lot of money and knowledge about the field, what I know about myself is I am a hardworking guy and committed to whatever it takes to learn, succeed and share my knowledge to help others. 

I am looking forward to building a network and learn. I think after reading some books and researching around I end up having the same question. How do I analyze the market? I know there is a lot of information on the prices of houses and rents and other info. But where do I go to or how do I figure out whether it's a seller's market or buyers market. If I am going to buy a rental property, how do I know whether it will be occupied or stay vacant? What do  I look into online or contact someone in person?

I will really appreciate any references, books or insights into this. Thank you for looking at my forum. I am looking forward to networking and knowing y'all here.

Hi Amanda,

Thank you for replying back and your insight. Yes I was considering school area as one of my search criteria. But my next question is how do you find an average rents in a neighbor hood. Do we just go and ask to the office of rental appartments or I can find something online for it as well. I know I can determine the individual house rents from trulia and zillow. but they will all have a different house conditions and so that doesnt usually give me a good basis.

I am a newb with no experience or capital to invest. However I have read a lot and committed to get into real estate. My question is if I am doing my first deal should I go ahead and invest in expensive neighborhood that I m more familiar with area and demand or simply look into lower cost neighbor Hood where risk is less and but also less familiar with me. And what are the rational for choosing one over the other.? Where should I start and look into first before considering any deals or commitment into either of them. I will appreciate any insight. Thank you.