& What real estate services do I offer my clients as an investor-friendly Realtor.

You know, growing up with my mom in El Paso, Tx., meant often driving around sight seeing or window-shopping if you’d call it that, but we’d go drive around looking at houses, pretty houses here and there. Always dreaming, as a single mother she couldn’t work past the hurdles of home buying. Now as an adult, it pleases me to help my mom, family, and friends and of course anyone who is willing to trust me. I will always tell you actually, that I will try to protect your best interests with more care and attention than sometimes probably you would yourself. LOL

In all seriousness though, when you are looking for a realtor to assist you in the buying or selling of real property, what you are really hiring for is someone to help you with some the tasks needed for the transaction itself, such as running feasibility studies, ROI analysis, Cashflow tests, Comparable values, etc. You want assurity. Would you get that level of reliability if you work with a new realtor who doesn’t own any real estate at all or would you rather find the hustler, the organic agent that knows his markets, people, is well connected and can align with your goals?

Here are some things that I offer my clients and what I think are basic requirements you should have for us when you hire us to help you buy or sell a property.

Walk The Talk Reliability

When it comes to investing, you won’t ever hear me or anyone in our team say that we’re the best but what you will hear from us is will be true and transparent. I like to work with investors who are after the same goals I have for my personal portfolio; someone who is looking to buy and hold, BRRRRR properties, syndicating deals, buying discounted properties through other creative financing and with the occassional flip project. I do this already for myself, have a system where you as investor can now come in and swiftly join the conveyor belt that takes you from property search to turnkey project management for the rehab and then running it as an Airbnb or long term rental. All done for you or as much for you as you’d want – Why? Because I am an investor as well and my resources are made available to my clients. This is my business, anything Real Estate and because I have a passion for this you’ll constantly see me working on ways to improve.

Market Understanding

I was born and raised here. I love El Paso. Although the city has always been referred to almost a ‘pass-through city,’ there is so much to do and so many people to meet and memories to create. If you are looking for an agent to help you invest in El Paso, Tx and specially if you’re from out of town, go with someone that has deep roots in the community, with ears to the ground for any leads that can facilitate a deal for you, and understands that intridcacies of what makes up the data from sites like, Rocket Mortgage Market Analysis or Redfin El Paso’s Housing Market Report tools and translates them into digestable understandable variables – such as growth population growth, job growth projections and how it affects rents or owners in that area, what drives a certain area’s interest, etc. Go with someone who is invested and who doesn’t suggest something he wouldn’t do himself.

Airbnb Property Purchase & STR Set Up

Airbnb isn’t something anyone can do right off the gate. 10 or so years ago as the platform itsself was trying to discover what type of business model it wanted to follow, many absentee hosts (many of whom were teenagers) would be able to make a killing $$ renting apartments in West El Paso for example and sub-lease it without the landlord/property manager’s approval and with a mix of good and bad reviews, it didn’t matter much, for the platform itself. But now, the platform values what guests have to say a lot more, some of us hosts think it may be a bit too much, like Yelp almost, where by assuming guest is always innocent even after proven guilty, the business or in our case hosts don’t get to remove the black mark left by the review, very public for all to see. So what do you do?

While you may wonder, “why would anyone in their right mind want to do an Airbnb if you have to be babysitting around guests?” The reason is two-fold actually. As simple as on one side of the coin you have that cleaners and maintenance is done excessively after each guest leaves, whether is for damage or maintenance, the property and items must be constantly well kept so that each incoming guest doesn’t percieve a difference in wear and tear from use. This means you as the long distance investor who has decided to buy a house in El Paso to rent, can sleep at night because we may have converted that LTR idea into an AIRBNB business the maintenance is almost daily and paid for by the cashflow itself – rather than waiting a year after a long term tenant leaves leaving you wondering how the property has been holding up since.

On the other side you have the second reason which is higher deductions, higher cashflow and possibly higher return on investment through higher payment options. How? Based on what I’ve seen through my own projects, short term and long term rentals, and other data, the average Airbnb produces 2x minimum the comparable LTR rent rate. For example, a 3 bed 2 bath house off Montwood in central El Paso, Tx., would rent for $1450/month to someone for a year, on average that would mean a realistic projected gross revenue per month on Airbnb/STR to be 2x of the $1450 which is (2x$1450) $2,900.00. Yes, from there you would have to pay mortgage, inventory for whatever you provide, utilities, cleaners are paid seperately by guests, and insurance. All in all you’d be at $500 or so average profit each month. Now, you may think this isn’t a lot and in reality it isn’t unless you think like an investor; strategic long term planning is key here, don’t assume you’re going to get rich off one Aribnb home but it gives you a faster vehicle to help you build wealth faster by having more cashflow to reinvest into the mortgage owed or by saving faster for your next downpayment and the $500 vs. $100 that you would of gotten with LTR is better able to get you out of a bind any month while being able to save for the property emergencies aswell.

Airbnb properties aren’t common and each property will tell you how it would best work to set up as STR if at all. A good Realtor, I do this for my clients, will be able to help locate opportunity zones and whithin them find the available properties that could justify the heavier cash investment that these homes need. A good realtor would be comfortable partnering with you in the deals they are suggesting to you.

I have 10 units in El Paso, so you can imagine how the difference in cashflow adds up, $500 vs. $100 at a time.

An Established Performing System

When you decide to work with Humberto Valle or extended team you are partnering with someone who cares about your success as you do yourself. Why? Because we are all deep rooted in our beloved city and just as other little things that make it a great place to live, we are raised wanting to see everyone succeed. We rely on your satisfaction.

I rely on your reviews and referrals as part of my business model this means I must invest myself on your results and make it a personal mission to deliver a good experience with better results. I don’t treat you like a transaction pending to cash while another comes in. Some clients end up as long term partners.

The first is step is the hardets but did you know that means for you – making a call is the hardest part. If you’re ready, stop wasting the time that could be building you equity already, give me a call. If you are interested in breaking down any of these quick thoughts with me or if you want explore investing options or are in thinking about selling your home anywhere in Texas – give me a call at 915-910-0908. If I am available I will always answer, if I can’t please leave a voicemail or text me. I will call you right back.

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