Stone Equity Group and The Investor's paradigm

[juano101]

Hey

I have bean an real estate investor for the past 20 years and I am amazed at how people react to a something that looks to good to be true without doing their home work.

I invested with SEG and like most real estate transactions things did not go as smoothly as I would have liked in the 50 or 60 deals I was involved with,very few did.

Stone Equity Group sometimes have their problems, but all of the issues I had with them, they resolved in a timely manner and  and to my complete satisfaction.

I had a 6 month CD that was paying as high as 4.5 % a couple of years ago and dropped to 1.25%. Instead of rolling it over I decided to take the money and invested it with SEG and am now receiving about 22% cash on cash return. I think that is pretty good.

I wanted an income stream and this investment provides me with $450 per month cash flow after paying the service fee. Which brings up a comment that why pay a service fee instead of just getting the money from the land contract buyer. Well I have other properties that I manage and collect the rents, but I also have properties too far away for me to manage successfully. Its hard to collect from a  tenant or show the property or arrange for repairs. Its better that the buyer do the repairs and the service take care of the payment collection and they send me a check that includes a monthly amount to cover the tax's and insurance (impound account) I use that to pay the tax's and insurance just like I do with some of my properties that have mortgages and no  impound account. I keep the money in a separate account and collect interest on it and then I pay the tax's and insurance. This provides me with a little bet more income and Its worth it to me. Other properties I have I contract with a property management company's and they charge around 7% to 10% per month which in my case ranges from $75for a $750 a month rental to about $150 a month for a $2,200 per month property. I find that it pays in some cased to use a property management co. . .  Different strockes for different folks . . 

As you can see I am not an experiences writer. All I can say is that the SEG investment so far is performing as well as they said it would. I have real horror stories about so called normal real estate investments including land contracts, lease options, rent to own, etc. etc. But for now this one is working out.

I plan on doing another SEG investment when another one of my CD' matures.

Good luck to all. Real estate is a great investment tool if you do your home work and learn from others . . .

[Mdhaas]

It never ceases to amaze me!  Whenever someone posts something negative about a company, 5-10 new members join and their very first post lauds how wonderful their dealings have been with the company in question. Then they mysteriously disappear and never post again.........

[juano101]

So what. If it helps someone to decide for them selves to invest or not to invest  in something being talked about on this site. Its good that investors with experience post positive or negative information.

I visit web sites that have information about an investment I am interested in or am checking up on and it helps me to decide what to do.

Just because I only posted one time, on this site, does not make my experience and or information worthless. I have been successful dealing in real estate and I don't expect others to fallow my lead. I feel that each person must do their own research and due diligence and come up with their own conclusion as to what to invest in.

Again, just because something sounds to good to be true, sometimes it is a good investment. Do your homework!

I for one, believe that luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

Lots of luck to all

[Mr Investor]

It doesn't give you credibility either.
 

[Bluemoon06]

juano101 just to prove us wrong post something about anything on this site.  You chose, just anything at all.

That is the credibility gap we are talking about

How can sombody be so involved with this business and only have intrest in this one single thing...not one sigle type of thing but only this one thing?  That doesn't make any since at all.

[FL JACK]

Here is the employee list for Stone Equity Group, perhaps Juano101 is actually  http://activerain.com/stoneeg   Juan Mares

And watch this video and then read the headline. http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=620743@xetv.dayport.com&navCatId=5
Something fishy is going on here. They will not get any of my hard earned money.
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr18182.htm

I know from attending one of their seminars that John Powell claims to be a laguna beach resident and this is a small community of residents, too bad the SEC doesn't have pictures.

[Mdhaas]

juano101 just to prove us wrong post something about anything on this site.  You chose, just anything at all.

That is the credibility gap we are talking about

How can sombody be so involved with this business and only have intrest in this one single thing...not one sigle type of thing but only this one thing?  That doesn't make any since at all.

Boy the response was overwhelming!!