All Forum Posts by: Joseph Milano

 That is very helpful thank you, I appreciate the guidance and resources!

Hey Jonathan,

I also live in New Jersey, and wanted to start expanding into wholesaling to keep funding my rental portfolio and open up more opportunities to make money. Since I am familiar with south Jersey and some of the surrounding philly burb's I wanted to target these areas, specifically 3 bed 1-2 bath homes in decent areas I wouldn't mind owing rentals in. A couple questions for you.

1. Do you have or know where I can find a specific assignment and/or sales agreement that explains to the seller my right to assign their contract, and that the end buyer will be responsible for purchase and closing cost? 

2. If you were starting out again in wholesaling right now, which lead generating techniques would you start with, and how do you separate yourself from the major wholesalers in the area who are likely also contacting the same people?

Thanks in advance for your help!

@Evan Polaski I haven’t received the bid yet but I will be sure to find out if supply pick up is included. I don’t mind paying for someone’s time to pick up materials as long as it’s reasonable. If supplies will be needed on a daily basis I definitely don’t have the time for that so thanks for the advice.

@Aaron Schrader Do you still do your own work on your current property’s then? I am curious as to why you don’t have someone else pick up materials if it is so time consuming. One of the reasons I wanted to pick out everything is because I know exactly what I wanted and figured it be easier if I just picked it up, but it sounds like the the cost for having the contractor pickup and purchase materials justifies the time and hassle I would save going to and from the store all the time. Thanks again.

Hey Helen,

Thank you I appreciate that, having that viewpoint from a contractor is very helpful.

If the customer decides to order the material instead of having that included into the estimate, do you make sure they also purchase the necessary rough instructions material? 

Thanks for all of the replies everyone I appreciate the feedback! I am still waiting to get back into the house so I can get a quote, but having the option to order everything on my own and have the contractor pick it up seems like the best route for this time since I already have all the measurements needed for the kitchen and other fixtures.

Hey everyone,

I’m closing on a deal at the end of this month, this will be my first time going through a rehab for a property and hiring out the work. I’m hiring a handyman because most of the work is things like painting/ installing new fans and fixtures, and replacing kitchen cabinets.

For anyone with experience working with someone for the first time on a smaller job like this, do you prefer to pick up all the materials yourself and drop them off at the house, or give the person you’re hiring a list from Home Depot or Lowe’s and have them do all of the running around and purchasing? Pros and cons to either method?

Thanks for your help!

After searching for recommendations on mobile receipt tracking apps and finding this post, I downloaded the Wave Receipts app and would agree that it has a lot to offer, and makes tracking your expenses and saving receipts to your phone or desktop very easy. 

I don't need the payroll function or some of the other options that the app offers, but it is perfect for what I need it for now, and it is nice to see how much thought was put into developing the app