Posts made by CajunDavid

Great price! Thanks!

I own a note secured by real estate. Can anyone recommend an app that will help me to keep track of payments and interest. The payments will be irregular at varying intervals with a final balloon payment in a specified number of years. A local credit union will do it but require a small fee that I can avoid.

Thanks to everyone who submitted suggestions. We have some great possibilities!

In for 1. Smoked garlic just has to be good! Thanks!

Coffee, yum!

@cigarguy you might have to explain that to @jcantanixon wife.

Glad you found it! And thanks as I hadn’t even thought about The Pinewood Derby in 30 years. My cars were never very aerodynamic and therefore always lost!

Thanks for the list,

It would be nice if there were many contests. 10 years ago or so there were tons of them. I won lots of prizes, DVD player, ice chests, tons of gift cards, a really expensive area rug from Shaw, coffee makers, pots, and the list goes on and on. It was my part time job. Lol

@jaytrader OH, I couldn’t afford a parking space in NYC. I am small time.

@jaytrader For screaming deals, cash is required here also. I am in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, a great, fun market. My winter home is on the coast. My costs are relatively low due to the fact that I do 95% of the labor on rehabs. It also moves the time line along greatly if I am not waiting on sub’s schedules.

I have bought them for less. I like HUDS, REO’s and estates. I get them after they sit for a while. Most of them are not bank loan eligible. That eliminates 95% of the buyers. I never buy 1 I wouldnt live in myself. I look for absolute miracles and refuse to settle for less. Could by why I am having such a difficult time. There were recently a few great HUDS that I bid on but lost down around Biloxi.

One thing I have wondered about in different markets is the availability of bargain homes. I buy only screaming deals and drive a hard bargain. I haven’t found anything suitable in a few years. I bought 4 in 9 months then it kind of dried up. I have been successful in homes (not in the slums) that I collected 1.5 of my total all in costs* for rent every month such as a $38k home renting for $600. Maybe I am spoiled. Anybody have any comments on their market? I also am attempting to do something near my winter home on the gulf in or very near Diamondhead, Mississippi.

*This includes purchase price and any and all renovations and repair costs.

@rufflesinc I have been involved with both single family units and a small 24 unit complex. I find it’s a totally different market. Apt dwellers want everything done for them, snow plowed, drives swept, and usually won’t even pick up a piece of litter in the parking lot. SFH expect to do all of that themselves. I ran much less service on SFH. Most of my homes actually had less square footage than area 2 bedroom apts. I also find that turnover in SFH is a bit less.

Thanks all. I have no HD or Cosco local to me so I either order with free ship or wait until I head down south.

I hope this plan includes ice cream.

Thanks! I have been unable to find 100 watt eq. Bulbs locally. In 4 1