All Forum Posts by: Justin Brown

Hey @Dan Royer, @Brian Adzadi, and @Todd Forman we are still on for our meet up Thursday evening the 16th and will be located at the Forty South Business Community located at 40 S. 5th St, Allentown PA 18101.  Looking forward to seeing you all there! 

Looking to pull together investors, soon to be investors, and any real estate junkies living and working in and around the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area for an open form discussion about the Lehigh valley marketplace. All are welcome whether you are just getting into this or been working in real estate for years. General Q&A will follow some specific topic discussion. Event hosted at The Business Community at 40 South downtown Allentown. Refreshments provided! Come with your stories and drive to keep growing!

Donald Elsenbaumer is a fantastic CPA

How much time did she take on the negotiating? It looks like it was not a lot of time. If it was a couple of hours and then you took it from there I would say giver her a nice hourly rate $100/hour and calculate it out. My sister works for me doing paperwork and some admin stuff about 4-6 hours a week and is just out of school. I pay her $15 and she thought that was too much! I know it can get tricky with family being fair but running a business, so it's good to be up front and even ask..."mom what would you think was fair for your time helping make that sweet deal happen, I really appreciate your input and getting the job done and want to compensate your eel for your efforts?"

Hey Jean, this City is going to slam you if stuff for the CO is not done in 30 days of closing. When you say inspection do you mean the Allentown City Inspection required for a clear CO or your own private Home inspection. As people have mentioned already there are going to be tons of things that come on a Home inspection that won't on a CIty Inspection. Have your realtor point out where in the contract it shows they need to provide a clear CO. In Allentown City the seller has to order the City Inspection and provide you with that report if they don't then that clause survives closing and they have todo everything on there. One of my favorite closing table stories is where a listing agent tried to pull a fast one on me and my buyer by attempting to have us sign that we would cover all the repairs because they had ordered the inspection too late. But I pulled out the contract and showed them line by line where they were on the hook for it all. They threatened to postpone closing but with my buyer being a mom with 4 kids who had already canceled her lease and was packed in a moving truck I was not going to let that happen and showed the seller "this clause survives closing" It was awesome.

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My office is in whitehall! Jim Thorpe is also beautiful! Let me know next time your in the area!

Michael Sokolski are you looking at more the Poconos, Allentown, or further south towards Philly? I'm in the Allentown area so hit me up if you want a tour!

A friend of mine does business in Middlesex NJ and does a great job with his investor clients. PM me for his contact info.

Hey Terry! If you are 18 and have a pulse an agency will take you. Do your research on who will charge you as little on fees as possible yet give you as much training and resources as possible. Good luck!