All Forum Posts by: Johnson H.

Besides what others have said, another way to add value in San Francisco is to add square footage because the price of construction per sq ft is lower than the resale price per sq ft depending on the area. Either with buying a two story house with an unfinished first floor and finishing and the first floor with extra bedrooms or inlaw unit, extending a building out if the property lot is long or adding a third floor. 

Hi All,

It's another month and time for another real estate meetup! These meetups have had up to 82 BiggerPockets and Meetup.com members chatting about investing in the San Jose area and also out of state. Just come by and mingle, there is no set agenda. We welcome anyone who would like to attend!

When: Friday, February 10, 2017, 7:00pm (usually I'm around at 6!)

Where: Parktown Pizza Company (Find us in the back area.)

1350 S Park Victoria Dr
Milpitas, CA 95035

http://www.yelp.com/biz/parktown-pizza-company-milpitas?sort_by=date_desc

Please support the small business by spending some money and tipping for the great service we receive every month! (I don't pay for the space nor do I receive anything from the restaurant)

In lieu of the round of introductions due to noise, you may introduce yourself and/or list your haves and wants in the comments section of this meetup.

Looking forward to meeting new investors and seeing familiar faces.

Regards,

Johnson

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Sarah, it's been a long time since that SF meetup where we met. I'm glad you finally jumped into RE! As for your current problems I hope they iron out over time. As you have had first hand experience, having a property manager doesn't make it a passive investment as you still have to manage the manager. If these problems continue, don't be afraid to fire the PM. You have to do what it takes to maintain your investment. Thanks for posting and good luck!

Hi All,

Happy new year to everyone! It's another month and time for another real estate meetup! These meetups have had up to 82 BiggerPockets and Meetup.com members chatting about investing in the San Jose area and also out of state. Just come by and mingle, there is no set agenda. We welcome anyone who would like to attend!

When: Thursday, January 19, 2017, 7:00pm (usually I'm around at 6!)

Where: Now we are at Parktown Pizza Company! Find us in the back area.

1350 S Park Victoria Dr
Milpitas, CA 95035

http://www.yelp.com/biz/parktown-pizza-company-milpitas?sort_by=date_desc

Please support the small business by spending some money and tipping for the great service we receive every month! (I don't pay for the space nor do I receive anything from the restaurant)

Introductions will at 7:15pm (if its quiet enough) and its free networking afterwards until 10pm.

Looking forward to meeting new investors and seeing familiar faces.

Regards,

Johnson

P.S - One of our regular members and very experienced real estate investor, Vikash Sachania, will be speaking about AirBnB at SJREI on Thursday, January 12. If you've been interested in the topic, I recommend you attend! More details at the following link: https://reinvestorinfo.leadpages.co/sjrei-meeting-nonmember/

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Hi All,

It's another month and time for another real estate meetup! These meetups have had up to 82 BiggerPockets and Meetup.com members chatting about investing in the San Jose area and also out of state. We welcome anyone who would like to attend!

When: Tuesday, December 13, 2016, 7:00pm (usually I'm around at 6!)

Where: Now we are at Parktown Pizza Company! Find us in the back room.

1350 S Park Victoria Dr
Milpitas, CA 95035

http://www.yelp.com/biz/parktown-pizza-company-milpitas?sort_by=date_desc

Please support the small business by spending some money and tipping for the great service we receive every month! (I don't pay for the space nor do I receive anything from the restaurant)

Introductions will at 7:15pm and its free networking afterwards until 9:30pm.

Looking forward to meeting new investors and seeing familiar faces.

Regards,

Johnson

P.S. Please RSVP if you can at the following link and join the meetup to be automatically notified of the next one!

http://www.meetup.com/SF-Bay-Area-Real-Estate-Investing-Club/

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@JT Johansen - Hi JT, I just had one on Tuesday. Just join the meetup in my signature below to be notified of the next one!

Yeah Dogpatch of San Francisco has gentrified quite a bit. There is still a lot of industrial buildings there but tons of new development as well. It's a trendy area with great public transportation to downtown via the third line train. If you buy out here remember that SF has rent control and just cause eviction. 

Welcome @Kaz M.!

@Sean C. thanks for coming out!

We got 55 RSVP's so far, it will be a good turnout again, thanks everyone!

@Arlen Chou - Thanks for the tag!

@Spencer Hsu - Come by the meetup tomorrow if you can. Arlen has plenty of war stories he can share! Details at the link below.

@J. Martin - I don't think I can ever pass your 120 RSVP's! Or was it 130? :)

Have fun down there in LA, please have some Mastro's for me!