All Forum Posts by: Jonathan Schneider

@Adrienne Bridge I'm a new investor and agent. In the process of building a team myself and I aspire to being the best investor friendly agent around. I may not be super experienced, but I'm motivated and dedicated to learning everyday. I'd love to help you get started in this market. Let me know if I can help.

@Nick Loyd I agree with Brandon, the Kansas City market is booming but still affordable. I'd be glad to help you look for something. Have you thought about house hacking? Maybe fixing up a duplex?

@Scott Schuetz I think that at this point in my investing career, I will greatly benefit from working with other investors because I will absorb their styles and methods, picking what I believe to be the best strategies and making them my own. It will give me vast experience, essentially accelerating my investing learning curve without being at as much risk. Yes, maybe I wont make as much right off the bat as I would if I were focusing on my own investments, but doing this will force me to gain market knowledge and learn things I didnt know I didnt know.

As for value added for my clients, they get a real estate agent that truely gets what they are trying to accomplish and is constantly studying to become better so I can offer better advice, have more market insight, and improve and streamline their buying and selling experiences, ultimately to create my own system. We'll see where it takes me.

I also think it will give me the opportunity to network with people I never would have known and maybe even team up on some deals. I firmly believe there is no conflict in interest, even if I did start investing heavily. There are so many deals out there if you know how to look for them.

Thanks for the questions. They helped me to organize my thoughts!

@Kerry Mertz Hi Kerry, I'd be happy to work with you. 

@Dan Krupa Thanks for the shout out!

@Eric G. I'm no expert, but I know asphalt is usually cheaper than concrete. Looks like that is just a patch of asphalt that has worn away. It looks very thin. If what is underneath is compact enough (looks like a gravel base) I'd slap another layer of asphalt right over the top, thickening up what is there now and filling in the bare spot up to the level of the rest. Be sure to remove loose debris as much as possible, loose dirt, leaves and such beforehand. I don't know about in Florida, but here in Missouri you can usually pay the city to do it as they are filling potholes in the spring.

@Mindy Jensen Ha!, didnt realize there was such a thing. Thanks Mindy!

@Jay Hinrichs I have a feeling there will be a steep learning curve to get a feel for who the good clients are. The good thing is, even if doing work for people that will lead me on a wild goose chase, at least Ill be getting a better feel for the market and learning for my own investment opportunities. I guess its kindof like trying to find the right shotgun. You want one that will shoot where you look. There are people with lots of different buying criteria, but I need to find the folks that match my style of what a good deal is, or spend a lot of time tryingbto adapt to their idea of what a good deal is. 

@Jay Hinrichs I have a feeling there will be a steep learning curve to get a feel for who the good clients are. The good thing is, even if doing work for people that will lead me on a wild goose chase, at least Ill be getting a better feel for the market and learning for my own investment opportunities. I guess its kindof like trying to find the right shotgun. You want one that will shoot where you look. There are people with lots of different buying criteria, but I need to find the folks that match my style of what a good deal is, or spend a lot of time tryingbto adapt to their idea of what a good deal is. 

@Account Closed I don't know if you found anybody to work with yet, but I'd be happy to talk with you. You are looking in the Kansas City area?

@Craig Garrrow , What kinds of things do you do to gain a thorough understanding of the market? My thoughts are local periodicals, investment groups, etc.. Any suggestions

@Christopher Blanco, Great info. Speed, lists, and communication.

@Thomas S. Tons of good info there. I'm going to try and network with local banks and hard money lenders so I have places to point my clients looking for funding. What a great opportunity to look for wholesale deals as well! Is it common for investors to team up with their realtor on deals, or is that a line that needs to be avoided?