All Forum Posts by: Nick Rutkowski

@Richard Boyd

Richard, 

On behalf of all Realtors in New York, I apologize for not getting back to you. 9/10 times agents only work with qualified buyers. This means they are already pre-approved by a lender and ready to purchase a home. I am not counting you out but that is our rationale when it comes to buyers. We work with people who have steady income and can purchase a property because your purchase = our income. My suggestion is this, learn your market, network with people on here, and find an investor who will take you under his/her wing. If you're more serious, you can always check out FSBO's, go on google and type in FSBO's in your area. Compare houses to one another.

BE WARNED: Do your due-diligence and do your numbers before making a purchase. I just had a FSBO who wanted to sell his place for 2x for what he purchased it. There are those people out there who want to make a quick dollar off of you.

If you have any questions or want to talk message me sometime. I have to problem answering your questions.

Hey Everybody!

I've been skimming through the forums and I've noticed a lot of you have questions about what is going on in the market in Central New York. I am an agent from the area and I would love to answer your questions you have.  If you are looking for properties in the area message me as well, my company and I work everyday to find houses that will match your criteria.  I hope to talk to ya'll soon!

Greg B. Hey Greg, I'm an agent in Syracuse,NY and right now the inventory in Syracuse is very low. We are in a sellers market right now. multiple offers on our listings is not uncommon right now. Sellers are able to get more for their house because of the high demand and low supply. If you're more curious about the market message me and we can talk further in depth about it.

Hey if you're looking for a wholesaler in the Central New York area look up the member Nichole Wall she's always looking for new connections

I was able to acquire my town's housing vacancies today and I discovered tax delinquency! Is it a bad if a property has some amount owed? If I take out a loan on the house can I pay off the tax amount with it? 

Hey everyone!

I was wondering if it is a good idea to pay for a house ( or majority of it) using a credit card?  Also, it is only a thing flippers/rehabbers use or is it a way all investors use? Or is this just a terrible idea in general?
I just got done listening to BPs 3rd podcast "Getting Started in Real Estate and Raising Money with Brain Burke". He started out by doing so when he was flipping his first house, although he said it wasn't the best idea it got him past his first deal.  

I am still trying to figure out how I want to go about buying my first property and I know its not an ideal way but I'd like to know what you all think.  

Hey Miranda, 

I'll be honest I haven't heard of REIA before. Could you tell me more about it?

Hey everyone!

I'm trying to connect with BP members from the Syracuse/ Central New York area.  I'm starting on my real estate journey and would like to find out who is in my surrounding area. I have no real estate experience but I would like to help out any way I can with anything you are working on.  

Thanks for taking the time to read this and I look forward to hearing from you.

Originally posted by @Account Closed:

A HELOC or 1st/2nd from a local bank or credit union... anything unusual about their circumstance?

 No nothing unusual about their circumstance, I just wanted to help them out and see if there was a way to cut their costs. 

Hey y'all! So my parents want to do some home improvements so they can have their house ready to sell in a few years. They're planning on taking out a loan for 15k for total expenses.  I want to know what would be the cheapest way they could do this?  Also, is there any programs I could look up that could help? 

Some of the things they are doing is painting, carpet replacement, replacing a skylight, counters, and putting in new tile in the kitchen.  

Thanks  a lot!