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Nov 21, 2019
3 min

Wollaston Wednesday #27: Going in to December with 53 Units

This week I wanted to share an update as our position as investors heading in to December. Over the last eight months, we've learned a significant amount about what we need to do better and where we want to go as developers. We took the initiative to start learning the multifamily apartment space so we could diversify our income and cashflow stream. In the book Rich Dad Poor Dad, the author discusses having businesses that create more income than expenses repeatedly. That obv

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How did we get momentum in real estate and how do we maintain that momentum today?

Christian Chasmer

Aug 14, 2017
3 min

How did we get momentum in real estate and how do we maintain that momentum today?

I will never forget the first meeting Alex and I had with a “real” investor. Alex found him by cold calling “I buy houses cash signs” in the neighborhoods we were working. We were so excited to have a sit down with a legit investor and I am pretty sure it showed (mind you we were 23 & 24 and knew almost nothing about real estate). Little did we know that this moment would be the turning point in our infant real estate careers. We originally went in there to grow our buyer’s l

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What Doesn’t Get Measured, Doesn’t Get Improved.

Christian Chasmer

Jul 24, 2017
3 min

What Doesn’t Get Measured, Doesn’t Get Improved.

Let’s imagine John is crushing it! He is a high achiever and is moving a million miles a minute. He is doing so much that he doesn’t feel it is worth his time to track his statistics. He just made a ton of phone calls to agents. He got some properties shot over to him so he analyzes these and sends offers on the promising ones. He then makes some phone calls to homeowner leads he has. His mailing campaign is in full throttle as well and leads are trickling in through that! He

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How Having Superwoman As Our Attorney Has Gotten Us To Where We Are.

Christian Chasmer

Jul 7, 2017
2 min

How Having Superwoman As Our Attorney Has Gotten Us To Where We Are.

When Alex and I were young real estate investors doorknocking the streets of Brockton, we really had no idea what we were doing. We had some coaching about how wholesales and short sales worked, but it was all theory. As we kept grinding and meeting new people, we wound up getting introduced to who would later become the most pivotal piece of our team; Attorney Shahria Boston. She took us under her wing from the beginning, spending a ton of time teaching us the ins and outs o

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Featured Property!
234 Paris Street, Boston, Ma

Christian Chasmer

Jun 27, 2017
2 min

Featured Property! 234 Paris Street, Boston, Ma

This project represents the future of our company! As we are closing out our single family properties, we are turning our focus on properties just like Paris street, 1-5 Unit condos in and around great Boston! Harrison Bonner found this property through a fellow fortune builder member. Our renovation budget did go up a bit from the original estimate as we added roof top decks and had to sister all of the floor joists through the house. But, our ARV has been bumped up due to r

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Why We Do Everything By the Book,and You Should Too

Christian Chasmer

Jun 12, 2017
3 min

Why We Do Everything By the Book,and You Should Too

We have all heard the stories; investors who use under the table labor, try to pull as few permits as possible, and try to squeeze every penny out of a property they can, usually cutting corners in the process. I have seen firsthand how some investors will do this and try to fly under the radar in order to maximize their profit. One investor actually questioned our big sign in our front yard that has our name and contact information on it. He told me that bringing that much a

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What exit strategy are we using to do $6.5 million in revenue this year in Boston?

Harrison Bonner

Jun 6, 2017
3 min

What exit strategy are we using to do $6.5 million in revenue this year in Boston?

There are many ways to make money in real estate. Each niche has its own pros and cons; and its own intricacies. While it is easy to get caught up trying to be a jack of all trades, the smart investor becomes a master at one exit strategy at a time. Once they perfect and systematize that strategy, then they can decide to move onto the next one or not. That is precisely what CC Solutions is doing. This blog will explain one of the most successful exit strategies for our real e

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Featured Property!
192 Main Street, West Newbury, Ma

Christian Chasmer

Jun 1, 2017
2 min

Featured Property! 192 Main Street, West Newbury, Ma

We just couldn't resist renovating another single family! We are dwindling down the amount of single families we renovate as we are moving to focus on condo conversions in and around Boston, but this one we couldn't pass up. Our hardworking Acquisition Specialist, Greg Cammarata, found this gem through MLS and jumped on it. His initial numbers (renovation and ARV) were almost 100% spot on; we actually were under our renovation budget. This project went under contract in less

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Small Talk Passes Time, Big Talk Builds Relationships

Kevin Martignetti

May 30, 2017
1 min

Small Talk Passes Time, Big Talk Builds Relationships

This week in Team Education we watched a Ted Talk which taught us to have powerful conversations in lieu of insignificant small talk. We’ve all sat through the agonizing time filler known as “small talk”. It’s one of those things that most people don’t like to do, but they feel like they have to. Everyone has been in a conversation and felt the only way to keep it alive is to ask questions such as: How are the kids? Where are you from? Wow, it’s a beautiful day outside, hu

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Featured Property! 15 - 17 Merrill Street, NewburyPort, Ma

Christian Chasmer

May 22, 2017
2 min

Featured Property! 15 - 17 Merrill Street, NewburyPort, Ma

What happens when you jump into a condo conversion on a property built in 1825 that has $350,000 in renovations without ever doing one before? You learn a lot! We decided to jump into this deal with no real experience in the condo conversion world and we definitely learned a ton through the fire. After almost a year, (and 3 contractors) this beautiful project is finally finished and on the market! One of the two units is already under contract and we expect the other one to g

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Why you need to get over your fear of failure if you truly want to be successful

Christian Chasmer

May 10, 2017
3 min

Why you need to get over your fear of failure if you truly want to be successful

Christian Chasmer here today to tell you how CC Solutions uses failure to succeed! The summer of my junior year in college I worked for an internship where I ran my own franchise of an exterior painting company. I did my own marketing and sales. I hired my own crew of painters and managed them. I did my own customer service and scheduling. And it was the hardest summer of my life. The average manager had 5 painters on their team and kept 4 the whole summer; I went through 23.

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How this one simple “Routine” elevated our real estate business to over $6 million.

Christian Chasmer

Apr 27, 2017
3 min

How this one simple “Routine” elevated our real estate business to over $6 million.

I will never forget when Alex and I decided to start CC Solutions. We quit our jobs, bought a tri-plex, and started CC Solutions in the same week. After the extremely busy period of transitioning out of our old job, closing on and painting our new tri-plex (yes we prepped and painted the entire house ourselves), and moving into that same tri-plex, we were ready to conquer the real estate world! Only problem, we didn’t know what the hell we were doing. While we ran a division

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Harrison Bonner

Mar 14, 2017
4 min

How to pick a contractor in three steps

As real estate developers, there is a hurdle in our industry that is head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to number of developers it affects and how badly it can affect you. If you haven’t guessed it by now, the number one problem for real estate developers are CONTRACTORS. If you ask any of them, they will tell you the same answer. As my dad used to say, “Give 3 masons the job, and hope that 1 shows up on Monday.” Having a good general contractor and/or good subc

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How we made over $60k in our first 6 months

Alex Cwiakala

Nov 22, 2016
1 min

How we made over $60k in our first 6 months

Happy Thanksgiving! We know you are so excited to dive into some turkey and good conversation. Before you are in a food coma, check out this quick video on how to get into real estate wholesaling. I let you know exactly how we did it. No catches or gimmicks! #marketing #realestate #wholesaling #investing #doorknocking

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I took the road less traveled, and it came with a lot of coffee!

Harrison Bonner

Nov 4, 2016
3 min

"Celeb shot!" - Take the leap

"Celeb shot!" Anyone between the ages of 18 and 30 have most likely either heard or said these words in an innocent game of beer pong, and that is exactly what has happened with our blog post this week. (For anyone who doesn't know, it essentially means guest appearance.) Our usual amazing and dedicated writer, Alex Cwiakala, has a very full plate this week so our team has been kind enough to grant me the privilege to write our weekly real estate blog today. As I was thinking

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Alex Cwiakala

Oct 24, 2016
2 min

The power of a partner

Today the team is working diligently in the office and it’s a little bit quieter. We’re all a little bummed that Christian left for San Diego with his girlfriend… and his large Bluetooth speaker! Our current sound set-up just doesn’t bump like his old speaker did… It’s not as loud! This has been the first work day the team has had to make the adjustment and we’re pushing on as usual. I’ll have to ask the boss and see if we can get a bigger speaker. On a more serious note, Chr

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10 ways to write a strong offer on a property

Alex Cwiakala

Sep 26, 2016
3 min

10 ways to write a strong offer on a property

Are you looking to buy the home of your dreams but you keep getting caught in bidding wars? Or are you an investor that just can't get an offer accepted? Then keep reading! In my travels, I consistently come across people who talk about how the market has dried up. "There aren't any good deals out there" they say but there are tons of deals out there! Here are ten tips you can use when writing offers to stand out. These can be used for your "forever" home or an investment p

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