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Updated about 4 years ago on . Most recent reply
Should I get a 5 plus unit?
Hey guys. My head is spinning on the next step. 6 years ago I bought a 3 family. I currently owe 212k on it and it's worth around 400k. I'm selling my single family house now that I kind of did a live in Reno on. All said and done I'll have about 50k in my pocket. In my area I could probably find a 6 family for 500k. This is where my head spins.
After paying the realtor and using a 1031 tax exchange I could have 170k to put down. With 50k I have in cash I could use 30 of it to put down also. This puts me at 200k
With 25% down I could buy up to a 800k property.
The problem is I know nothing about business loans. With rents around $1000 a unit on the safe end in my area I want to make sure I can have good cash flow. I'm already making 1,200 a month profit on the three.
I either go this route or mess around with 4 unit and under properties
I'm new here and lots of inspiration so if anyone has any knowledge or ideas I'm open to them thank you!
Most Popular Reply

@J Pavao As others mentioned, it depends a lot on your goals and your appreciate for risk. Probably a good discussion for your financial advisor.
Just posting my experience, I have a mixture of SFR, duplexes and a 5 unit. The 5 unit has done well for me, you just have to crunch your numbers to make sure it's worth pursuing.
"Business loans" aren't too much different. It will be a commercial loan with a shorter term and mostly likely variable rates, so you'll have to account for that. Mine was 5.5% fixed for the first 5 years, floats with prime after that, and a 20 year term. The bank I used, used a combination of the rent rolls and my personal financials (because it still requires a personal guarantee) to approve me. For tax purchases, it's the same as a normal loan, you just report everything on Sch E: rents, expenses & depreciation, and the interest from the mortgage payments.
Hope that helps!
- Tom