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Jesse S.
  • Rental Property Investor
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Condo conversion or Rental income

Jesse S.
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Washington, DC
Posted

First let me start by apologizing for not searching before posting.

I have a test tomorrow on Cloud engineering and didn’t have time to search... yet I am here posting.

My question is based on what it cost to buy multi families in dc (est. $1 million before renovations. Is it a better option to purchase renovate and rent of overhaul and offload individually.

From initial calculations condo conversions are about 25% more (please correct me if I am wrong I really have no clue). But does the higher initial investment pay off in the long run?

The long run being selling to make 500k and investing that into a 16 unit building.

I’m curious to your thoughts/rationale and I am also curious as to what you deal acceptable contracting cost in the dc (northeast area).

Before you say “it varies”, let’s break it down like this:

Section 8:

Mid level rental:

High end rental:

Condo conversion:

Any information will be much appreciated.

P.S. I promise I will send my convoluted spreadsheet out to those who asked right after I finish this exam. Please feel free to send it back to me with your comments or corrections.

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