All Forum Posts by: Keith Hackett

Thankyou. I wish I could post a picture because mine was showing visually the same benefits, even the plus tab was using the word PRO in its benefits list. went ahead and got PRO because I knew it “should” offer more, what was being advertised to me on my iPhone was identical benefits. 

@Mindy Jensen I clicked ‘here’. However, other than price I can’t tell a difference between the two. The lists for both are identical unless I’m missing something. For example the plus said “pro benefits” and pro said the same thing. Is this typo or am I missing something?

I LOVE BP!! You are all incredibly helpful. Wow. I got so much insight from a single question. Absolutely amazing. Thankyou to EVERY single person that commented. Even the ones that were not directly to me. So much knowledge.

@Christopher Lombardi Thankyou

@Frank Wong Thankyou

@Don Konipol Thankyou. We will go ahead and sign with her. We just weren’t sure what we were getting ourselves in to, if we did. Thank @Don Konipol and Thankyou BiggerPockets for the connections here.

1st time buyers. We just got approved for our first home loan. We understand that we need to look at many, many, many properties to educate ourselves on what is a good property and what is not. Our realtor is willing to show us as many properties over however long a span we need/ want (at least today that is what she said). We have viewed three homes and we love the realtor. Keep in mind we are comparing her to nobody because she is the first realtor we have seen in person. We have viewed 3 houses. Everything is going great. We already know one house is a “no-go” and have the other two to compare against each other. Everything is perfect which is why I’m worried. Our realtor wants us to sign a contract (which we haven’t yet) that basically states she is our official realtor and we won’t use any other realtors to view properties.

I do not like contracts.

I like flexibility.

I like learning.

I like comparing and contrasting people in the same way I intend to compare properties.

So far I like the realtor.

We intend to live in the house for a year or more before selling/ renting.

Advice?

@Michael Warinner statistically speaking college is not the same opportunity for us as it was for our parents. I’m in college for finance and will graduate but I get benefits from the military which makes it not only free but in and of itself pays me some (a very small amount) to be in school. Colleges are flooding every market which is why trades are rising in pay. In the hvac industry 1 person enters the field for 8 that leave. If college was not free to me I would not be in it. Because it floods the markets, people have to be very meticulous in the career advancements they make or they will never be successful. So basically only the people who would have been successful without college are the ones who will be successful with it. Instead of taking a massive loan for education people should be directing those loans in a way that cash flows. All well. More renters and buyers for me.

@Greg Gibson have you heard of these container houses? If you know the laws of your area this can be a great opportunity. Land is cheaper than land that’s had construction. Generally speaking container houses are cheaper and quicker to build and have less maintanence. If you can make the unproduced land meet a container home, the appraisal alone might be worth your time. I haven’t done this myself but it definitely has my attention.

@Greg Gibson @Dennis M. Has all the right answers (in my opinion). He has left a few messages in the feed. My thinking is with what he is saying. No point in me saying the same thing a different way.