All Forum Posts by: Matthew Martin

I am all registered for BPCON 2023! There is an amazing line up of great speakers and the location looks great. Plus ending the conference with them renting out Islands of Adventure?! I can't wait!!

I look forward to networking with everyone that plans on going. Please comment below if you plan on or already registered.

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Quote from @Doug Smith:

I don't mean to not be helpful, but contractors are a lot like fishing holes. There are very few good ones...ones that show up every day, do a good job, deliver on time, don't take advantage of you, and are consistent year-in and year-out. When you finally find the unicorn, I've learned not to share. I did that one time on a forum and my guy got bombarded with calls (and new jobs) that pulled him away from my stuff. Being helpful actually hurt our business for a bit. We have investors that count on us to deliver, but I can't do that if I don't have the resources to deliver. Good contractors are nearly impossible to find and, when you find one, I've found that we don't tell others as to spread them too thin. Sorry for being such a miser, but that's one resource that hurts me to share. I do, however, wish you luck.

Your answer was helpful for me. Thank you for your advise.

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Tampa, Florida

Does anyone know what time BPCON 2023 early bird registration is supposed to open? I know it says March 15th but all I keep seeing is to register for the waitlist.

Thank you

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Anyone have suggestions for hard money lenders in the Tampa/St. Pete area?

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Tampa, Florida

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If anyone wants to review this and then give some Feedback, I would appreciate it. This is my first calculated analysis.

I will say I'm not confident on figuring out the what closing costs would be. I did get my holding costs from the zillow website of the mortgage and utilities per month. I did my rehab cost of $50 sq/ft.

I got my ARV from looking at 3 comps in the area of a couple blocks that were flipped and sold in the last 2 months

I am not exactly sure what flippers are aiming for when it comes to profits. I know the bigger, the better. Is there a percentage that they look for?

Thank you for looking

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Quote from @Nathan A.:

Quote from @Matthew Martin:

My goals as a REI is to do Wholesaling, flips, multifamily rentals, and short and long term rentals.

I would narrow down these goals -- pick just one you want to start with. During your "waiting period," you could use that time to get good at sourcing and analyzing deals.

You are right! Great suggestion and that is what I am going to do. I am going to start with wholesaling first. I wanted to state my long term goals.

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Hello Everyone, I am new to REI. My interest started when I read Rich Dad Poor Dad followed by Cashflow Quadrants last October. I have since then been watching Youtube videos, listening to Podcasts, reading books, and taking some online real estate investing courses.

My goals as a REI is to do Wholesaling, flips, multifamily rentals, and short and long term rentals.

I am currently in Iraq for work as a private contractor but I will be back stateside in May. That is when I will be able to start taking the next steps into this journey. I am wanting to network with some great people and grow a team of like-minded people. I live just north of Tampa, FL and I plan on doing my business in the Clearwater/Tampa/St. Pete area. If you are in the area, reach out and lets connect.

If anyone has any other suggestions for my "waiting period" until I am back, I am open to them.

Thanks for reading.

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Is there a way to find which neighborhoods are good and which ones you want avoid without looking up every single one of them at a time?

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Saint Petersburg, Florida

All Forum Posts by: Matthew Martin

Matthew Martin has started 10 posts and replied 18 times.

Post: Registered for BPCON 2023

Post: Connecting With Contractors

Post: What time does early bird open?

Post: Private Money Lender or Hard Money Lenders

Post: [Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal

Post: Newbie to Real Estate Investing

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Post: Neighborhoods ratings from Safe to Dangerous