I found Ron in 2019 from an investor’s forum. I reached out to Ron looking for guidance on rental property investing. I saw that Ron was very active in the forums and knew what he was talking about and was very familiar with my area of interest. Ron welcomed me with open arms and scheduled for me to come into his office to check out a storage facility he was building. I walked into Ron’s office and immediately felt welcomed. We sat and talked for a good 2 hours about real estate. He told me about his background in investing and even got me on the phone with a potential seller of a property to show me how to talk to potential sellers.
In our first meeting he helped me understand that real estate Investing isn’t that difficult. Anyone can do it. There are some challenges but as long as you are motivated to learn, it can be done. Ron showed me an area of town he was investing in and told me I should look into buying a duplex there. He showed me how to look up owners’ names and how to type up a letter to see if the seller was interested In selling their property.
I immediately got to work. After a couple months of mailing owners, I finally got someone interested in selling. I showed Ron the property and he was even helpful enough to show up at the property with me and the seller to walk through it.
After the walkthrough, we ran the numbers and decided it was a good Investment. Now Ron did not specifically tell me to buy this property, he showed me the upside and the downside of owning it. I liked that because it made me think for myself on whether or not I should buy the property. That ended up being my first duplex. Fast forward 5 years, listening to Ron’s podcast and YouTube videos. Constantly learning from him I built up a portfolio of 6 duplexes. All of which have been great investments for me.
I wouldn’t be where I am today without Ron. I am blessed to have met him and learn from him. He has taught me many things like, do not buy in a war zone, your numbers will never turn out how you run them, but you should always plan for worst case scenario, side by side duplexes are king, find the deal, then pass it to a great property manager, don’t buy in war zones, and have a plan.
When I first came to Ron I was all over the place on what I wanted to do. Ron helped me narrow down and make a plan and make my buy box and taught me how to execute. I would recommend any newbie Investor to get ahold of Ron and learn from him. You won’t regret it.
-Raymond V.
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