All Forum Posts by: J. Martin

@J. Martin ! 

Besides the meet-up with @John Casmon , G, and @Rj D., @Rj D. and I closed on a 6 unit at the end of June. We have been on the hunt for our next one since before we closed on that building. Would love an introduction to ANY contacts you have in the Chicagoland area that have experience doing full gut rehabs. We've found a few projects but hope to have the crews/connections to take action on them. 

Hopefully, we'll see you on one of your upcoming adventures! 

Great thread! My real estate goals have been simplified for 2018 so I can focus on the actions that will be most beneficial. 

2018 Goals

1. Build an amazing network of investing partners 

2. Syndicate 150 units; General Partner on an additional 350 units

Planned Actions:

- Continuing my weekly podcast and growing the audience  

- Host bi-weekly meetups in partnership with  @Rj D. @Nicole Valenzuela and @Meghan McCallum

- Creating the Midwest Real Estate Networking Conference with @Brie Schmidt and our host committee members

- Attending at least 3 other conferences (including @Joe Fairless's Best Ever Conference and @J. Martin's SF Bay Summit)

- Develop & execute marketing plan for more apartment leads

- Partner with others like @Malcolm Douglas to find and underwrite deals

@Michael Ohman - Awesome introduction!  Very clever and nice job of laying  out a bit about yourself.  Since you've been here for a while, thanks for finally posting.

After reading through your thread, make sure you reach out to and connect with @J. Martin.  I think that would be a great connection for you since he is located there on the west coast (San Fran area) and spends a lot of his time traveling the world.  He has figured out how to invest and capitalized on his time to give himself the ability to build a lifestyle that lets him travel.

I don't want to share his entire story and say anything wrong.  If I were in your shoes, I would reach out to him to pick his brain on how he went about investing.  There are a ton of other investors on here from you area so hopefully you have sought them out as well.  Some will be active investors, but many will be passive and will have good tips and thoughts on investing outside of California.  I would make it my mission to personally meet as many as I could before I actually bought anything.  Spend some time with them over coffee or a beer and learn everything you can.

Best of luck to you!

@Nick Kraska - It really depends on how much you want to get involved in building a team/network, minor maintenance while you're there, etc. I think @Paul Sandhu captured the list of skills you need to find, and that you can probably find someone with "3M Talent" (or at least "2M Talent" to cover several areas.) I love it! You can also make your place more trouble-free by fixing things up front that are most likely to break (new light fixtures, light bulbs, door locks, etc.). And you can "automate" the place with things like a smart thermostat, combo door locks (no lockouts!), clear laminated instructions inside the unit, etc.

Also very important to consider scale--if you are planning to have several STR's in the same area, then it's wise for you to invest time now to build your team there and manage the place without a co-host. But if this is a one-off, it's probably better to pay a local co-host who already has the local connections.

Talk to @J. Martin and Julie McCoy--they are both very good at remote STR management.

Good luck!

next time our paths cross in Thailand you can talk me into a thatched hut on the beach.. barrio of Medellin  probably not getting Miss Lori to bite on that one. but we will be in Aruba in the winter this year... so maybe jump over there just becasue thats the last continent i have not been too other than Antarctica    

Hi all,

we are Gianluca and Matteo, both Software Engineers working for major Silicon Valley software companies and aspiring real estate entrepreneurs.

We’re currently working on a corporate housing platform with the objective of creating an automated service for renting out and managing corporate-level properties. As part of the process, we will transform an average, unfurnished property into a high-end, fully furnished corporate tenant-ready home.

The platform is far from complete and we’re currently validating our assumptions. In this phase, we’re collecting opinions from both landlords and companies with the objective of better understanding what are your experiences and pain points. We're currently focusing on the San Francisco Bay Area market.

If you’ve used other corporate housing services, what doesn’t work in your experience or could be improved? If you have not, what would make you consider switching to this model compared to a more classic rental or Airbnb? Please let us know below or contact us directly.

Any feedback is very much appreciated!

Gianluca and @Matteo Palvarini

@J. Martin is the man to talk to about this!