All Forum Posts by: Victoria Coleman

@Michael Ibekwe Okay, great! Cozy.co should sponsor you haha. Thank you for the information!

@Tim Jacob This is great Tim! Thank you for taking the time to give this response. Since I want to house hack my first property and I’m not interested in doing a complete rehab, I’m looking for B properties in B class neighborhoods. Also, to find an investors agent, I was going to ask for referrals from local investors at the meetups I attend and do some interviews to make sure I find the right match for me.

I was actually looking into becoming a property manager. However, the only information I found told me to get my real estate license, but not much of anything else. Would you mind sharing how you became a property manager?

@Sue K. That’s one thing I was worried about, finding good, reliable, honest tenants. Thank you for the advice, I’ll be sure to take a look at your posts and start doing my due diligence. Also, I haven’t done much research on month to month leases, but of course I heard of them. I’ll take that into consideration as well!

@Michael Ibekwe Thank you Michael. I never thought about this. What system do you use to collect rent? I would like to use an automatic system to avoid dealing with the issues that can come with receiving checks.

@Mary Mitchell Duplex or triplex. I will be using financing and partnering with my sister.

@Steven Aguirre Thank you for the advice Steven! Very helpful, I appreciate it. I never thought to not supply appliances. I honestly didn’t even know that was an option. Also, I was actually considering a duplex to house hack and I think it would be easier to manage as my first property. If I find a duplex and numbers work, I figured I would take that route.

@Ellis San Jose Okay, makes sense! Thanks again for your help!

@Joseph Cacciapaglia Thank you for the advice! I don’t think I would have thought to consider the rental trends if a property seems to have a good cash flow. I’ll take that into consideration, thanks again!

@Ellis San Jose Thank you for the insight Ellis! I have a question regarding the master metered property, since I’m not familiar with how this works. I’m assuming, in this case, the LL is responsible for paying the utilities? If so, do you think sub-metering is a good idea or possibly too expensive?

@Evan Polaski Great advice Evan, I appreciate it! I actually haven’t heard anyone say to buy vacant, I’m glad you mentioned that. You never know what you could be getting yourself into with existing tenants. Thank you!