All Forum Posts by: Maureen M.

Hello Fellow Flippers in Denver Area - Last ditch hope, but I have to put my question out to the Bigger Pockets universe. We currently own a 40% renovated home in Unincorporated Arapahoe County (Holly Hills). We submitted for a remodel permit on February 1. To this day, we still do not have a permit. Building dept. for Unincorporated Arapahoe County is apparently overwhelmed and understaffed. We have shaken the trees as much as possible but from the Board of Commissioners, Director of Public Works, Manager of Building Dept to the assigned plan examiner, they have closed ranks on us and given us the boilerplate response of "you're in line, wait your turn." It's infuriating because this is a straightforward all interior renovation without expanding or changing the existing footprint of the single-family home. Does anyone have any advice, connections or suggestions? Thank you! 

Thank you all for the good responses which are helpful. We are communicating with the City to figure out next steps. Wonderful to have a resource like this group to get ideas. Thanks!

Hello - We just purchased an investment property to fix n' flip. We knew we had to repair a section of the sewer line. The contractor re-scoped the line and we now see that a neighbor's sewer is connected to our line which then runs directly to the main sewer line. This house is in Denver, CO. Per Denver code, each building must have its own separate line to the main sewer line.  I think we need to inform the neighbor that they need to disconnect from our line and install their own separate line to the City's main sewer. I'm not seeking any conflict with the neighbor but when we sell the house, we do not want any issues during a buyer's inspection. Also, we have to repair the portion of the line that they are connected to. I question also if we should be requesting them to pay for a portion of the repair? Any thoughts or advice appreciated. Thanks!

Looking for wholesalers in Greater Denver Area, including surrounding areas of Littleton, Lakewood, Aurora, Englewood, Centennial, Wheat Ridge, etc.... Real estate investor looking for first deal. If the numbers work, we have a deal!

Thank you Ebony J. for the response. It was helpful and not too late. In the end, we decided not to join the Open Spaces portfolio program. Instead we joined a local real estate investment coaching program. For us, the hands on training and meeting other student's at their investment properties and directly learning about their buy, rehab, sell and/or hold experiences is valuable. Also, the mentor running the program is available to us at anytime but we have weekly calls scheduled every Thursday. He analyzes each student's deals, walks prospective purchases with students and continues to look over their project from rehab through the sale. We need the personal attention at this point until we gain experience and confidence. Perhaps later we will join Open Spaces when we don't require as much hands-on, in-person oversight. Ultimately, however, we did not like the hard sale tactics of the Open Spaces representative. After being told there would be no pressure, on the second Zoom call she told us we had to sign up then by paying the $8K fee or risk losing a "$2K discount" and paying $10K later. Hmmm....Seems like classic hard sales tactic used for selling time shares that we didn't appreciate which made us start looking even harder, more critically at the program. Also, when we asked if we could speak to three references of people who completed the program, we were told "no" due to privacy reasons and to instead watch the testimonial videos online. That was another red flag. When we asked, on average how many "graduates" of the program acquired a real estate investment property within the 3 months of the program, the response was, "Why do you need to know that?" Ahhh.... because it's a reasonable question for reasons that are self-evident, i.e. we want to know success rate of program. Again, another red flag to us. We asked other reasonable questions that were met with the dodgy response of "Why do you need to know that?" So, all in all, we opted to work with people offline, in person and, frankly, our mentor has nowhere to hide! Unlike an online program that will have you vying for your mentor's attention and answers to your specific deal questions during that limited Zoom meeting. Thanks again, Ebony J. Wishing you great success on your REI journey! Maureen

Hello BP Community - 
My husband and I are giving serious consideration to paying the $8K fee and taking the 3 Month Open Spaces Portfolio Program offered by Palak and Niti Shah. We are new investors who do not own any investment properties but are eager to build a REI portfolio.

Looking for honest feedback from anyone who has taken the program.

Thank you!