Name

Christopher Smith

Company

EquityScout.com

E-mail

Contact Christopher Smith (EquityScout.com)

Website

http://www.equityscout.com

Fax

(713) 583-4009

Description

Real Estate Investor. Founder and managing director of EquityScout.com, an provider of online real estate evaluation software for real estate investors.

About Me ::

I'm Christopher Smith, and I'm the Founder and Managing Director of EquityScout.com and its parent company Paladin Equity LLC.

I originally started Paladin Equity as a vehicle for investing in real estate. As an investor I was looking for a user-friendly, intuitive tool for evaluating investment opportunities. I didn't find anything, so I began working on EquityScout.com in 2003.

Prior to turning to real estate, I worked in finance with Citibank and J.P. Morgan in New York City and London.  I also spent some time with a major international oil & gas company, including spending three years living in Bogota, Colombia where I headed up business development for the company's in-country exploration and production operation.

I started my career as an officer in the U.S. Army, serving tours of duty in the Republic of South Korea and Hawaii. I graduated with my Bachelor of Science degree in engineering management/mechanical engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and later with an MBA from Cambridge University, where I sit on the Advisory Council for the Business School Alumni Board. 

I live in Houston with my wife and two children. In my spare time my hobbies include spending time with my family, photography, running, travel, and blogging. 

My primary real estate investment focus is on cashflow-generating buy-and-hold residential properties.   This is a flavor that you'll get from reading my posts. I'll also try to give you some insights of markets, economic evaluation, and the process that we go through here at equityscout.com to understand the needs and wants of real estate investors like you.

I love hearing from Real Estate Professionals and I learn from every interaction.  Email me at csmith@equityscout.com

Read my Real Estate Investment Blog to learn more about me. 

 

About EquityScout.com ::

 

EquityScout.com offers a user-friendly, online real estate investment software for those looking to real estate as a long-term, wealth-building strategy

EquityScout.com is owned and operated by Paladin Equity LLC, a Houston-based company committed to devising and executing real estate investment strategies based on sound economic analysis.

Investors must estimate a myriad of variables in evaluating the potential of a real estate opportunity, such as:

•  How much will the property appreciate?
  
• What vacancy rates can I expect?
  
• What rental rate will the market bear?
  
• How much will I spend on expenses?
  

By using the online real estate evaluation tool, you can view how your assumptions on various project variables impacts the profitability of the project. The online tool provides a systematic and complete methodology for accurately assessing financial risks and potential rewards

EquityScout.com Benefits ::

Save All of Your Real Estate Evaluations Online
Save your real estate evaluation and assumptions to EquityScout.com's secure online database, and retrieve it from any computer with an internet connection.
 
No Downloads
All software is accessed from the EquityScout.com server, so you're always using the most recent version of your real estate evaluations and measurements. All you need is a JavaScript enabled browser. No downloads. No installation. No system compatibility problems. And you never have to worry about upgrades, patches, or version control.
   
Intuitive Design
You won't be required to wrestle your way through complicated spreadsheets. Our intuitive menu-driven design walks you through the real estate evaluation process.  

Powerful Analytics
Precision is important.  Our elegant user interface masks a powerful analytic engine that gets the details of your real estate investment assumptions right.  Depreciation, capital gains tax, capital projects, vacancies, and creative finance are all important parts of your financial picture.  EquityScout.com covers all of these details, and more.

Subscription Based Service
No expensive software package to buy. Access your real estate evaluations through EquityScout.com by a monthly subscription--no hidden charges. Get started today for as little as $14.95 a month. 

Flexible Uses
Use our online real estate investment software for buy-and-hold investing, property flipping, multi-family properties, foreclosures, and other investment strategies.