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All Forum Posts by: James Dickens

James Dickens has started 7 posts and replied 118 times.

Post: Hi folks Lafayette/MAURICE Louisiana Newbie

James DickensPosted
  • New Iberia, LA
  • Posts 130
  • Votes 86

Welcome, @Adam Espeut! You should check out the BP Meetup hosted by @Robert Leonard. There is a pretty good group of people here from Lafayette and South Louisiana so I'm sure you can find what you are looking for in connections. 

I hope you achieve your Goal and looking forward to hearing your success story! 

Post: Newbie from Southwest Louisiana

James DickensPosted
  • New Iberia, LA
  • Posts 130
  • Votes 86
Originally posted by @O'Neil Parker:

@James Dickens I definitely understand, is there anyway you can connect me I’m trying to sell a nice brick rental.

Strange that it's not letting me @ you without the quote. 

The people I know are mainly via Facebook and not close connections. If you can send me some details on it I would send them PMs and see if I get a bite and happy to pass on the info if I do. 

You can PM me or send me an email which you can find on my profile because BP won't let me post it here in the body of a message. 

Post: Newbie from Southwest Louisiana

James DickensPosted
  • New Iberia, LA
  • Posts 130
  • Votes 86
Originally posted by @O'Neil Parker:

@James Dickens do you know any investors that’s buying single family in new Iberia?

I know of a couple of investors but New Iberia is a bit Stagenent at the moment. One of the reasons I'm looking at Multi.

Post: Newbie from Southwest Louisiana

James DickensPosted
  • New Iberia, LA
  • Posts 130
  • Votes 86

@Steven DeHart Great! and it sounds like Lake Charles has a meetup as well which is very cool. May have to try and make it over to that meeting sometime. 

So far no deals but I spent a lot of time chasing the shiny penny. Everything new that I discovered looked good. Now I have my focus and am working with a couple of out of state Syndication Groups now and waiting on that next deal. I think the greatest take away for me is to be Focused on what you want and Networking is your greatest tool (and my weakest skill). 

All the Best!

Post: Newbie from Southwest Louisiana

James DickensPosted
  • New Iberia, LA
  • Posts 130
  • Votes 86

Welcome aboard @Steven DeHart! Where in SW LA are you? Lafayette has a meetup that may be close enough for you to attend. And if it makes you feel any better you are not the only old newbie here :) I'm in my 50s and just getting started as well. I hope you find what you are looking for and if you want to connect just send me a PM. My focus is more in Muli-Family but still always good to build out your network because that will be your most important tool. 

Post: When and How Did You Start Your Business? - Career Advice

James DickensPosted
  • New Iberia, LA
  • Posts 130
  • Votes 86

@Andre Jernigan You have a Bright Future ahead of you! Well written post and lots of great responses! I wish I was still in my 20's and just starting out but I wasn't that smart :) 

@Canesha Edwards That's Outstanding! Great Work and I hope it all goes well for you. It's good to hear that getting into Syndication can be done without going the Guru route to get started. It just takes a bit of grinding and networking to get it done. All the Best!

It would seem that knowing the area and prices for labor and material for that area are part of the key to this and that investors that are working in areas they are not familiar with would have a problem using this strategy. Hence when they use what is provided and are taking a bigger risk +/- because of it. 

So knowing the area that you are investing in intimately in these times when so many people are competing for deals seems to be paramount. 

At least this is what I'm getting from the conversation!  

Post: We would like more users to test out a new application

James DickensPosted
  • New Iberia, LA
  • Posts 130
  • Votes 86

Still looking for people to try this great app out. Several UI changes made over this past week which really have things looking good! Great Resouce to see to make connections and see who may be doing deals in the area in which you want to work. 

Post: We would like more users to test out a new application

James DickensPosted
  • New Iberia, LA
  • Posts 130
  • Votes 86

Hey all! I'm a long time Bigger Pockets user/subscriber and have working with my friend Matt Marino Alpha testing a new application he has built and now we need more people to sign up and give it a try. I am not getting paid for this and the application doesn't cost anything.

The application is called Targets by Tower Hunt http://targets.towerhunt.com/ and we now need some additional users in the system. If you are a Broker, Syndicator, Lender or involved in any way with Commerical Real Estate this will be a great tool for you to give a try.

So, what does it do? You can set up target markets that you are looking for or have deals in. You can set up both Macro and Micro areas to focus on. If someone else has an overlapping area on their profile you will see who that is so you can see what areas, they are looking at and what deals they want to do.

You can also list deals much like you can areas. If you have done a deal you can list some of the specifics and list who else was involved in the deal. This will send out an email to that person and they can opt in to be listed on the deal.

Not only is this great for connecting with others but it’s also a great way to show what you have done and with whom.

Come and try it out at http://targets.towerhunt.com/ . It’s being built with Investors, Brokers, and Lenders in mind!

When you get to the page the first thing you will want to do is Sign Up (upper right corner). That's the best way to get started. If you try it out and have any questions please let me know.