All Forum Posts by: Ezra Harris

@Jim K.

Lol yes there are many stinkier things than having the knowledge of how everything works.

It can only get in your way if you let it. :D

@Ola Dantis

What are the biggest cons in your opinion?

Getting to involved in the day to day seems to be the “worst” but I’m curious if you have a few other cons handy person can look out for.

@James Wise

It sure doesn’t! And people start Out with worse things than being handy 😜.

@Steve Vaughan

Ha ha,

At least your honest with what you are and want to be.

I love that saying that Brandon uses all the time. You are the average of the five people you associate with most.

Sounds like you have found those people and if I can take something away from your reply. It would be find people that are doing what you want to do and learn from them.

@Joe Splitrock

Duplexes definitely seem to have everything a beginner needs.

Smaller property but bigger upside.

Can be lived in or rented out. Or both.

Duplexes come in many shapes and sizes as well.

@Noah Mccurley

That’s very neat!

I would say a large percentage of people would get away from having to work in their deals as soon as possible.

But for the small group of people who enjoy it. It is great to here you still can, even if you are scaling big. :)

What do you plan to do in your investing goals?

@Cody L.

Awesome!

It sounds like you are on the scaling train and it’s flying down the track lol.

If you could meet yourself back when you were getting started.. what words of wisdom would you give yourself?

@Steve Vaughan

Steve, you sounds like the type of guy everyone would love to shadow!

Getting things down fast and “cheap”. Is possibly the best place to start. I know ceos who want to buy houses but can’t because they make to much at their day job and they can’t justify buying a rental.

Looking at it from the perspective of a builder even a ceo can double his money but they never get started because they don’t know how to replace a faucet and complain that it’s to expensive to hire it out. A ceo shouldn’t have to change a faucet but not knowing how is what keeps them from getting started.

Do you always plan on doing the work yourself?

Or do you have a plan you could share with us that allows you to hand off the handy things to “handy men”, allowing you to be “free”?

Thanks for your input!

@Joe Splitrock

Starting out and building sweat equality is possible the biggest reason anyone can get into real estate.

What type of deal would you recommend a newbie starting out with little or no money and no or little experience should buy?

Would you say a “simple” single family or is the starting line somewhere before that simple house?

@Matt M.

Yes! That’s great! It sounds like you know what you need to do to be successful!

Often times I think people don’t buy properties because they can’t or won’t do most of the work themselves. Many rich people in the past and present started out with nothing. Coming from other countries even. No or little education shouldn’t stop anyone from picking up a hammer and not putting it down till they learn to pass the hammer on to the hireling.

If you could pick one task to hirer our that you currently do.. what task would that be?