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All Forum Posts by: Ivelisse Matos

Ivelisse Matos has started 2 posts and replied 19 times.

Post: Unsold tax properties

Ivelisse MatosPosted
  • Kitchen Designer
  • Sanford, FL
  • Posts 19
  • Votes 3

@Ryan Kopczyk Thank you for the link, this is not were I ended when I did my research. It Is very helpful. I will search more about it to see if I find something.

Post: Unsold tax properties

Ivelisse MatosPosted
  • Kitchen Designer
  • Sanford, FL
  • Posts 19
  • Votes 3

@Ned Carey thank you for your response maybe it will be good to take a look in other states to see if I can find something.

@Wayne Brooks feels like Florida, specially Orlando, it's a battlefield for these gems. It's hard for newbies to find good deals.

Post: Just purchased house in Phoenix, AZ. Looking for design help!!

Ivelisse MatosPosted
  • Kitchen Designer
  • Sanford, FL
  • Posts 19
  • Votes 3

@Al Rubin Congrats on your home! You can find companies in your town that sell RTA cabinets, most of them offer you free estimates and even let you see a design before you even buy. There is a lot of Kitchen Designers that own RTA Cabinet companies and won't inflate your cost since they are selling you their product. This is how they make their money, but often you can find that they will help you with colors and selection if you buy a kitchen from them, this is what I do for my customers. RTA cabinets often have all wood and even soft close mechanisms for an awesome price.  When you contract a Kitchen Designer that only has a design studio, they make money when they you spend more because they work by % of the project. Look in you town and check reviews, maybe check them with BBB, Angie's List & Google. Good Luck with your project!

Post: ikea kitchens - good or bad idea?

Ivelisse MatosPosted
  • Kitchen Designer
  • Sanford, FL
  • Posts 19
  • Votes 3

I have work with RTA cabinets for the past 15 years. Love the Ikea "Look", but the quality, it's just not worth it. Specially if you are going with stone countertops, you need sturdy base cabinets.

Find an in town RTA cabinet retailer that can provide you with a design before you even install. There are a LOT of companies that don't have a clue of what they are doing. I have been assisting 3 of them in the last six months. Good Luck!

Post: Real Estate Professional from Florida

Ivelisse MatosPosted
  • Kitchen Designer
  • Sanford, FL
  • Posts 19
  • Votes 3

@Angel Izquierdo Welcome to BP! This is a fantastic tool to learn and interact with other professionals in the field.  Good Luck with your journey!

Post: Where do I go from here? Here's how I made $85 K....now what?

Ivelisse MatosPosted
  • Kitchen Designer
  • Sanford, FL
  • Posts 19
  • Votes 3

@Devan Johnson you did an amazing job, but not only that, you really enjoyed it! Congratulations!  Love how you used concrete countertops, a lot of people still scare of them, don't know why. Wish you the best of lucks! By the way, I live in Sanford, and not sure why but the market is very active, every time I am studying a possible opportunity BAM...it goes into contract. Good Luck!

Post: New member from Florida

Ivelisse MatosPosted
  • Kitchen Designer
  • Sanford, FL
  • Posts 19
  • Votes 3

@Andrew Martinez

Welcome to BP! Indeed you will find here a very friendly group of professionals with a lot of knowledge and great tools to keep learning about Real Estate and Investing.

Post: investor from florida

Ivelisse MatosPosted
  • Kitchen Designer
  • Sanford, FL
  • Posts 19
  • Votes 3

@Nicholas Gopaul Welcome to BP! Awesome tool to get that state investing experience you are looking for.

Post: Unsold tax properties

Ivelisse MatosPosted
  • Kitchen Designer
  • Sanford, FL
  • Posts 19
  • Votes 3

@Wayne Brooks someone referred to them as a good option, not I wouldn't even get near them. I guess I was looking for tax lien auctions instead, but looks like they are a battlefield as well.

@Patrick L. Thank you for your answer, they do really sound awful, not what I was looking for. Thanks for the information!

Post: Unsold tax properties

Ivelisse MatosPosted
  • Kitchen Designer
  • Sanford, FL
  • Posts 19
  • Votes 3

@Michael Leffelholz

Thank you for your answer! From what I understood there is a way to get them before? So I need to search for tax lien auctions instead?