All Forum Posts by: Sharon S.

Thank you for sharing your journey and tips Patrick.  We are in the process of purchasing a lakefront vacation home, that we too had been searching for for over 3 years.  We plan to offset our cost by doing STR.  Helpful post!

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Hi, Thank you Chris T. for taking the time to respond.   That is very considerate of you.  I corresponded with her so more and found even more discrepancies.  One example is she quoted me one range of corporate rents but when I asked her about a specific property with lots of upgrades (that she picked), she quoted a lower rental amount. The property more than met the criteria she explained in the higher corporate rental range she 1st quoted.   These correspondences are all in writing per email.   Moving on to search for more trustworthy and reliable people to work with.  

Greetings fellow BP investors

Newbie here that has been reading blogs, listening to the podcast and attending the webinars.  What a wealth of information.  Thank you!

I was introduced to a realtor that deals with corporate rentals. (The person who introduced us is realtor’s mother so some bias here). The realtor and I met and discussed collaborating together:her providing corporate renters and me investing in properties renters are searching for.

She sent some properties but the numbers seemed high when I was calculating expenses vs. income. I researched and found some similar properties that where considerably better priced. Sent them to her for her opinion, asking if these were something that her clients were looking for.

After a couple days, heard from her. She ignored mentioning the better priced properties instead just pushed the higher priced ones.I went to the links I had bookmarked of better priced properties to ask her about them. Found 1 of the 3 suddenly went under contract. The other suddenly rented out.This was after 1 was on the market for over 5 months and the other was on the market for over a year.

I can’t help being a bit suspicious about this. I have been burned in the past by other realtors. I was really hoping we could have a good business relationship between us but now, not sure.

At this point, I don’t even know what to say to her. I could use her for her potential renters but not if I am getting nowhere with properties.   Properties suddenly be scooped up.

Your thoughts?  Thank you!

Hi, I am new to this and  your post and photos are so helpful! Your flip looks gorgeous!  I am so glad it worked out well in the end for you after all that stress.  In this area, we have a hard time finding consistently good contractors.  Do you have any advice on how to find good contractors in a tight contractor market without paying too much?  How to hold your contractors accountable?

What types rental properties are most requested? In what areas? Thank you

Great, inspirational post and impressive work! Best of luck on selling your properties at a good profit.

Greetings, New to Charleston and living in Summerville. I'm a new investor currently looking to invest in buy and hold long-term rentals in good neighborhoods. I just found this sub forum and I'm interested in meet-ups and networking locally.  Open to any suggestions about groups, ways to connect, etc. and learn about the local investment market.   Thank you.