Buying bundles of homes from the bank

[Ramsey Blankenship]

My banker gave me a call and said the bank had repossessed 100 homes from a group who was buying them for cash for under market value, refinancing with the bank at market value, and using the equity to buy more. Eventually the deals ran out and the notes were do and they couldn't make the payments. Now the bank is sitting on these notes and has offered to sale them off in groups of 10 homes per package. Bank is offering 100% LTV on a 20 year commercial with 4% APR (the financing is what gets me interested). The bank is paying all closing cost as well. About the homes: 100% occupied. Low income, affordable housing in distressed neighborhoods. Here are the numbers, they vary between packages but are all roughly the same: 10 homes for $350,000 Gross rent is $5,000 Vacancy (10%) - $500 Management (10%) - $500 Repairs. (15%) - $750 Taxes. - $300 Insurance. - $300 Expenses. $2,350 Mortgage expense $2,120 Total expenses. $4,470 Cashflow. $430 To me, the cashflow on 10 SFH is not worth the headache, however it is very appealing to me to have 100% financing and nothing out of pocket. I understand that financing the entire deal cuts into my cashflow with a higher mortgage. Depreciation and repairs are likely going to be higher than usual however not coming out of pocket means I have the funds to cover larger repairs because Its not tied up in my equity. I would not be interested in this deal if it required a down payment, however adding 10 homes to the portfolio for signing papers sounds nice. Does anyone out there have experience buying home packages from the bank? What are the red flags and other considerations I should be making. The agent told us that if the package was appraised, it would appraise around $500K so there is equity built into this deal. Ramsey

[Ramsey Blankenship]

We got the addresses today and I looked up the properties in two of the most appealing packages. Many of them have profiles with photos on zillow and trulia. They are pretty distressed and the bank mixed the good with the bad. Some of the properties would make decent rentals themselves however they are bundled with homes in flood zones or vacant, highly distressed units. I ran some quick comps and do not see the package being worth $500K. We pulled our interest from the deal. Thank all of you for the input.

Ramsey