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All Forum Posts by: Ali Nichols

Ali Nichols has started 14 posts and replied 223 times.

Post: Reasonable Property Management Fee for MTR

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There are not a ton of PMs that specialize/offer MTR but I was going to say 12 - 15%. 18% feels a bit high, but hopefully with higher monthly rates that will not be an issue. Love the travel nurse approach!

Be sure there is no lease up fee in that 18%. 

Post: Under $350k deal with positive cash flow

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Have you thought about small multi-family homes? 

Another consideration would be timing. If your target renter demo is students, many students might already be locked in at this time given the timing of the school year.

Post: New Member Intro (LA/Boston based)

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Hey @Nicole Gullotti welcome to BP. I think your approach is sound and always happy to trade notes as we invest out of state in OH and some other midwest markets as well with a focus on small multi-family. 

Post: Low Down payment financing options

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@Joe Snyder will shoot you a message

Post: Low Down payment financing options

Ali NicholsPosted
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@Joe Snyder there are some investor options that require less than 20 to 25% down. But conventional mortgages for an investment property will require the traditional 20 to 25% down. 

Post: Should you ever sell?

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Good stuff here sir!

If the listing has a 3D walkthrough that is always helpful and the most efficient. Then other than that, it does come down to videos with your agent. 

Something I always do is go to google earth and 'walk' around a bit and make sure I feel good about what I'm seeing on google streetview.

Post: First Post & Real Estate as a Teen

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Talk about starting early. This is impressive! Hard to give advice outside of the tip that if you can keep compounding your knowledge you'll be above and beyond anyone else your age. 

If you end up going to college, that is a great place to start house hacking and learning. 

Post: Top location for long distance investing?

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Quote from @Justin Brin:
Quote from @Ali Nichols:

@Justin Brin great lead in for discussion, thanks for putting that together. Generally speaking, we have the same approach - avoid areas that are heavy in renter friendly regulation (i.e. CA). Then TX is tough right now because of property taxes. And then, Florida is difficult with insurance right now until that stabilizes. 

Then, when we look at Atlanta and Charlotte we see a good amount of supply because of the footprint of large institutiional buyers (i.e. invitation homes).

That leaves the midwest (OH, IN, MO), TN, and the one off markets like Tucson and Albuquerque. Personally, we have had success in small multi-family across OK, TN, MO, KY, IN, OH. 

Did taxes went up in Texas?

Regarding Atlanta and Charlotte institutional buyers are buying up the market?

From all these stats "OK, TN, MO, KY, IN, OH" which one is your favorite? 

 @Justin Brin - well yes TX property taxes are always high but the run up of sales over the last few years have given taxing entities the opportunity to re-assess even more. 

Regarding Charlotte and Atlanta we find there to be just a little too much supply because of how much investor activity they drew over the last few years. 

Of the OK, TN, MO, KY, IN, OH our favorites would be OH and TN.