Real Estate Agent · LPT Realty
I am John Lee. I have worked in real estate since 2006 as an investor and developer, I own a title company, and I have been a licensed agent for thirteen years. When you hire me to buy or sell, you get all of that experience.
For real estate agents
Investor Agents HQ is my free community for agents who want investor clients. It has weekly live calls and a course on the numbers investors ask for.
How I can help
Each one is different work. What you get every time is a straight answer, even when the answer is to pass on a deal.
I walk properties with a developer's eye: what is cosmetic, what is structural, and what a repair will cost. Then we write an offer that fits your timeline and your budget.
A lot of the money in a sale is made before it goes on the market. We price it against real comparable sales, decide which improvements are worth doing, and list it ready to sell.
Rentals, small multifamily, land, teardowns, and new construction. I underwrite your deal the way I underwrite my own, and I will tell you if the return does not justify the risk.
One on one coaching from an agent who still sells, and Investor Agents HQ, my free community for agents who want investor clients.
Why it matters
I have done four jobs in real estate, and each one taught me where deals run into trouble.
Sometimes the most useful thing I can tell you is to walk away. It costs me a commission. I would rather keep the client.
I do the hard work at the start of a deal so the closing is uneventful. That is the goal every time.
What I build
Real estate is the main business. Behind it are a title company, commercial and multifamily investment companies, a manufactured housing company, two education companies, and twenty years of land work. My clients get the benefit of all of it.
Title and closing, based in St. Petersburg, closing across Florida.
Real estate education for busy professionals buying their first rental or short-term rental.
A free community for real estate agents who want investor clients, with the numbers investors use and live calls on real deals.
Manufactured homes on Florida infill lots. The first build is underway in Fort Myers.
Acquiring lots and teardowns and getting them to the builders who develop them.
Commercial real estate investment across the Southeast: small retail, shopping centers, net lease outparcels, and industrial.
Multifamily investment, local to St. Petersburg.
Buying, selling, or trying to work out whether a property is worth owning. Send me a note and I will give you my honest opinion, whether or not you end up hiring me.
John Lee, licensed real estate agent · LPT Realty, LLC