My first Investment property as a 18 year old!

[Fahadbin Alam]

Investment Info:

Townhouse buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $57,000
Cash invested: $57,000
Sale price: $60,000

It's my first property and I'm ready for more.

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

I wanted to get started of course. Take the action.

How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

I found it on Zillow and I literally was like screw I need to buy a house, and I did it all in 2 weeks. Finding it and getting an Agent. I'm in the military so I only had 2 weeks of HBL (which is like I go back home for 2 weeks of vacation). Technically it didn't take me 2 weeks it took me 3 days because I was actually enjoying my time, I actually posted a video of me doing the Buffalo Wild WIng challenge on my youtube page. In those 3 days, I got an Agent, PM, and an Inspector.

How did you finance this deal?

My parents were humble enough to let me borrow their 401k money.

How did you add value to the deal?

Actually, this is during Covid and I'm letting the house sit there for now until the tenant leaves whenever they want. I talked to my PM and they agreed with my decision. It's a bit difficult to do everything while I'm not there lol.

What was the outcome?

I'm getting a cashflow of 900 after all the expenses and the PM and I'm actually looking for a house hack.

Lessons learned? Challenges?

Hire an Inspector. I was cheap with my money because I was scared of my first investment. Fear is a good indicator to keep going. The biggest challenge is investing long distances. In fact I should probably pick up that book from BP

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I worked with my agent, he was also new but I still wanted to give him a try and I don't think he has a company or what not, but his name is Sean Heaton.