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All Forum Posts by: Rachel Mellies

Rachel Mellies has started 9 posts and replied 29 times.

Post: Calling all experienced Investors that work with PMC’s.

Rachel MelliesPosted
  • New to Real Estate
  • Posts 29
  • Votes 6

After weeding out many, I’m having a hard time choosing between the last two PMC’s on my list. I feel like I could flip a coin and be happy either way. 
they each have many similarities on important topics so I won’t discus those. But here are the differences. What sounds better to you? 

Company 1: 10% monthly rate, leasing fee first months rent. $300 tenant onboarding fee if tenant has to moved from another PMC. Other then that no fees or price mark-ups on anything. Been in business 3 yrs. Maintenance calls are troubleshooted over the phone if possible, then someone from their team goes out to try and fix it, (at no cost to us) if that still doesn’t work they’ll get a licensed contractor out which of course then would cost us their prices. 200+ units. Medium sized company. they have multiple contractors they work with and give you their bids if you need rehab work. 

Company 2: 8% monthly rate, leasing fee 50% first months rent. 20% renewal fee. Been in business 11 yrs.  maintenance calls they will try to troubleshoot over the phone, if that doesn’t work they go out and charge $120 maintenance fee. But while they are there, they look around for anything else that may need to be done and also just over all check on the property and if tenant is obeying rules (like pets for example). Smaller mom and pop company, 50+ units, they’re son is a general contractor and does most their rehabs for their clients unless the client brings in their own. 

These are the major differences. I would love any input you all have to help me see if one setup makes more sense then the other. 

Post: Looking for great PM companies in Indianapolis

Rachel MelliesPosted
  • New to Real Estate
  • Posts 29
  • Votes 6

As I build my team in Indy I’m considering these PM companies. Anyone have experience with them? Or have others that are great? 
Looking for companies that have trustworthy contractors on hand. 

Intrigue PM, Park Place PM, Piedmont PM and Indiana PM  

Post: Would you think scam??

Rachel MelliesPosted
  • New to Real Estate
  • Posts 29
  • Votes 6

We have a friend who uses a wholesale/turnkey type company for his property investments. They sell you the property for about 10k more then they bought it, then they have construction teams to renovate for you, then they turn you over to third party property management. They help you get lenders and set up your llc’s and trusts. Our friend is happy with them and he has other friends working with them too.  We spoke with them for a long time on the phone and the guy was very smart and showed us their dashboards with impressive information about their properties and all the numbers associated with it and that market. Going off that call and our friend, it would seem legit. 

however, we keep seeing alot of red flags. Crap website and goes under a couple names both of which are names or separate companies with bad reviews. There’s next to nothing about this company online. they did podcasts but stopped a year ago. They’re asking 5k upfront for costs that go toward setting up your legal stuff and becoming a ‘member’. And that deal goes up to 10k after 7 days. They’re emails are marked spam and suspicious and look like phishing emails. 

Is it possible for our friend to own houses through this company and have renters and everything running normal on that front, while in the end being a scam? 

Post: Turnkey worth it for investing in multiple states?

Rachel MelliesPosted
  • New to Real Estate
  • Posts 29
  • Votes 6

I'm seeing a lot of controversy with turnkey companies and I get why. My question is, provided you find a good company (where all the moving parts do a good job and in the end you get a good enough ROI), is it better to go with them if you want to have options to invest all over the country? Obviously you have to find one that does have teams all over. Or is it still better to build your own teams in each area? Which takes a lot of time and some trial and error and seems like would end up costing you money in the beginning for each new place. Or once you've build one team does it get easier and easier to build others and not become a big struggle?

Thoughts? 

Post: Newbie Question: Fixer upper from a Distance

Rachel MelliesPosted
  • New to Real Estate
  • Posts 29
  • Votes 6
Thank you! I’m halfway through David’s book for Long Distance Real estate and have read a couple of Brandon’s books. we’ll be working on our team this week and take it from there! 

Post: Newbie Question: Fixer upper from a Distance

Rachel MelliesPosted
  • New to Real Estate
  • Posts 29
  • Votes 6

Hello!

My husband and I are about to dive into real estate investing. We are from Utah which currently is insanely expensive so we are looking to invest in the mid west and get a PM company.

Is getting a fixer upper and relying on the PM company to get contractors and source it out a good plan? Provided the PM company is good of course. Or is it better to just get properties that don’t need work since we won’t be there to over see projects? A slight fixer upper sounds great but I’m not sure if it’s smart to trust others to fix it up for you. Anyone have experience doing this?