All Forum Posts by: Doug Pintarch

If I had something for sale right now I would absolutely do whatever I could to start a bidding war, and you can have it inspected by NASA in clean suits and I wouldn't fix a damned thing.  Total sellers market and if you don't like my price please step aside, the guy behind you is waving a check!   I would hope a few buyers got involved in an emotional "I will win at all costs" fight...those are the best!    Capitalism in it's purest form.

You, @Shareef Carey , cannot do that here. (Or anywhere else you are thinking of investing).  Don't get emotional about it, if you have to sit and be patient for a little while longer, do it.    Like @Mindy Jensen said above me, if it won't appraise it ain't a deal.  (For YOU - for a home buyer they may have to slug it out!!)

@Jonathan Luna AND @Michael Barnhart  Hopefully the OP is still here, but I strongly doubt it.   One post, 12 years ago? 

THIS.

If you have literally made one phone call and one application, you haven't even earned the right to think to yourself that you can't get a mortgage.   You need to make phone calls until your elbow hurts.    GO GET YOUR MONEY!

Nothing to make of it.  An obviously private conversation is none of your business, and if shes moving out next week and neither one of them had a flamethrower, who cares?

NOT as cheesy as it initially appears.   Move forward Matt.  Learn as much as you can and pull the trigger.  And when something blows up you fix it or buy a new one.   

 This.   Keep making phone calls.  If you have excellent credit it won't take long to find a lender who won't care as long as your numbers are in line.  

@Candace Noel

That would be Hall Manor. Home of the apartments with no front doors.

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@Avery Carl  you seem like the nasty type who cares little for children!  MONSTER!

I am still waitng for our first bad review...one STR into it's third year and the second is into it's first summer season. I know it's going to sting when it comes! We try so hard to make everyone feel wanted and welcome and think we go above and beyond, but people are indeed ridiculous at times. You and Luke have the patience of saints with all the properties you have to worry about. I try not to let our 2 keep me up at night.

I live in Harrisburg  and ride my bike through all sections of the city weekly.  Allison Hill is the second worst section of town.  I would not invest in there unless I lived a few miles away and could constantly watch and monitor my property.  I can do both of those things and still don't invest there.   Many opportunities can be found in Harrisburg that are not in the 2 red zones.  We invest in beach rentals and have no desire to be local landlords.

We invest only OOS.  We wanted condos at the beach and there "Ain't no beach in PA"   So we bought in DE where we vacation and are there every week (one of the 4 of us).  We know the market and the developments intimately and manage the units ourselves (Both are Short-term Vacation rentals).  We have a cleaner, a handyman, a plumber / HVAC contractor, a flooring company and local sources for all our necessary supplies.  We met and interviewed every one of them personally and know them by voice now. Would we do the same in an area that's not a 3 hour drive one-way?   Probably, since we've done it now for almost 3 years and it's really not that big and scary anymore.