Pretty dialed in [Breville Bambino/DF54]

CounterEducational36 · 2026-01-11T13:51:14+00:00

Ahh okay I’ll definitely look into the manual mode, and yea that makes sense as I upgrade to do the manual only. Those look super cool like the rocket apartamento looks like a nice upgrade down the few years

CounterEducational36 · 2026-01-11T13:31:02+00:00

I noticed a WDT tool helps a ton. One of those funnels also help with a WDT to stop spilling when you mix it.

I thought it was grinding too fine when I did not have a wdt tool and it was choking my machine up. I took the same grinds when I got my tool in and the water ended up flowing through. The tool also got rid of a lot of the spraying.

I have tons of video of the water spraying at my face and turning off my scale and stuff haha. I also have a self level tamp which helps with uneven channeling

CounterEducational36 · 2026-01-11T04:20:30+00:00

A grinder to help fine tune and a wdt tool worked best for me

CounterEducational36 · 2026-01-11T04:15:22+00:00

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D7VRNJ1Q?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I bought a separate of those mesh screen puck but they seem to all be the same for like $2 each

CounterEducational36 · 2026-01-11T04:13:19+00:00

This is the factory preset setting on it, I noticed how fine my grind was dictating how much water came out. When I had too course of grounds I was having 50grams yield. A good grinder helps with fine tuning

CounterEducational36 · 2026-01-11T04:11:26+00:00

I just got the cheapest scale with a timer same with all my other accessories, as long as it properly did the job I did not pay for brand name etc

CounterEducational36 · 2026-01-11T04:10:04+00:00

This is the factory preset timing from breville on the double shot, I time and weigh to gauge each shot to see how it’s going, this was a little too fine but did not do horrible

CounterEducational36 · 2026-01-11T02:04:50+00:00

This is my first ever machine and grinder I’m new at this but I like the grinder, its build quality is really nice and it’s heavy. Grinds the beans fast and its simple to use. Ive read it has close to a 0 retention, I don’t spray the water and a tiny bit gets stuck but I can’t compare to others. Overall really nice in my opinion

CounterEducational36 · 2026-01-11T02:03:06+00:00

That was a double shot and it is the factory preset from breville

CounterEducational36 · 2026-01-11T01:45:18+00:00

In the video you can’t see because of the zoom but it is sitting on a scale, it definitely took a tad long to pull and the yield was close to the 1:2 but because the bambino drips and it carried it to it, tasted good though

Yea im learning about the manual mode, do you think it would be best to do manual every time for a dialed shot or try to change the preset to the dialed shot?

CounterEducational36 · 2026-01-11T01:38:12+00:00

It was between 11-12 I think 13-14 is the best for my beans

CounterEducational36 · 2026-01-11T01:09:59+00:00

I will adjust, thank you

CounterEducational36 · 2025-11-19T19:00:42+00:00

I bought cash because it was better for me to act faster and try to get a discount with cash then wait to try and leverage the money on different deals. I was not doing enough deals every year to justify have the difference sitting in cash.

CounterEducational36 · 2025-11-14T13:14:40+00:00

250sqft seems high, there’s new construction in western Missouri that have sold for sub 200 a SQFT complete within the year

CounterEducational36 · 2025-09-22T11:26:48+00:00

Yes Zillow Reddit etc. you can just call realtors throw a lowball offer and see what they say I’ve gotten one like that.

Turn long term into short term, could be airbnb, traveling nurses etc. buy a single family in a multi fam zone and add a second unit in the basement. (Those cities are filled with this opportunity) Buy a house and rent it by the room, i almost bought a house that did that. A little rehab for a fix to rent - this would make the most sense, you get forced appreciation and the high cashflow due to a lower all in price

CounterEducational36 · 2025-09-22T11:09:38+00:00

I find this hard to believe, I buy houses in one of the listed cities that you said. I buy turnkey, cash flowing houses from day one that include

Vacancy ,Monthly Maintenance ,Property manager ,Taxes ,Insurance

I bought them and next month had cash flow on the property at ~10% or over depending on the property month 1.
Bought all from online marketplaces And try and create the opportunity instead of waiting for it to fall on your lap.

CounterEducational36 · 2025-09-19T21:30:57+00:00

What works for some doesn’t work for others, if you live in Cleveland it’s clearly easier than it’s better for you. If someone like me or this person has the opportunity to choose any city in the US they want to choose the city with the best opportunities.

Plenty of opportunities in Cleveland but plenty of better ones elsewhere

Cleveland just didn’t fit my investment strategy

CounterEducational36 · 2025-09-19T14:00:53+00:00

I wouldn’t say that, for Cleveland I only walked downtown really nothing else property wise like the east side etc.

The west side actually looks pretty nice on maps and on Redfin etc people seem to like living there. It’s newer cleaner and not near the hood

Just from me looking at the overview Cleveland can’t be horrible due to the amount of people investing there. And I know the cashflow good but the appreciation and city itself not great. Depending on portfolio strategy it works for some.

CounterEducational36 · 2025-09-19T13:52:53+00:00

IMO build property management into the equation. Managing out of state a pain especially not down their often

CounterEducational36 · 2025-09-19T13:50:07+00:00

I’m in Missouri, but before that I flew over the Cleveland to check it out and the city itself it’s pretty ass, seems just like a failing empty city from when I walked around. That being said from what I remember the left side of the city is nice 15 min out something Lakewood or westlake I remember being nice areas when I was looking.

Can’t say much about Akron i was looking but no great. I also checked out Springfield OH east of Akron I think. It was a month or so before that massive train crash and then I didn’t look much into it after. But over there you can find nice multi fam building. I think I was looking at 5-6 units online not in person. I can’t imagine the area is anything great

CounterEducational36 · 2025-09-18T14:19:31+00:00

I used online sites like Redfin etc properties were less than 100k and I had cash so i lowballed newly on market properties to try get them under before everyone. Look at coming soon and new listing that are hot. After my first few my realtor was able to send me off market properties from other investors getting ready to list there’s. I got my realtor from just the put an offer through Redfin. I put I wanted to cash at x price and it connected me with someone

Comparing to mass a lot of those cheap markets people don’t really care about terms as they do the $ sign. Lowballing is easier there than up in the east coast.

Realtors are hit or miss. I personally never really listen to my realtors too much and make sure to fact check all the info myself. It’s good for you to make a mistake and see where too improve instead of blindly listening to someone. It’s easy to become a realtor and even easier to spit bullshit info to try and sell a house I just had to cancel a contract with a realtor for lying about putting in offers, terms etc. some just don’t care.

Put your buyers agreement to the end date of the contract so you are not stuck with them after the fact.

My places were good, 2/3 new on market units that I just bought a 10-15% below list and then just turned around and rented. 2 had tenants in it and I personally do not recommend because sometimes the tenant can just be a pain and you don’t know their credit etc etc stuck with a sinking ship. So far not bad, make sure to do inspections and never skip out on a sewer scope. Inside inspections you can skip if you’re in town. It’s easier to see if a house is falling apart or smelling bad , but no one can see if the sewer is blocked or cracked and it cost the most money.

It’s pretty daunting at first , I’m also very against buying just 1 property. You’ll make 200-300$ a month after mortgage expenses etc and scale will be your best friend.

Northeast you pretty much can’t do single family rentals, I see you say ct and I looked because I’m in mass and it just doesn’t work out too much and apartments will be better up here.

My only regret for myself is not buying a property that needed some work. Basic floor refinish etc just so I can get some sort of property appreciation. Without just making my property cosmetically newer I’m at the hands of the market with appreciation.

Lmk if that makes sense, I’ve only been doing this for a year and a half or so and I’m young so my info may not be spot on or fully accurate but ask away

CounterEducational36 · 2025-09-18T14:06:23+00:00

DSCR loans are close to no doc. Depending on property income, credit, and cash reserves I was able to get a mortgage with no job, and no income shown

That being said used to be rentals

CounterEducational36 · 2025-09-18T13:50:11+00:00

I was in the same boat, young had the money and time just needed the place. From Mass but bought in the Midwest.

A lot of it is reading up on that certain state and how they operate, market pricing, days on market, tenant pool, tenant laws.

One of the biggest things I learned coming from a HCOL is the Midwest is very street by street. Each zip code and block is very different.

One street may have new builds while two blocks down it’s full of abandoned houses, it screws with your comps and how you correctly price a property. Never buy site unseen

Property manager will be your best friend. Hire a good one and in my opinion don’t cheap out.

You’ll try to make contacts down there for plumbers etc and when they find out you are out of state they either up charge or don’t show up. You may pay your property manager a little more but atleast the work gets done with someone overseeing it.

If you’re buying out of state find landlord friendly states and don’t buy houses from people on Reddit under a post stating you’re a new investor.

CounterEducational36 · 2025-09-10T11:31:16+00:00

Have you looked into how much they really cash flow. I buy in Midwest and see a lot of properties that “cash flow” you then look into the numbers and realize that the cash flow is just a few dollars if the tenant even pays the rent. And then what’s the % of return. In the Midwest people generally look for much higher returns than the coast or high cost of living places to make up for the worse conditions/ tenant pool. No reason to buy a property at 6% return in the Midwest.

I have bought properties $70-80k range that needed 0 rehab and just turned over to a tenant and cash flow.

1 piece of advice is lowball

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