All Forum Posts by: Simone Johnson

I have a development idea for a large commercial property about not far outside of the city of Detroit.

It is a “special purpose” property and I would like to know who I need to speak to that can influence this idea of mine. Do I need to attend public meetings to interface with people? I’m sure that I need an architect and developer. to help design this community that I want to add value to. I know that I have to contact the commercial realtor that it’s posted under, but what can I do to start to learn of this concept would even work.

I can get the property and land purchased. I don’t know who to speak to to pitch the concept.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

@Charlie Moore

I wasn’t a class D tenant, but when I used to rent in NY, my landlord gave back the full deposit PLUS interest. He said since he was holding it in an account and it was earning interest, that it was the right thing to do. I really respected him for that.

And I was living there for about 7 years at the time.

@Parker Eberhard

Thanks so much for taking the time to respond to my post.

I was so nervous to go there, and it was a pleasant surprise that they were so nice and helpful. Good to know the background on what most of them were in prior careers. I think that will be a great question to ask to build rapport and build.

The Lt. did seem annoyed with the people who don’t properly take care of the properties and I do think that my lack of experience helped. I do want to help improve the neighborhood and I think they felt that from our conversations. Great insight and advice. Thank you again!

@Pat L. HA! Yes! It is! If I had some fresh eggs, I would have had those too!!! Definitely part of my strategy now! Thank you!

@Pat L. @Nick Rutkowski @Frank Chin

The donuts work!!!! THANK YOU! I bought some Krispy Kreme’s in and while I didn’t get the LT. Initially, I got the “unhelpful” officer to come out and she was THE MOST HELPFUL person ever! She walked me visually through the property and told me the downstairs needs a lot of work from squatters. She walked me through how to put in the proper open records request, issued a warrant for the owners arrest because they missed 2 court dates. 😮 She then gave me several alternative properties to look at and gave me the owners names and numbers! She showed me some multi families that don’t look like duplexes as well as a foreclosure that just went to the bank a few weeks ago and suggested I contact the bank to see if I can get it.

The Lt. Came and thanked me and after chatting with him for a while and realizing that we were both scuba divers, offered me his card and then told her to give me two more addresses to look at! He was happy to learn that I wanted to purchase for myself and not just invest because many of the people who have invested are racking up code violations because many of them are out of state.

I’m going to let everyone continue think they aren’t helpful 🤫 and grow these relationships! 🤩

 Thank you for reaching out. I will do just that.

Greetings again! I just got my friend @Jessica Murphy to sign up to join our amazing community.
She is a very bright and intelligent person and is ready to rock the real estate world! She has been getting calls from investors looking for properties under 50k in the Atlanta area. She clearly doesn't have them in the MLS.

What would be her benefit from working with us investors?
How can she profit on working with us?
Would she be considered to do something that could affect her legal requirements as a REA if she worked with wholesalers?
What type of questions should she ask when dealing with investors?

I don't know all of the questions to ask you all that she may need to know, but I want her to be informed before she decides to work on this side of Real Estate. So any and ALL information is welcome.

Thank you!

@Jessica Murphy