All Forum Posts by: Starr Munoz

@Leonard Lee if you are having difficulty finding correct phone numbers there are different skip tracing services that will pull phone numbers for you and charge you on a per record basis. I will warn you some of the skip trace services out there can become quite pricey. We find it beneficial to manually look up phone numbers for our potential clients. 

@Starr Munoz  if you are looking for hardwoods I go to Alamo Hardwoods. They have the best selection but they are pricey. Otherwise I use McCoys. The home office is in San Marcos and if you cant get satisfaction (which is very rare) call them and it will happen quick. 

I just finished my first reno in San Antonio, and my handyman introduced me to Allen & Allen for wooden siding in classic styles that aren't readily available at big box stores anymore.

I also discovered the joys of pro-level paint from PPG. Head-and-shoulders above big box paints in terms of coverage and workability. And color-matches from someone who does this professionally are way better than some kid who's received a few hours of training at a chain store.

Home Depot, on the other hand, fell flat on its face during this project. It was an endless comedy of errors, not just the SA stores, but the entire HD org as a whole. Misdelivered appliances, spontaneously canceled orders, store managers (multiple) telling me they're unwilling to make-right problems from other stores or HD.com because they're measured on separate P&Ls and it'd impact their performance (like I care as Joe Customer).

Favorite part was that because some of my 43 trips (really) to HD stores involved returning a few unused items, they decided I was a scammer and cut me off from further returns for the next three months, unless I want to file a written appeal with some third-party agency. Once again, store manager "can do nothing". So, I've got a pile of to-be-returned items sitting in my bedroom at home, which I'll try again to return in July, ugh ...

Hi @Starr Munoz. Sorry, I didn't see this sooner. The doors never close and its really laid back -- it usually runs from 6 to 8-8:30 and you can drop in whenever you can. The next one will be Feb 13th

You should look for a 4 plex because you can get the most bang for your buck doing that and you can do that by only putting 5% down OR using a Hard Money Lender that does a rental program for only 3 points down. I found a 4 plex for a client last week that is $122k and he the rents are $2350 a month. He plans on living in one of the units and renting the other 3 out as well as improving the property and increasing rents. We estimate an ARV of $250k when he is done and its located Downtown SA.