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Somesh Mukherjee From Toronto, looking to invest in Buffalo & Rochester area.
20 May 2024 | 20 replies
I will give you some of my highlights.People in Texas complain about their property taxes at 3% ours are about 4.5%.New York in general and Monroe county specifically are very tenant friendly.Depending  on the town, the code inspectors/police can be quite anal.Since Covid and the 2020 protests we’ve seen an increase in crime in the city and therefore weakening demand in the city proper and increasing demand for the suburbs.Industry is well diversified—University of Rochester (medicine) L3Harris (defense) xerox (IT) and paychex (software/hr)) and relatively recession proof.Population growth is low and therefore appreciation (except the past 4 years) has been moderate as well.There aren’t many builders in the area so supply is relatively fixed.Home (and rent) prices are both affordable with homes typically being less than 1/3 median household income and rent being similarly affordable.For single family homes at 8% rent will cover piti with about 100$ to spare in the A areas.
Daniel Ryu Mobile Home Park Due Diligence Tip #1
6 June 2020 | 6 replies
In addition to that, we like to check with the police, fire, insurance, sex offender status, and anything that might affect the operations of the park.
Couryn Beleck Best Self directed IRA recommendations
21 August 2020 | 18 replies
Some custodians do have internal polices that where they choose not to process certain transactions that can lead to greater complexity in account management such as foreign real estate or UBIT creating trade or business activities, but that is a business model decision, not a legal restriction they are confined by.This lack of oversight is a factor of the regulatory environment, not their service attitude, by the way. 
Samson Kay Got my first call from my yellow letter campaign today and jeezzz...
8 November 2013 | 22 replies
It would be fun to send that gem to the police . . .
Russell Ponce Prospect Brings Letter to Cops
15 July 2014 | 23 replies
I did have the police call regarding a voucher that looks like a check that was cashed by a check cashing company for 500.00. 
Kevin Goodwin My white letters landed me in the hot seat with my broker......
12 August 2014 | 20 replies
Given the social climate and your conflict with the broker and now that you are practically a criminal in the mind of local police and the park-the-car-in-the-Harvard-garage crowd, you just might be an entrepreneur sooner than later.Your worst foot forward letter campaign may just be your ticket to freedom!  
Shane Brown Investing in Vermont
18 August 2018 | 14 replies
Maybe talk to the police department and see where they have a lot of problems?
Account Closed 54 showings, no offers...
16 October 2018 | 95 replies
(you got it 1/2 off last year and maybe there is some institutional memory about cars on the lawn or boarded up windows; something else involving yellow police tape or worse.
Dovid Staples Opendoor & Offerpad; What's Their Angle?
13 October 2019 | 154 replies
I called the FBI and police.
Account Closed Do you check sex offender registries before buying
22 January 2018 | 1 reply
It contains a notice to the purchaser instructing that all due diligence with respect to adjacent parcels be performed and includes instructions for obtaining information on sexual offenders from the local police department.Have any of you run across similar statements in property disclosures before?