All Forum Posts by: Joshua Filkill

If you're comfortable with it and want to bring down your payment as much as possible try renting out part on Airbnb. Check with the city to make sure you're allowed to do this, but this is was Craig Curelop did to eliminate his housing expense in Denver

Got my first house hack at 23 in the Cleveland area. Lived for free in a great neighborhood. Congrats on starting early!

@Tony Capra I've heard people have success sending a professional postcard or just slapping a post it note on their door so there's not really a standardized form letter to do it, just what works for you. If you do want an idea of what to say there's some examples online and videos on Driving for Dollars. If it's a duplex it's very possible the owner doesn't live there so you'll have to find out how to get in contact with them.

There are some good PM softwares you can try such as Rent Redi and Innago

@Rami Khaldi Your team and education are very important when investing oos. I recommend reading David Greenes book on Long Distance Investing and networking in the area.

 I can provide you some good contractors and PMs

@Joyce Romero Cleveland and Columbus are great markets to look at, Cleveland being great for cash flow and Columbus a combo of some cash flow and appreciation. Let me know if you want to check anything out here!

 Would love to connect!

@Orlando Ramey Welcome to BP! Have you decided what strategy you plan to use and where you will be invetsing?

@Benjamin Sulka There are a few meetups on Eventbrite, meetup and BP meetups. The one at Pins hosted by Greenly Mortgage is good. I can send you a list