All Forum Posts by: Paul Z.

What would be the easiest way to get population trend estimate data from now to say 5 years out at the city level? I have combed through everything on the Census Bureau's website and I am not finding the data I'm looking for. Any suggestions/help would be appreciated! Thanks

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@Dawn Anastasi how did you manage to get hit with having to even do all those inspections? Did the village hit you with all of that when you brought them out for permits?

@George Foster did you get my email back in September? I did send it. @Carolina E. for future invites please send to [email protected]. Thanks!

THANK YOU EVERYONE for your comments and advice. It's greatly appreciated. :)

Thank you for that insight J. Excellent points to consider as well as the fact that I could use winter as a good negotiating tactic. Assuming contractors are slow on work.

@Carolina E.

I hope he received it. I am definitely interested and would like to start building something we can all benefit from. Shoot me an email when you can. Thanks.

Thanks for the response.

I live in Chicago so everything you just said will come into play I'm sure. I'm trying to strategize my winter months since I'm forecasting 4-6 flipped houses in 2014. Time is of the essence when you only have 12 months in a year and only about 7 of them are prime for flipping due to weather.

Could you present your analysis on one of the 73-74% properties you're looking at? I'm interested to see where your profit margin lies.

I'm assuming you have a minimum profit criteria for you to go through with a deal and now since the percentage is higher you might have some doubt? Or am I wrong?

How do you handle your rehabbing business during the winter? I ask this question because I'd like to know how you handle dealing with exterior rehabbing, maintenance, and repairs in the dead of winter. Do you just change up your rehabbing strategy or do you stop flipping all together. I'm interested in all opinions and strategies.

My assumption is that your order of operations in regards to your SOW would be flipped (interior first then exterior last) assuming you're like me and work exterior-to-interior on most projects.

Any insight is greatly appreciated!! Thanks

Paul