All Forum Posts by: Matt Bertsch

@Charles Crossan and @Steven Ionescu there is a meetup in Allentown. It's run by @Justin Brown. It's a good time and filled with a really diverse crowd. There are people with no deals/units, people with a few deals and people with a couple hundred units under management. It meets on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Here's the link from February.

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/804073-lehigh-valley-investors-meet-up-february

P.S I am also interested to know if there are any good meetups in Bucks. 

@Greg Gervais Awesome. Thank you for the review!

@Rich Sutherland some lenders may not lend to individuals for investment properties. Just keep that in mind too

@Greg Gervais Interesting. What are your thoughts on it so far?

@John Rody Have you tried any meetups down that way. Sometimes those are a great source for finding contractors. I've actually seen contractors show up to meetups sometimes. I'd give that a try

@John L Desimone I am currently looking for flips and small multi's down your way. Would love to hear if you have anything in the pipeline. 

@Daniel Umstead It depends on what you're looking for. If you're just looking to park money in real estate and depend on market appreciation over time then less cash flow wouldn't be as important to you. But if you're looking for a cashflow heavy property then you'd need to decide what kind of cash on cash return you're comfortable with and how much cashflow each month is good enough for you to accommodate any potential shifts in the market. Keep in mind, if your cash flow is very thin a local property tax increase could wipe out your profits altogether or put you into a negative cashflow situation. Best of luck!

@Rigoberto H. Tinajera 

Welcome to the BP family! I am located in Pennsylvania, specifically the Lehigh Valley, and I focus on value-add Multifamily and Fix and Flips...In case you need them, here are few things to check out as you work your way around the site:

Find and connect with other BP members that are in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/search/users

Set up some keyword alerts to notify you when members are discussing something that interests you. I use this a lot for location based discussions: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alerts

Read Beginner’s Guide: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing

I find the calculators are very helpful when analyzing deals! Plus you can download them as PDFs and provide them to a lender when looking for money: https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators

Check out the BP Podcasts. There's tons of great info in these: https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcast

Start building your network by finding and attending meet-ups in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/events

Let me know if I can help you with anything else. Good luck.

-MB

@Alex Obleschuk I used Zator Law to set up my LLC and also carryout such things like, Lease vetting, Notice to Quit etc. Best of luck!

Hey @Spencer Lindquester, I see a few property management platforms suggested. I'll add that Buildium also offers background checks and has a rather robust management platform. Good luck!

@Logan Merrick

Welcome to the BP family! I am located in Pennsylvania, specifically the Lehigh Valley, and I focus on value-add Multifamily and Fix and Flips...In case you need them, here are few things to check out as you work your way around the site:

Find and connect with other BP members that are in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/search/users

Set up some keyword alerts to notify you when members are discussing something that interests you. I use this a lot for location based discussions: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alerts

Read Beginner’s Guide: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing

I find the calculators are very helpful when analyzing deals! Plus you can download them as PDFs and provide them to a lender when looking for money: https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators

Check out the BP Podcasts. There's tons of great info in these: https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcast

Start building your network by finding and attending meet-ups in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/events

Let me know if I can help you with anything else. Good luck.

-MB

@Paul DeSilva I don't know if it would work for you but I know a guy who uses Callrail to record his calls. As I understand it, Callrail is a marketing resources and helps you go back and listen to calls in order to provide insight on your dialogue and any marketing campaign that might be tied to the call. That's about all the information I have on it.