All Forum Posts by: Joshua Espejo

 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.

Hi everyone, looking to get into the land flipping business, but am a complete newbie. Been looking at different coaches and came across Ray Zhang of Virtual Land Flip on a few Youtube videos/podcasts. Has anyone been coached by him and what has your experienced been? As a newbie, I need someone to guide me from the beginning to try to avoid mistakes and hopefully be very successful. I've heard of where some coaches or courses weren't geared for newcomers and would like advice on a good land flipping coach that's not going to require to give them an arm and a leg but will really help me get started.

hey guys, I recently enrolled with Kendall LeJeune the founder of Land Only Fans. Check him out! he is great and had interviewed Ray Zhang on his podcast! 

@Joshua Espejo

Maybe your Realtor thought you meant duct scope instead of sewer scope.  Ductwork can be assessed fro the crawlspace.

This may be a simple case of the realtor having insufficient technical understanding. In fairness, I would not expect a realtor to be knowledgeable in building science across geographies. Sewer scopes are done because you cannot visibly inspect a sewer line located under a slab. Repairing lines under a slab is expensive and disruptive, thus it is reasonable to request a scope for “slab” houses. However, one of the benefits of a modern crawlspace is that the sewer lines are above ground, clearly visible and can be inspected for flaws without a scope. A proper modern Crawlspace has >= 24” clearance thus all sewer lines are easily accessible.  I would suggest you reengage realtor armed with this info and request additional details.

I would recommend a new agent. though I am a KC commercial agent, a sewer scope should be common practice based on every checklist I have seen. Hope that helps!

@Joshua Espejo did your agent happen to tell you how you can see through a sewer pipe in the crawlspace? Typically, if you are having a sewer inspection, they generally scope it all the way out to the street. I'm not sure why your agent would tell you that you can see it through the crawlspace. 

@Joshua Espejo curious to know who the provider is? How long have you been their client? Are you happy with your returns so far? Thanks in advance