All Forum Posts by: Mario B.

Hi Todd!  Welcome to BP!  What an exciting journey to start!  I'm in Stamford, CT.  Bridgeport is a great area to start investing in if your familiar with the neighborhoods.  Are you looking for any specifics regarding cash flow, for example certain % a month return on investment or $500 each month etc.?  Seller financing is out there but from what I've seen more costly, but will work with the right deal.  Have you spoken with any mortgage lenders for a pre-approval?  I'm a licensed realtor, I would be happy to talk more by phone, let me know if your available for a call this week.  I'll inbox you as well.

 If it doesn't work on this lease, you can try approaching other landlords with under market rents and propose managing their properties for them, but acting as a real estate professional, you may need to be licensed to engage in soliciting apartments that aren't yours, screening, collecting money, etc. 

Hi Amaan.  Are you still on the hook for the duration on the lease term if you sublet?  Are you planning to sublet the apartment for more money than your lease and collect the difference?  It sounds like the landlord would be responsible for screening, I would clarify with them.

 Hey Chris, welcome to BP.  I'm in Stamford and I'm on a brokerage that is investment oriented, with all of us owning properties.  We're in and around Stamford and further up the line.  Do you have a preference on town in CT?  Would love to setup a call with you and see if we can work together.  I'll inbox you. 

 I'm also in Stamford, 2 properties, would love to connect with you and learn about your experience to date in the area.  I'm also looking at Stamford for my next purchase or other areas, but I usually lean more towards class A/B.

 Agreed, I think if I had full control of the responses I would be more opt to use it.  I was at the mercy of a 3rd party company that put in the responses based off what my company thought was best.

 Try https://www.ballpointmarketing.com/real-estate-investor-dire... my broker has used them in the past. 

Here are some options I found 

https://www.stessa.com/blog/find-tenants-online/

Hi Jay.  What is your current method for finding new tenants and marketing your rentals? 

 I see luxury apartment complexes starting to use AI chat boxes on their website.  I think for simple questions like office hours, address, pricing, etc. they're fine, but as a realtor I want to speak with my clients.