giddonah
02-10-2005, 08:08 PM
My mother was remodeling ever since I could remember. She had some great houses that had lots of promise, but could never really make it work by herself while raising 4 kids. She got one house all rented out and it pretty much pays for itself and a little bit. Then there's another, my current project, that she thought she was going to have done by other people. I'm so damn cheap though, that I decided I would do some of the work. My sister is a fountain of knowledge (but busy with her own kids) but made it seem possible. My sister and brother-in-law do developments in Portland, OR. I always figure that if a human put it together, a human can fix it. I started reading and during the past year I became a remodeler. Every task has been hard work, but not difficult. I also have a good friend that knows a lot more than I do, but isn't organized. Between the two of us we can do anything (and if not for the licensing thing, we would).
I'm formulating a plan. It's not a HUGE plan :wink: , but it's pretty good. I guess I should introduce myself now. My name is Joshua Green, but my online alter ego is Gid. It looks like I'll be going into business in Orange County here real soon. At first it was just going to be for my own houses, but now it looks like the county needs me too. I'm thinking of four separate entities to handle everything (see attachment). One is just me (the Real Estate Holding), two are Me and my friend, and one is just him (I might be involved there too). He has formal training in HVAC and knows about nearly everything. My experience aside from the renovations from the last year is in editing/creating financial presentations with powerpoint for investment banks.
Anyway, my plan is to build a small (but respectable) real estate empire. I need to go sit down with my accountant and work out the particulars, but I think I can get this to work. I'll need a plumber and electrician to come in and sign off on stuff and do the final hook-ups (assuming I can get away with doing some of the rough installations for them) to make it ligit. I'm going on saturday to look at a property that looks like a good investment. We'll see how it goes.
Wait a min, no attachments? What's up with that?
I'm formulating a plan. It's not a HUGE plan :wink: , but it's pretty good. I guess I should introduce myself now. My name is Joshua Green, but my online alter ego is Gid. It looks like I'll be going into business in Orange County here real soon. At first it was just going to be for my own houses, but now it looks like the county needs me too. I'm thinking of four separate entities to handle everything (see attachment). One is just me (the Real Estate Holding), two are Me and my friend, and one is just him (I might be involved there too). He has formal training in HVAC and knows about nearly everything. My experience aside from the renovations from the last year is in editing/creating financial presentations with powerpoint for investment banks.
Anyway, my plan is to build a small (but respectable) real estate empire. I need to go sit down with my accountant and work out the particulars, but I think I can get this to work. I'll need a plumber and electrician to come in and sign off on stuff and do the final hook-ups (assuming I can get away with doing some of the rough installations for them) to make it ligit. I'm going on saturday to look at a property that looks like a good investment. We'll see how it goes.
Wait a min, no attachments? What's up with that?