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Switch Indy duplex to affordable housing tenants?
Hey BP community!
We’ve got an Indianapolis C-class duplex that we successfully BRRRRed in 2020. However, tenants have not been great, basically late on rent and/or leaving repairs that eat all profits.
Appreciation would allow us to get out with a modest profit, but I’ve posed going Section 8 via the Affordable Housing website to my business partner. We’d have a subsidized tenant, so at least collecting a majority of the rent, and I understand that these tenants usually stay longer.
I know there is bureaucracy with Section 8 but can out up with that.
Thoughts from other out of state investors In Indianapolis?
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I have been a section 8 landlord in indy since 1985 and managerfor others since 2011 specializing in section 8.the most houses and doubles we have had with sec 8 is over 400 at 1 time. Over 90% of my personal portfolio is c class with sec 8 tenants. It can be highly profitable but making quick repairs is the number one way to stay profitable. Without that tenats do not stay long term ( my definition of long term is 5 plus years)