Episode 58 - How the Right Property Manager Can Save You Thousands with Natasha Cultraro

<p>In this episode, Gary speaks with Natasha Cultraro, a real estate investor and property manager with over 10 years of experience. </p> <p>She has experience with duplex conversion, single family buy and hold, and rent to own strategies. She shares her personal journey from transitioning from a full time 9-5 job to full time entrepreneurship, while starting two businesses!</p> <p>What you'll learn in this episode:</p> <p>* Mistakes investors make when selecting a pm company, and it’s not price for value!</p> <p>* How a property manager can help set rent amount upstairs vs downstairs</p> <p>* How long typically a property stays vacant</p> <p>* how often ICPM update investors on cash flow</p> <p>* how a bbq gifted to Natasha changed her future</p> <p>* Why Natasha Insisted she get a duplex for her first investment property, and why the rent from the basement calmed her fears</p> <p>* Why taking equity from your first property will allow you to renovate it as well as purchase properties</p> <p>* How she transitioned from a 9-5 to full time investor and property manager</p> <p>* How her connections enables her to get a fast start in property management</p> <p>* Why parking spots play into the rent amount and number of apartments</p> <p>* What ICPM charges their clients to service the properties</p> <p>* How Natasha avoids burnout as an entrepreneur</p> <p>* Should investors manager their own properties or hire a property manager</p> <p>* And MORE!</p> <p><strong>Bio</strong></p> <p>Natasha Cultraro is a real estate investor and property manager with over 10 years of experience.  She has experience with duplex conversion, single family buy and hold, and rent to own strategies.</p> <p>She funds her purchases through creative financing techniques and executes flexible joint venture partnerships. </p> <p>Natasha is the owner of Investor's Choice Property Management, Inc, a residential property management company serving Durham and Clarington regions.</p> <p>Most recently, Natasha has launched "The Intuitive Entrepreneu