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Their credibility

17badges on their credibility

Every badge here names the public record it can be checked against, so anyone can verify it independently. Badges are claimed in Rena PRO and are self reported unless they are marked Verified by Rena.

• First Deal Closed

  Closed one real estate transaction as a principal.

  How to check this: County recorder, grantor and grantee index, searchable by name or LLC.

• Dealmaker 5

  Closed at least 5 real estate transactions as a principal.

  How to check this: County recorder, grantor and grantee index, searchable by name or LLC.

• 10 Doors

  Owns at least 10 rental units.

  How to check this: County assessor ownership records.

• Out-of-State Investor

  Owns at least one property in a state other than their home state.

  How to check this: County assessor ownership records.

• Single Family Owner

  Owns at least one single family home held as an investment.

  How to check this: County assessor records and property class codes.

• Condo Owner

  Owns at least one condominium unit held as an investment.

  How to check this: County assessor records and property class codes.

• Short-Term Rental Operator

  Operates at least one rental offered for stays shorter than 30 days.

  How to check this: City short-term rental permit registries where published.

• Farm or Ranch Owner

  Owns a working farm or ranch.

  How to check this: County assessor and recorder records.

• Subject-To Closed

  Bought a property while leaving the existing mortgage in place in the seller name.

  How to check this: Recorded deed transfer, county recorder.

• Cash-Out Refi Completed

  Refinanced a property and pulled equity out as cash.

  How to check this: Recorded refinance mortgage.

• Tax Lien Investor

  Bought at least one tax lien at a county tax sale.

  How to check this: County tax sale records.

• Full Gut Rehab

  Took a property down to the studs and rebuilt it.

  How to check this: Municipal permit portals, plat records, and council or zoning minutes.

• Subdivider

  Split one parcel into multiple recorded lots.

  How to check this: Municipal permit portals, plat records, and council or zoning minutes.

• General Contractor

  Holds an active general contractor license.

  How to check this: State license lookup

• Mortgage Loan Originator

  Holds an active mortgage loan originator license.

  How to check this: NMLS Consumer Access.

• Licensed RE Instructor

  Teaches state approved real estate courses as a licensed instructor.

  How to check this: State CE provider lists.

• JV Partner

  Partners on deals as a joint venture participant.

  Experience claim. No public record exists for this activity.

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Posts

What they have written

• My GC said the floor plate kills more deals than the financing does and I cannot stop turning that over

  The 62-foot depth number is the one I keep coming back to. I did a gut rehab on a converted textile building in Richmond a couple years ago, smaller scale, but even at 18,000 sf pe…

  Reply · 0 points

• Bought a house with a bad foundation and the repair bill just ate the margin I planned to live on

  The $31k number is real and I've seen structural engineers quote that range on helical piers in older midwest stock, so that's not padding. What I'd push back on slightly is the co…

  Reply · 3 points

• Someone told me this week that distressed houses in a 2-mile radius of a major employer almost never sit vacant long enough to mail

  Door knocking that corridor on week one is exactly what I'd do. I picked up a place in a tight labor corridor outside Fontana and the seller had already had two cash buyers knock b…

  Reply · 0 points

• Does anyone else notice their IRA cash sitting at zero yield while the deal flow actually moves

  Checkbook LLC got me funded in three days on a 58k first in Phoenix last spring, but setup was 2,400 in legal and another 800 a year to maintain the Wyoming entity. Worth it once y…

  Reply · 2 points

• My advisor said "if you're buying a private REIT, you're buying a story" and I cannot shake it

  Your Wrocław units can collateralize a direct commercial deal in Łódź or Katowice without surrendering visibility at all.

  Reply · 0 points

• How do you actually fire a manager mid-fund without blowing up the LP relationships

  The path nobody takes early enough is a written notice of material concern sent to the GP, not aggressive, just formal, citing specific missed benchmarks by name and date, and requ…

  Reply · 12 points

• Should I take the $40k HELOC now or wait six months and pull $70k

  Your $70k number is doing a lot of heavy lifting on a contractor estimate, and I say that as a contractor. Bathroom and basement stairs getting you from $310k to $345k is a $35k bu…

  Reply · 11 points