MGM Signature Condos Selling at Trustees Sale

It has been a little over three months since my last update on the MGM Signature Condos and I wanted to update my readers on the new developments that have been taking place. Those of you who are on my mailing list will have received a spread sheet I produced that details the profitability of a studio unit purchased recently for $150,000.  This same unit was selling for $465,000 at its high three years ago.   The spreadsheet shows that purchasing the studio unit for $150K, or roughly 32 cents on the dollar, would result in positive cash flow for the new owner. 

 

In crunching the numbers on the MGM Condos, I have come across an interesting anomaly that I would like to share with you:  The one bedroom units that are placed into the rental program have historically generated lower occupancy rates than the studios.  Yet they cost about twice as much (the new lowest 1 bed sale has been $185,000), the HOA fees are nearly twice as high ($1000 vs. $500 for the studio), and they only rent for about $40 more per night.  Potential investors should keep this in mind when considering studios vs. one bedroom units at the MGM Signature Towers.  The one bedroom units are getting close to being a good deal for a buyer that is thinking of either living in it, renting it outside of the MGM rental program, or just holding it as a second home.  But the one bedrooms are not as attractive as the studios from a pure investment perspective.

 

 So far, the six lowest price studio sales in the entire project have been transactions that I have been able to negotiate for my clients.  I was recently able to broker a deal in which one of my investors purchased a bulk bundle of four studio units at what amounted to $118,000 each.  The Mountain View studio units are selling for the $120K-140K range and the strip view studios are now selling in the $140K to $180K range.  The higher range would include the studios with a patio.  The unit I discussed in the first paragraph that originally comped for $465K and recently sold for $150K, was a higher floor studio with a strip view and also a patio.

 

The inventory remains very light at this time.  Currently, there are only 9 bank-owned foreclosures available in the MGM Signature Condos.  8 of them are studio units and one is a one bedroom condo.  There are still quite a few short sales in various stages, but we are beginning to see a lot of short sales reverting back to the bank and becoming foreclosures as the short sale process is very slow and agents and banks are often unable to get them approved before the foreclosure happens.

 

Because of the light inventory of REOs and the difficulty in successfully negotiating short sales, I am beginning to look at the Trustees Sale in order to purchase affordable MGM Signature units for my investors.  We are starting to see many studio units being sold at the Trustee Sale for around $120,000.   MGM Signature Condos continue to be a great investment opportunity for those looking to acquire properties and utilize a buy and hold strategy.  However, the really good news is that if you are looking to buy and flip, there is the opportunity to make $20,000-$50,000 per condo in a two month period through purchasing MGM Signature units at the Trustees Sale.  If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact me for more details.