All Forum Posts by: Jay Johnson

Daniel is one of the Apke Brothers I was talking about in my post. I'm one of their students and a member of their Discord group. They, also, have a free Discord group, too. They and the group are legit. Weekly member calls where they analyze our deals are priceless!

 Just completed my first deal so I have limited experience, but I'm always cool with connecting with other investors.

 I just did, exactly, what @Edgar U. said to do. He is spot on. I was all in at a little under $14k. It was 3.24 ac.  Buy price, included a soil evaluation, drone pics and getting an improvement permit for my end buyer. She wanted one before buying because she is ready to build, so I got the same soil scientist that did my soil evaluation to do that for her within the next week. Sold for $47K. Left closing with a little under $42k. Bought Dec 19 2023. Sold Feb 1 2024. I only sent around 1800 blind offers to get that deal. Some courses say on average, you'll get a deal for every 1800-2300 pieces of mail sent. Doesn't always happen that way, but it did for me. Some people mail 1500-2500 a month. Some do 3000-5000 a month. Some 10,000-20,000 or more a month. If you send only a little mail at a time, it may take a while to get a deal. If that's what you have to do to get started, then do that. You can still get a deal. I just did it that way, but up your mail after that first successful deal and mail consistently every 2 weeks or every month. County selection and pricing is very important. Get, at least, decent with that and you should get some deals. I bought a course, but you can do it without buying one. In case you're wondering, I bought the Apke Brothers course Land Investing Online. I did this all virtually except I went to closing.

 I agree 100%. 

Just completed my first lanf flip. I bought Dec 19 2023 and sold Feb 1 2024 (It can take longer to sell. This one went under contract within a couple days. A buddy of mine in the group has had one for over 100 days so it can vary) With buy price, soil evaluation and having an improvement permit done for the buyer, I was all in at a little under $14k. Sold for $47k and after 10% commission for my realtor ( a land specialist from National Land Realty.Good realtors with local knowledge are worth their weight in gold!) and closung costd, I left closing with a check just under $42k. So, yes, it worth it.

Watch all the free videos from the Apke Brothers, Seth Williams, Jack and Jill and anyone else that seem legit. I eneded up joining the Apke brothers course and it was, definitely, worth it. They have a free Discord group and a members only one. Both are full of great peole from around the world who help you if you need it! Got that deal in a few months of joining. The keys are mail, cold call, or text for leads, constanlty and consistantly and answer the phone or get back sellers, quickly! Some people spend alot on mailing and are scared to answer the phone. Sellers will tell you others didn't answer them when they called. It will take a couple weeks for mail to hit, if you use a mail house like Rocket Print (we use them), so have mail ready to go every couple weeks or, at least, monthly.

I work a 50-60 hr/week job and work on my business 1-2 hrs every evening and alot on the weekends, so it can be done if you have a full time job.I could have done better. I slacked and didn't send mail consistantly and I didn't send alot when I did. The course teaches against that because that can make it take a long time to get a deal, but I still got one. I just could have done better in that time frame if I would have  consistanlty sent mail. Hope this helps.

@Nick Brown Ok. Thanks for the advice. I, really, appreciate it.

@Nick Brown Thanks for the information. This property is in Randolph Co, NC. I'll have to see what options are lawful in that county. My plan is to buy and then resell, targeting custom builders, first.

I have a seller that wants to sell, but the lot they had evaluated, in 2007, (it's 2 lots side by side), the health dept said the soil is unsuitable for a septic system. They, also, said alternative systems and any other modifications wouldn't overcome the severe conditions of the site. They, however, did say an option could be to come up with a plan for a system that would dispose of sewage water to another area of suitable soil or off-site to an additional property.

It's 2 lots, with one being a corner lot, in a subdivision, on a street with a cul de sac. Would you still consider buying if you got it cheap enough, or does the kind of info kill any chance of a marketable resell by me?

@Danielle Jackson That was my reply back to them. Haven't heard anything back, yet.