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Updated almost 7 years ago,

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Preston Miller
  • Jacksonville, FL
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I need help with finance basics

Preston Miller
  • Jacksonville, FL
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OK. I have been listening, learning, reading, and dreaming. I am very close to looking for that first deal, but one thing that I seem to have limited knowledge on is financing. So I am just gonna throw some random scenarios out there and please let me know which ones I seem to have a solid grasp on and which ones I'm totally missing:

I get the basics (I think)...I could get a loan from a mortgage company for 3.5% down and then pay X amount per month for the next X amount of years. I buy a house for 120k, put down $4200 and pay roughly $800 a month, then hopefully rent that property for $1200 a month. Effectively, providing myself with $400 of cashflow (minus any expenses of course [and in my mind only $200/month just to cover the 50% rule]). 

Next, lets say I go to a private lender. He gives me $60,000 to be paid back with 10% interest in let's just say 6 months. Am I going to have to pay that person X amount each month or do I just give said person $66,000 at the end of the term?

In the case of BRRRR, if I get a loan for 100k from a private lender with the same terms as above. Be nice to just give back 110,000 at the end of X amount of months. Find 80k home, put 20k into it and rent out the new house for 1300/month. Now, I have a cashflow of $1300 a month coming in because I am paying the 110k back later. After say three months, I refinance with a mortgage company and get the house appraised at 150k. Bank wants 20% down, effectively giving me 80% of the appraised price. So, 80% of 150k is 120k. I give my private lender their 110k, keep 10k for myself and continue to earn the $1300/month, correct? Plus the three months of $1300/month is mine as well.

Ok, in the case of getting several people to invest in me. Lets say I have 4 people who want to give me money. Say, 50k each for a total of 200k. These people just want me to take their money and go make them more of it. How do I pay those people back? Lets say I use the 200k to go out and buy 3 homes, do a little refurb and get them on the market for rentals. That is three homes bringing in a cashflow of $1300 each (lets just say they are similar). That is $3900 coming in each month. So...would I just set up a fund that pays each of these investors monies each month until the total plus whatever % we agree on is reached? This is where I am really fussy. And is there any compound interest happening? And if so...what is compound interest and how does it work? If I am paying each person $500 each month ($2000 total) I should effectively have a cashflow of $1900 each month to hopefully save and invest back into the business. But I guess, then you just find more investors and do it all over again. 

Sorry for such a long post/question, but I want to really wrap my head around this because this is really the core of my ability to succeed. I not only need to know how to finance my own deals, but I need to be able to approach would-be investors and be able to explain to them in detail how this will work and why they should invest with me. Not to mention not getting my head taken off by a bad deal/finance situation. 

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