All Forum Posts by: James Brunetto, jr

Hi everyone,

I am in the process of evaluating some properties to do a flip on and am putting together a timeline to complete renovations by. Based on my plan, it would put me somewhere in the November/December months to sell. Considering the holidays and people spending more money on parties and gifts, I was wondering if this would make it too hard to sell the property/would drive the price down due to lack of activity? Has anyone had better luck selling properties at a certain time of the year?

Hi everyone, When determining what real estate agent to work with, what kind of questions do you ask them to see if they would be a good fit? I've seen posts that mention that some agents dont know what investors are looking for in a good investment deal. So are there questions you ask them to see if they have the right mindset? Or perhaps its more about giving them good criteria? If so what kind of criteria do you give to an agent?

Hi everyone,

If anyone is from Bucks/Montgomery county in PA do you know a good real estate agent for investors?

@Caleb Heimsoth 

thanks Caleb! How do you make the correlation between relatively flat population growth = strong rental cash flow. Do couple this with information on no new housing construction to come to that conclusion? For example, if population growth is flat and no new houses are being built, then people will have to either buy or rent from the existing housing inventory?

Hi everyone, 

After looking at some of the forums and blog post I noticed there are certain metrics like population, unemployment, and median income I should look at when determining where to invest. But what is considered a good growth rate? If it's less that 2% should I not invest. If there is a slight decrease year over year, say .2% decrease year over year for the last 3 years, is that bad or just a small fluctuation in population?

Hi everyone, does anyone know of a good place to meet investors in the bucks county area? Beyond Bigger Pockets, are there groups/meetups in bucks county to meet potential investors?

What factors/metrics do you look at to determine if a market is crashing or shifting? Trying to figure out if it is a good time to enter a market like Philadelphia, PA. I know its hot right now but I'm concerned it's becoming oversaturated/the market is about to crash.

Other than going through a wholesaler, what are other ways to find fix and flips or fix and hold properties?

After finding a potential property to wholesale, part of the process is to estimate repair costs. How do I do this? Is this just a matter of getting a contractor to come walk the property? What if contractors won't come out to view the property since I dont own it? Are there other ways to estimate costs?

@Ned Carey that makes sense, thanks for taking the time to read and respond! I have already started searching/reading through BP for information on this. 

Are there any books, articles, or blog posts you found particularly useful?