Glenn and Ron Guests on Veterans Talk Radio

Glenn Plantone and Ron Aldinger of VIP Realty Group were guests recently on the February 11th evening broadcast of Veterans Talk Radio with Host Jim Lytner and co-host RJ Dough. The show is based out of Las Vegas and is webcast around the globe where troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, and U.S bases worldwide tune in. Along with Roy Mahan, the CEO of the High Rollers Chapter of American Merchant Marines and call in guest Beverly Frase with USA Cares out of Radcliff, Kentucky they covered a wide range of topics.

Ron Aldinger is a former Marine who served in Vietnam in the early 1970’s and has been working in real estate for over 35 years. Ron and Glenn Plantone specialize in the purchasing of distressed homes, many of which are foreclosures and short sale properties, and rehabbing them to “better-than-new” condition for potential renters or buyers. Plantone is proud of the service he is doing for the community by renovating these vacant or neglected homes back into move-in ready condition and adding value to neighborhoods and communities that were hardest hit by the recent housing collapse. Plantone, who is one of the top 10 busiest buyers’ agents in all of Las Vegas, concentrates completely on purchasing and renovating distressed homes and over the last two years has sold and rented 10-15 of these homes to veterans alone. Glenn and Ron accepted the invitation to be guests on Veterans Talk Radio in the hope that they could raise awareness for veterans that there are beautiful homes available in Las Vegas and elsewhere that qualify for V.A. loans. A typical V.A. loan requires zero money down from the veteran and Glenn is often able to help out even more by covering some of the closing costs that are involved in purchasing the home.

In total, Team Plantone completed and flipped over 60 properties last year in the Las Vegas area. Many were sold to owner occupants and many were sold to investors who have been moving heavily into the Las Vegas market to take advantage of rock bottom prices and the strong cash flow available from rental properties. Glenn’s team purchases properties at the Trustees’ sale, through bank owned REO foreclosures, short sales, and builders’ close outs. Once renovated, they offer military discounts and veterans’ discounts on their rentals. Glenn joked on the show that they should change the name of the brokerage from Vegas International Properties to Veterans Investment Properties Realty Group as they are continuing to do more and more business with Veterans. VIP is based in the northwest area of Las Vegas in Centennial Hills and many of the buyers and renters in the area work out of Creech Air Force Base (about 30 minutes north) or Nellis Air Force Base (about 15 minutes east) from their northwest office.

Beverly Frase of USA Cares spoke about many of the programs available to veterans including grants, education, medical, and housing benefits. USA Cares is an 8 year old non-profit company that specializes in aid to post 9/11 veterans. Host Jim Lytner has had a full career of over 35 years in the mortgage industry and has been doing the radio show for over a year and a half now. The show is webcast and recorded and can be replayed at anytime on www.vetstalk.info.