Doug wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 11:34:45 -0400, "TomR" wrote:
Doug wrote:
I have an old Maytag heavy duty dryer (about 14+ years old) and
Whirlpool washer (about 3.5 yrs old, model WTW57ESVW0), and so far
they work great. I got the Whirlpool based on the recommendation of
my appliance fix it guy and he said to avoid the electronics so
that's why I picked this washing machine model.
Now I just bought an investment home to rent that came with Samsung
front loaders ( washer model: dv409 ; dryer model: wf419aaw )
My vote would be to leave all of the washers and dryers where they
are. Your potential tenants will like the ones they will be getting
to use, so renting the place should be easier etc., and it saves you
the time and expense of having to do anything now to change them
around. . . . ,
Depending on where you are located, if you go to:
http://reiclub.com/real-estate-clubs.php and click on your State,
you may be able to find a real estate investor association near you
that you can join. For anyone who owns one or more rental
properties, or who wants to do other forms of real estate investing,
these are a great resource and are worth joining for around
$125/year.
Nice to talk to a fellow landlord. . . . ,
I like your idea of a real estate invest association but I am a real
estate broker/realtor so I already have to pay dues so I may delay
your idea for now.
I belong to 2 real estate investor associations (REIA's) in my area -- one
in the State where I live and one in an adjacent State. One has about 400
members and the other has about 900 members. Both have a number of Realtors
as members, both brokers and sales agents. Most, if not all, of them are
investors themselves. So, they learn a lot that saves them more money each
year in their real estate investments than the cost of their dues. Plus,
many of them end up with more business by helping other fellow members find
properties etc.
Both REIA's have online discussion groups for their members where people
post questions, suggestions, etc. about buying, selling, renting, evicting,
financing, repairing, rehabbing, flipping, etc. etc. Both of the REIA's to
which I belong are also chapters of the National Real Estate Investor's
Association, which means that all of the local members (like me) get the
benefits that are offered through the national association. These include
things like 2% back on all Home Depot purchases, discounts on paint products
through Sherwin Williams and MAB Paint Stores, etc.
Both REIA's have monthly "main meetings" and several small "sub-group"
meetings per month that focus on specific topics such a landlording,
rehabbing, flipping, wholesaling, setting up and buying properties with a
self-directed IRA, private lending/borrowing, etc.
I don't get any commission or anything else for drumming up memberships for
REIA's. And, the REIA's themselves are not perfect. But, overall, I think
that anyone who is involved in real estate investing should at least attend
a meeting or two if they have a REIA in their local area. Most have
websites that describe what they do, what the benefits of membership are,
etc.