All Forum Posts by: Natasha Hylton

@dell

I suppose that's a good idea because iim recently in a similiar situtation with a house in riverside that on redfin has 6 houses sold only in the area and still inaccurate because all the comps sold have 4 bedrooms and the house I found has more but no comps on redfin to compare.
Also how do you check the # DOM with the sold comps ? Thanks

Dylan Gelbard

Dylan, It sounds like you have the right attitude for this.
Brandon Turner provided you with great articles which I also read. Start there. I'm fairly new to the business too and I'm learning as I go. I atleast understood first the basics and I've met a rehabber who I bring deals to and she walks me through a bit on why the numbers work or don't work. So everyone is different . Continue reading the forum and gaining knowledge :)

I recently met a realtor whose familiar with investing and also an appraiser / photgrapher. Since I'm in the learning stage of estimating repairs and to gain more practice, I was thinking I could send her a video tour of the house and she analyze each repair and I pay her $200 per closing for her time. But for Mls access, I was thinking of giving her leads I can't use in exchange.

Have you thought about cold door knocking? Cost effective marketing.
Since I have a lot of free time inbetween my full time job schedule, Ill be giving this a green light starting next week

Transition/growth areas aka metro
Jobs market
School district
No flood zones
Low crime rate

Karen Margrave

Thanks. I will email you the criteria. I just joined a free first time homebuyer's class and apartment assoc. I'm still seeking a real estate investor that's needs a non license assistant like myself. I emailed a few in my area.
Would you ask local law enforcement or property managers in regards of researching your market area for rent value, economics , job market etc?

@david - I learned my lesson. Beware

Karen Margrave

great. thanks karen. ill PM the criteria, etc or do you have an email i can send it to? i'm also looking into a book called "realty bluebook" for financial and tax in real estate and would like to possibly take an appraiser course to learn the basics

David Torres

thank you for thinking of little ol me..hehe*. I have already called one of those "real estate investor seeks students" and he told me he needs $500 firsthand unless its someone different, i'm open :)
I'm currently identifying the market in the inland empire and what areas/niches like Karen Margrave has stated in a previous post works . so i dont have an exact area persae but i'm sure Riverside county, ontario, upland ...

David Torres

Thanks. I am in the inland empire and heard about a REIA in Norco and Temecula so I'll be making my way to either group.

Karen Margrave
I am new to real estate investing and want to get into SFR rentals and will consider your advice. How would you go about asking a real estate agent to provide comps for you?

I would like to network with a local knowledgable investor that's familiar with rentals. I know being an apprentice may be a good idea and help take care of the day to day operations. Just seeking some guidance and dirrection