All Forum Posts by: Doug Pintarch

"You'll be the guy that everybody hates to see walking toward them. Family and friends will avoid you like you're radioactive."

@Charlie MacPherson, YES!   Had a friend and co-worker who did this thing called Melaleuca in the mid-90's...very similar to Amway and he shopped and pushed and worked it into every conversation so much that we pretty much ran him out of the dealership after a few months.   He went to another store and didn't last long.  Never made back his initial "Investment" in the products (Household and laundry crap I believe) and dropped from contact. 

I look at these things like religions...if it makes you happy and gives you direction and peace then have at it, but please stop trying to convert me to your faith after I say no thank you the first time.

I agree with the comments above.  Don't care about your sob story, your kid ran away, your cat died, whatever.  Pay me or pack your s***.

Humans, they'll game the system.  Every time.

@Trace A. Welcome to the community from a fellow newb.    Fun, isn't it?   :)     

I'm more of a listener and note-taker myself, but there are so many helpful people in here and so much to learn and ask questions about I find myself more of a contributor than I had planned on being, but that's no longer a concern.  having fellow investors to bounce stuff off of more than makes up for "Hiding"!

Best of luck..get going!

@Paul Sandhu I read your ad and when I got to the third paragraph I said out loud "Damn!  That's harsh Paul"!!    But then I realized you're speaking directly to those guys and they don't do glossy bullsh!t.  Well put together ad and it obviously works for you!    Thanks for the link!

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/49/topics/610...

Good read here, gentlemen.

@Dante Farres dig, dig, dig. We did 6 months of due diligence and research and walking around and talking to owners in many many developments and communities before we bought our condo. You need to know how the HOA is run, how many units are owner-occupied, how big the board is and who's on it, how the management company takes care of the place(s), what the HOA fees include...for every unit you're interested in that's not in the same community. My notebook is 3 inches thick for our first property. When our realtor told us about a unit that was up for sale I knew exactly where the development was and how far from the beaches they were and what side of the highway they were on. We play with blood money so I take it very seriously.

Very well said, Wendy.

This. Buy Once, Cry Once. Research and find a qualified attorney that is intimately familiar with what you intend to do with your investments and your LLC and then write him or her a check for whatever they ask for. Then go follow your OA and procedures and sleep like you've been shot.

Don't.  Just house-hack your own 4 unit after you save for the down payment.  Sneaking into a sublet isn't cool at all, and no way to start investing in real estate.

@Jay Scott  I won't call you an A-hole...unless you do it again!    :)  

You have to play hardball.  Humans...they'll get around everything you try to do unless you slap them right away.