All Forum Posts by: Joseph Urbinati

Hi  - does anyone have any recommendations for finding free or reasonably priced zillow/trulia/craigslist scrapers? Looking to compile spreadsheets of contact information for properties posted on those sites.

Thank you!

@Christopher Fasheh did you ever find the answer to this question? Currently curious about the legality of air bnb in Bayonne, NJ and not finding much to read about it online.

Thanks Ceasar that might be the difference. I'm coming in as my own broker - which may be a mistake; I'm not too sure. At the moment I'm only looking to use the MLS to help search for investment properties in the westchester area.

Ceasar - thanks for the reply! So Hudson Gateway is telling me to join the board is $500 and then Hudson Gateway MLS access is another $2,000 per year. (and also that joining the board is required for MLS access.) Does this sound right to you?

Any shot you know of another method of getting Hudson Gateway MLS access?

The price for getting access to the Westchester, NY MLS appears to be higher than I anticipated:

-Yearly cost: $2,478  --- plus $4 per listing

-Initiation fee: $600

-Security deposit: $335

Do I have this right? The westchester MLS seems to be not very straightforward and surprisingly tricky to google. Are there any agents who can attest to these fees being correct?

Just want to be sure there's not some cheaper way to do this considering other states charge like $50 / month for statewide access.

Hi,

I am in the midst of helping a developer decide whether to focus a building on studios, 1 bedrooms, 2 bedrooms, or 3 bedrooms (property bought, building not built yet).  The building is located near flowers park in New Rochelle, NY. The tricky part is, the data is a bit sparse on trulia (my usual go to) and only shows one 1 bedroom and two 2 bedrooms rented in the entire town in the past year (which can't be even close to the truth).  Does anyone have any other ideas / resources on how to determine which apartment sizes are in the most demand within a given community?

Thank you!

Joe

@Account Closed

Thank you for the fast replies! I will definitely model some properties with your ideas and see if I can do better (reach out directly to property owners, look at properties that need rehab, and look out of state).

It sounds like my return expectations might be unrealistic - is something like 10% COC more achievable in NYC? Or perhaps, does anyone use a different metric to try to make sure they are comfortably above their mortgage payments?

Thanks again for the help. Apologies for the noobie questions!

I've been searching the NYC area for types of properties to buy/hold/rent out. I've tried looking at purchasing single apartments, but I haven't been able to get close to my goal of 15% cash-on-cash return. Does anyone have any other sorts of ideas for approaches that might be able to get a bit closer to 15%?