All Forum Posts by: Kyle Handy

I've used gotprint.com with good success. Price was less than many others and the quality and turnaround time were too notch. They also have EDDM templates if you're going that route, it makes it easier.

Lauren Moloney - Hey Lauren! Congrats on finding bigger pockets! The info on this site is invaluable and addicting. Good luck on getting your RE license and getting going. I started at 23 and it's been the best decision I've ever made. I've done a bit of new home construction, then started my own general re business, and now I'm ramping up the investing part of my RE business. The best thing about real estate is that there are so many avenues and you can venture into the niche you enjoy the most. Have fun and learn lots!

First off, Congrats on your first purchase. I'm still in that phase of needing to just do it already. Can't wait to make my first deal, whatever it is just to get going. Good luck with future deals. Nathan Emmert - when I first read the part in your post about finding properties with taxes under one months rent, I thought it impossible. I realized your property taxes must be much less than ours here in Texas. Our rate is 2.7% for most of San Antonio. Maybe in Class D it could be possible...

@Seth Teel 

Yes I can. I am a registered bigger for HUD and already have my NAID setup. Send him my way. Thanks!

Hi all,

I'm looking to work with new or experienced residential investors who would like to start investing or already have investments in and around the San Antonio area.  This would include Boerne, Canyon Lake, and New Braunfels.  I work single-family, multi-family (2-8 units), condos, townhomes, and land. 

I'm a native to San Antonio and have lived on just about every side of town.  I have 7 years of real estate experience.  5.5 years with new construction and 1.5 with general real estate.   I own the company Handy Realty which consists of myself and 5 licensed agents who work under me as a team.

What I offer is the ability to open and show homes on your time frame (whether it's myself or one of my agents), run comp's (CMA's), write-up and present offer's on your behalf (I'm completely digital so signing offers is quick and easy), and list properties for sale or rent (although I'm not a property manager).

What I am not is a wholesaler. I do not find off-market (non-MLS) listings. Although, if you come across a property that is not on the MLS, I'm happy to still provide the services I listed above.

If you are looking for these services, then please reach out to me.  I'm happy to meet up locally or chat via skype, google hangouts, etc...

I look forward to working with you!

-Kyle

Welcome Kalyn.  You've come to the right place.  BP is a wealth of knowledge.  I'm not a huge poster but I love reading and listening to the BP podcasts.  

Have you considered a career in Real Estate?  It's relatively quick and inexpensive to get your license.  It will help you learn the market and potentially help you make money in the meantime until you can fund your rental portfolio.

-Kyle

I'm no social media expert by a long shot but I am a Realtor here in San Antonio and worked for a new home builder for 5.5 years.

What I currently do to market my properties on social media is the following:

I create a Facebook Page for the Spec property address.  In this page, I'm able to add a picture gallery, insert a map to the location, add video, and give details about the property, the neighborhood, and whatever else (school district, shopping, etc...)  I then run a Facebook ad (usually no more than $2-3 dollars a day to bring people to my page.  Usually this is done by "Promoting the post" of my photo album.  That seems to get the highest click-thru.  From here I get likes, people send me direct messages, people link other users to that Facebook page who they feel may be interested, etc... The best thing about Facebook is that you can target exactly who your target audience is.  Since Facebook has access to things like marital status, age, current location, kids, etc... When setting up your ads, there are many properties you can select to make sure your ad is going to be seen only by those who may actually be interested in your home.

Here is a page that I recently did:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/3611-Alonzo-Fields-...

If you go down to the photo album post, you'll see I was able to gain 91 likes, 24 comments, and 20 shares.  Again this was just from $2-3/day for around 90 days.  I would think with a spec home there would be plenty of use to update interested people with when the home is sheetrocked, c-tops in, flooring, etc.. Lots of ways to get new likes and interested parties.

In addition, I also create a youtube video for all my properties.  I then use Google Adwords to help promote the video.  With Adwords, it's a little harder to target certain segments like Facebook but you can still target people who are located in a certain area and have marked general interests or are watching other youtube videos related to real estate, homes for sale, etc...

Here is an example of the video I have being marketed for the same property as the above Facebook page:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GalVbaSH1Qc

You'll see I've had 1034 Views.  This again is off just $2/day. I don't get as much interaction with YouTube like I do with Facebook but I think it's important that people be able to see a video of the property to get them interested enough to seek additional information (like my property specific Facebook Page).

You can also do a property specific Twitter page, but I haven't gone down that route yet.  Also, just thought I should mention that we just received an offer on the property I linked above and it should be under contract by today.  

Hope this helps!

@Seth Teel - Thanks.  You were a wealth of knowledge and I greatly appreciate your willingness to share with newbie investors, like myself.

Thank you to everyone who attended.  It was great meeting everyone and I look forward to keeping in touch.

I'll be there.  See you then.

@Chad Clanton - I should be there!