All Forum Posts by: Steven Ko

it possible to be too close to the best school in an area? Like right across the street in a cul de sac? We just bought our first house and it is probably a 30 sec-1 minute walk to the high school. It is the best highschool in the area. Not top 3. Top 1! I can see how a bunch of high schoolers right down the street can pose some problems. But it also provides a lot of convenience being close too. What are you thoughts on being super close to a high school.

@Alexander Vasquez I am new myself. Turner and Greene talk about this often. Have you seen people treat you in a negative manner or is this a limiting belief you have that you think sets you back? My gf is 23 and I look like an Asian hippie (long hair, hat) and we just bought our first house (hopefully), still need to sign but everything else seems to be falling in place. If your agent treats you like a kid, you need a new agent :p YOU ARE THE BOSS! Gl and hf out there

I am trying to buy a house all cash. I plan to get a lot of rejections. I was wondering, How do I submit my offer to the sellers agent? Would I need access to the mls? Could I just use Zillow?

Hey guys. I’m pretty new to the community and everything. I started listening to the podcast about 6 months ago. This is my 2nd post and I already learned so much from the first. I can start to feel the power of the bp community and want to reach out to all of you for your CONSTRUCTIVE feedback or ideas. Let’s get started. First off, I am an investor in stocks. I have a small but not tiny portfolio. This is not going to change. I want my stock portfolio to complement my real estate portfolio along with all my other assets. Location: My partner and I live in Sunnyvale (Bay Area/Silicon Valley) and are looking to buy our first real estate investment property in Sacramento. We want to be as close to Midtown as we love the city feel. We would like to get a renter in their but I absolutely LOVE the idea of airBnB. We might later move to the house after 1.5/2 years (another reason why we want to be close to midtown). Having lived in SF for a year years, I also like the idea of neighborhoods. So any nice neighborhood in any of the neighboring cities would be good too. Financial: my partner will be a silent partner who provides the money while I will be the property manager. I’m going to be honest. I am scared. So to calm my nerves I have figured that we can do a slightly bigger down payment to give a better chance at cash flow. Cash flow is our ONE THING. We can “afford” a slightly bigger down payment. I feel like there are a lot of mental benefits to this also. I will get my feet wet. It will set me on a good path. Might not be the fastest but I am okay with that. If the first one is a success, my partner is willing to allocate more of her portfolio into real estate. This is why cash flow is our one thing. We want to generate more monthly cash flow along with our stock portfolio. I do not plan on buying every house with a 30/35% down payment. Just my first. This might be a crime here on bp but I have not read mr and mrs turners book on property management but I still want to ask, What are some others books out there to help me on property management? Thanks.

Hey guys. I’m pretty new to the community and everything. I started listening to the podcast about 6 months ago. This is my 2nd post and I already learned so much from the first. I can start to feel the power of the bp community and want to reach out to all of you for your CONSTRUCTIVE feedback or ideas. Let’s get started. First off, I am an investor in stocks. I have a small but not tiny portfolio. This is not going to change. I want my stock portfolio to complement my real estate portfolio along with all my other assets. Location: My partner and I live in Sunnyvale (Bay Area/Silicon Valley) and are looking to buy our first real estate investment property in Sacramento. We want to be as close to Midtown as we love the city feel. We would like to get a renter in their but I absolutely LOVE the idea of airBnB. We might later move to the house after 1.5/2 years (another reason why we want to be close to midtown). Having lived in SF for a year years, I also like the idea of neighborhoods. So any nice neighborhood in any of the neighboring cities would be good too. Financial: my partner will be a silent partner who provides the money while I will be the property manager. I’m going to be honest. I am scared. So to calm my nerves I have figured that we can do a slightly bigger down payment to give a better chance at cash flow. Cash flow is our ONE THING. We can “afford” a slightly bigger down payment. I feel like there are a lot of mental benefits to this also. I will get my feet wet. It will set me on a good path. Might not be the fastest but I am okay with that. If the first one is a success, my partner is willing to allocate more of her portfolio into real estate. This is why cash flow is our one thing. We want to generate more monthly cash flow along with our stock portfolio. I do not plan on buying every house with a 30/35% down payment. Just my first. This might be a crime here on bp but I have not read mr and mrs turners book on property management but I still want to ask, What are some others books out there to help me on property management? Thanks.

@Mike Dorneman thanks. I am in the process of getting pre-qualified now!! I have a price point I want to enter at but I haven’t started to analyze deals. I know this is the lazy route but I figured for my first deal it is just better to go in. 

Hey guys. This is my first post on the bigger pockets fourms so forgive me if it has been answered. I haven’t bought my first property yet but I would like too. I find properties that I like but when it comes to contacting their real estate agent. I just freeze. Do you guys have any tips or good openers with agents on Zillow? I’m having trouble sounding professional and then I feel like I am not good enough to send an email.