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Building first rental property. Any advice welcomed
I currently own my primary residence and recently decided to buy a piece of raw land where my father’s construction company is, and with his help, build a single family home on it which will become a long term rental when completed. I originally created an llc to purchase the land, however decided after to buy it in my name and transfer into the llc after the house is built, rented, and refinanced. I may or may not need to take out a small construction loan along the way, depending on how expensive things get. I’m very new to all of this so any advice on things would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone!
Good luck building your new rental. Every time I've looked into building to rent the numbers did not make sense. I would sell the new build, but to hold as a rental, just didn't make sense. Buying existing rentals and improving it is another story.
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Since your father is helping you build, I assume you can build the home cheaper than if you hired an outsider, which means it may cash flow nicely. Here's a guide that describes what good cash flow looks like and how to analyze a property.
https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rental-property-cash-flow...
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Good luck building your new rental. Every time I've looked into building to rent the numbers did not make sense. I would sell the new build, but to hold as a rental, just didn't make sense. Buying existing rentals and improving it is another story.
typically I'd agree but we build a stacked triplex that does very well with build cost around 380k and rent at 5k a month. value is about 600k I think you need to build multiple dwelling units in the same building for the numbers to work
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Quote from @Tim Ryan:
Good luck building your new rental. Every time I've looked into building to rent the numbers did not make sense. I would sell the new build, but to hold as a rental, just didn't make sense. Buying existing rentals and improving it is another story.
typically I'd agree but we build a stacked triplex that does very well with build cost around 380k and rent at 5k a month. value is about 600k I think you need to build multiple dwelling units in the same building for the numbers to work
Robert, yeah that's good numbers on your triplex's. Love it!
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Quote from @Tim Ryan:Ya I hear a lot of the same from people! So being able to work with my father and his company is a huge advantage so I think I’ll be able to turn a decent amount of equity by the time we finish
Good luck building your new rental. Every time I've looked into building to rent the numbers did not make sense. I would sell the new build, but to hold as a rental, just didn't make sense. Buying existing rentals and improving it is another story.
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Quote from @Nathan Gesner:Thanks for the reply I appreciate it!
Quote from @Patrick Padovano:
Since your father is helping you build, I assume you can build the home cheaper than if you hired an outsider, which means it may cash flow nicely. Here's a guide that describes what good cash flow looks like and how to analyze a property.
https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rental-property-cash-flow...