St. Louis Real Estate Investment: Our Proven Formula for Busy Professionals
In 2024, we launched Momentum Homes STL LLC, leveraging nearly a decade of juggling full-time engineering and scientific careers with savvy real estate investments. This journey sharpened our skills and led us to create fail-proof systems designed to make real estate investment a breeze for busy professionals like us. We specialize in buy/sell, rental property investment, leasing, and property management. Dive deeper into our story in the About section
Expert Services We Offer
Buy and Sell Properties
Although our experience is deeply rooted in single-family rental property transactions, we believe that many key elements we’ve learned and mastered are applicable to other property types. In fact, rental property buying is often more competitive because it generally involves lower price points compared to owner-occupied homes, and we compete not just with homeowners, but with a host of other investors as well.
Buying: We harness all the essential data from the MLS to fully understand the property. We then engage with the listing agent, asking precise questions to perfectly time and structure our offer. By tailoring the offer with specific clauses, we ensure you secure the best deal without overpaying. It’s all about solid data analysis, smart timing, and strategic negotiation!
Selling: We guide you through the right cosmetic enhancements and updates to maximize your return on investment. We create attractive ads and perfectly time your listing, showings, and offer reviews to generate the most interest and highest offers.
Rental Property Selection and Preparation
Did you know that while anyone with a real estate license can write an offer for a property, only about 20% of agents actually own rental properties themselves? And of that 20%, how many manage to scale their rental portfolio while holding down a demanding full-time job? My point is, work with someone who’s been in your shoes, who’s done it, and done it successfully.
We know all the ins and outs of finding the perfect rental property. From identifying the right property, closing the deal, making repairs, passing inspections, to getting it ready for renters—we’ve done it all, many times over! We’re hands-on every step of the way, including tackling our own renovations to coaching friends on theirs. By learning from both our mistakes and successes, we’ve figured out what really works. And since we’ve managed all this alongside full-time jobs, we completely understand what suits busy professionals.
Leasing and Tenant Placement
Having great tenants is key to maintaining a sustainable stream of rental income. To achieve this, strategic planning is essential in several areas: advertising your rental property, setting clear criteria, conducting a thorough prescreening process, and interacting with potential tenants during tours, finalized by a strong lease agreement that clearly outlines the rules to protect both parties. This comprehensive approach ensures you find the most suitable tenants, minimizing risks and ensuring rent stability. Our track record speaks for itself: over nearly a decade, we have managed close to 50 sets of tenants for ourselves and friends without a single missed rent payment or eviction. On average, our tenants stay with us for over five years, and we can usually fill a vacancy within two weeks. All of this has been achieved while working full-time, proving that our system works!
Property Management
Discover the smart way of property management, where we surpass similar services. We ensure prompt communication with tenants, quickly addressing their needs. Urgent issues are resolved immediately, while less critical matters are managed with reasonable expectations. Before tenants move in, we perform a detailed walk-through of key items in the house to minimize emergencies and prevent issues from arising in the first place. If something does happen, our well-informed tenants will know exactly what to do to manage the situation until we can take over professionally. Our periodic, small yet effective maintenance checklist keeps your house in excellent condition, ensuring long-lasting quality. Our goal is to keep your tenants happy and long-term, maintaining high property standards so that when it’s time for a turnover, the property is ready to be re-rented quickly. For those unwilling to deal with the headaches or who are out of state, we are happy to manage on your behalf. Moreover, we are happy to offer our expertise to clients who want to manage their properties on their own, free of charge, provided the property is purchased or leased through our services.
Our Competitive Edge
Availability and Responsiveness
Fed up with agents or managers who are impossible to reach after hours or on weekends? With us, that’s never an issue. We understand that real estate matters often arise at the worst times. Whether it’s locking down a deal or averting a crisis in your rental property, we’ll pick up the phone and handle it. We don’t believe in a 9-5 approach to professional real estate, but our mission to ensure our clients can live a 9-5 lifestyle, allowing them to focus on their busy full-time careers.
Resourcefulness
With a highly technical professional background, we excel in analytical skills, critical thinking, troubleshooting, effective use of technology, and strong ethics. Our approach to real estate involves data analysis (MLS, Zillow), leveraging external resources (contractors, mortgage, insurance, title companies), business psychology, practical and extensive experiences, and AI tools. Combined with hard work and creative improvisation, we deliver outstanding results.
Flexibility and Customerization
Are you starting with your first rental property, searching for quality tenants, needing property management, or shopping for your dream home? We’re here to assist! Our flexible solutions are customized to meet your specific needs, allowing you to develop a service arrangement that fits your unique circumstances perfectly. You decide exactly what you need and what you don’t, down to the finest detail!
Small but Mighty
Since we operate with lower overhead than big firms, we can provide equal or superior service at a more affordable price. We pride ourselves on being transparent about our capabilities and whether we can meet your specific needs. Call us, we gurateen to provide the most competitive pricing while keeping the high standard
