Installing a brand new island in a kitchen is obviously an improvement.

In fact, he was able to purchase the land his neighbor's 4-plex stood on and his insurance company built a brand-new updated 8-plex for him.Moral of the story?

If I'm at a buy appointment and I know there will or has been other offers on the house I do a few things to separate myself.For one, I lean on our national brand, 15 years in business, the hundreds of testimonials, and the fact that we have bought nearly 45,000 homes.

My branding of Rob The House Guy has helped me a ton in my local market.

With a Homepath Renovation Loan, I could get $35K above, and I was thinking I could put $10K into each 2 br, and $7K into each 1 br.The issue I'm having is the area is not the nicest.

To be fully transparent I am brand new to the forums since I just became a BP member today after listening to all the podcasts on my commute to work.

Unless you are buying brand new which can be around 80k -100k a door then you are looking at older type properties at 30k-50k a door that need constant upkeep due to age.

Just keep them simple and have your name, possible website address, and nothing fancy like a brand.  

As a brand new agent, something you might want to consider, is asking around the office and see if one of the more successful agents is looking for a buyers agent.

I am brand new to this site.