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All Forum Posts by: Donnie Martens

Donnie Martens has started 8 posts and replied 55 times.

Post: Driving for Dollars Jobs

Donnie MartensPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Venice, FL
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 19

Cody, We live in Venice. We may be able to help each other grow in our real estate journey. I work Mon - Fri. I could do lunch at Irma's Tacos or somewhere convenient for you. 

Post: Property managers in Sarasota Fl

Donnie MartensPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Venice, FL
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 19

Hey Gil, 

what type of properties are they and location? Do you want a remote PM or a local PM? Happy to make connections!

Post: Looking for a good wholesaler in the Sarasota County area. (Multi-family and SF)

Donnie MartensPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Venice, FL
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 19

Hey Jeff, We live in Venice, FL and know that Real Estate agent Brittany Provencher with eXp was a wholesaler and has a lot of experience. You might reach out to her for assistance. 

Post: Need a loan officer

Donnie MartensPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Venice, FL
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 19

Hey Gabriella, I live in Venice, FL. I'm a Loan Officer with Nexa Mortgage. We have access to a lot of products as a broker. I'll be happen to help in anyway I can. 

Post: Owasso Oklahoma a simple base hit

Donnie MartensPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Venice, FL
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 19

@Michael Slockers - I do manage it remotely. We started out using Zillow rental manager and then transitioned to Cozy. We transitioned to Cozy to have the rent payments reported to the credit bureau. 

@Matt Leber - thanks for your support!

We're currently in Indian Trail, NC and my wife and I are currently looking to grow our portfolio locally!!

Post: Owasso Oklahoma a simple base hit

Donnie MartensPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Venice, FL
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 19

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Owasso.

Purchase price: $140,000

4/2/2 SFR in a cute neighborhood. Purchased as our primary residence in 2016.
We moved in December 2018 to NC. Had it rented in January 2019.

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

This was our primary residence and we chose to keep it as a buy and hold due to the desirability of the neighborhood and the school system.

How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

This was a standard MLS transaction with standard primary residence negotiation.

How did you finance this deal?

This was purchased with a VA loan.

How did you add value to the deal?

We cleaned up the property with updated paint, appliances, fixtures, flooring, and landscaping.

What was the outcome?

We've kept it and it's been rented since we moved out in Dec. 2018. Our vetting of tentants has been a huge success for us.

Lessons learned? Challenges?

Not a homerun deal but a nice base hit. We learned a lot during this transition of becoming landlords. No challenges so far. We recognize that we've been blessed.

Post: Rent collection suggestions?

Donnie MartensPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Venice, FL
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 19

@Charlotte chew

We use Zillow and Cozy.co

I’ll be happy to help and answer any questions!

Happy Tuesday

Post: Rent Payment Reporting

Donnie MartensPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Venice, FL
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 19

@JD Martin

Thank you for the update!

-Donnie 

Post: Rent Payment Reporting

Donnie MartensPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Venice, FL
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 19

Good Evening and Happy New Years Eve, 

I have one rental property and I'm wanting to submit the tenant's on time payments to any of the big 3 credit bureaus to assist the tenant's credit score growth. Does anyone have any guidance around this? I use zillow for rent collection. Any guidance around this is greatly appreciated!

-Donnie

Post: A quick update from us

Donnie MartensPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Venice, FL
  • Posts 60
  • Votes 19

@Don Harris

Thank you so much for reaching out. We'd love to connect soon if possible!

Stay warm!

-Donnie