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All Forum Posts by: Andrés Uribe

Andrés Uribe has started 11 posts and replied 35 times.

Post: My New Construction Journal From Start To Finish

Andrés UribePosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Winnipeg, MB
  • Posts 35
  • Votes 9
Quote from @Douglas Gratz:

5/24/2023

6:19pm

So everyone, I am just about out of hope and motivation. And I swear I must be cursed because let me tell you a little about other things in my life before 2012 it was all self-inflicted, but every five years something outside of my control comes to crushed me and sent me back negative steps, so 2012 I stop being stupid I start my business, I do a bunch of flips and have eight units at that time 2017. I got stage be 3B melanoma…had three surgeries, but luckily I didn’t need chemo but I immuno therapy, which is not covered by insurance cost 80 grand around twice a year so I had to sell two of my rentals, which were great to have but after all, my bills wasn’t much anymore I couldn’t save and this is what led to this project 

Four years later I’m stagnant I got no money to grow and land. I’ve been waiting to get a call to buy because it was my ex girlfriends back in 2014 the first thing I ever said to her was if your parents literally when she got in the car, I said your parents on that lot. If they’re ever ready to sell you, let me know  her and I broke up soon after it was mutual just no chemistry, but I kiss *** for the past nine years . She has a little business. I helped her turn it into something great, and I just been helping her for the past 10 years to stay in her. Good Grace.

Finally 2021 comes around and I get a call and it’s for the land so I sell my house and buy it so now I’m renting rates are real low and the location is gold. I knew if I could get funding I making a profit there’s no doubt about it. Well, guess what happens right as we’re about to close on my first attempt at a loan rates skyrocket, and that loan disappeared , Call Him is not doing bad, but there is inflation. I finally got somebody to lend me at 18% then Bank started to fail and everyone got nervous so that loan fell apart so what I’m trying to get that is every five years it’s like attempted suicide 2011 what is this is my hell the devil lets me get inches away from success and rips it away who knows right

Point being everything I’ve ever had to accomplish in my life I have to work 20 times harder and frankly I’m tired

2 weeks ago my lender calls..Let me back up, they said all I need to get the loan to closing was have my partner who’s builds all over the country with this lender to sign on the loan for his experience, so I got him to agree… 

3 week before this call , they wanted a letter of explanation about my past criminal charges from over 15 years ago….

Back to the start….They set up a call and told me they were dropping the loan amount which came to about 200k per loan (2 homes to seperate loans.) closing cost went from 89k to 303k . I told them I have a 10a% contingency but they added one too which took money away from paying off the land to take first position and put it into the budget…

We were set to close in 2 weeks…they use the reason of experience bc my partner is in FL but he used these lenders and builds in Cali while in Florida…so it had to be my background .

Right now , my builder who I work for now, is calling all the wealthy people he’s been building for and still getting turned down. We have both homes pre sold , I am confused out of my mind. So there’s risk but way less than a spec home.

To top it off the current mortgage holder of the land, wont release one lot at a time (claiming the lot not built will lose value) which is a flat out lie, they were the first we went to fund it at a very high rate , one day they backed out, they want to me fail, I know the guy well, I used to be friends with his son.

It looks like I am going to go out the box and try buyer financing as a last resort. She wants the second lot as a yard and I havnt signed the AOS with the 2nd buyer. 

Back story, with the loan and partners my bet profit was 430k from both homes.

So I’m good with anything above 400k. I can offer a good deal on the land as incentive . I got it for 360, I give it to her for 400k it’s worth 500k…She finances the build I make over 400k goal more

Or real out the box and see if she just will buy the deal for 1.3M . I still build but it’s hers to do whatever…It would cost her 1,180,000 using 10% contingency …so she’s all in for $2,480,000. She bought the house from me for $2,250,000 , so she gets the land for 330k 40k less then I got it for but I walk away with a approx 700k. I owe 630 on the land…1,300,000 -630,000= 670k . The buyer is loaded , in the big picture it’s a great deal 

Unlikely when we do approach with buyer finance, we’re going to say the developer stands to lose a lot of profit if you build a house here so if he doesn’t build it, it’s giving up a big opportunity so he’s willing to do it if you finance the build of your house because I don’t wanna show that I don’t have the money to fund that you know she would jump ship right away 

all that said,  said I am scared, my hope is the dwindling   by the day, and it looks like the probability of being screwed is high and I screwed I mean unable to recover. I can’t get a job because I have a felony so I can’t save up and start over. Wow this is bad never been this word in my life but if both homes sold if I sign that AOS, I’m just gonna have to hustle and find a bunch of people or one person I get this invested wish me luck. It’s been real tough guys and mostly because number one rates skyrocketed ruined a lot of chances of getting a loan number to my experience banks would’ve let me the money if I had built before I can’t believe it though because I mean why is my builders experience who builds million dollar homes all day not matter I ****ing hate red tape but yeah it’s tough guys real tough


if there’s anyone interested in this it’s a ****ing low risk I reward both homes sold you don’t find that that’s a oxymoron. What investment vehicle can you put money in and 12 months receive about 26% on your body and I get that number from $2,990,000 which is the cost to build Bottas that’s about $1.2 million profit I need 400 grand so there’s 800 left that’s 26% you can’t make that in anything right now in 12 months yeah these buyers come back out some .8 months it but number one they lose $300,000 each , number two he gets $600,000 still build and it will sell because the cops these houses don’t stay on the market for more than 10 days the location is gold, so yeah if you’re interested message me cause I’m about to be living with my parents after all my hard work





 Keep your head up brother. I feel your pain, I am in the middle of a very similar process for nee construction (we were about to close this week, then builder calls and says he’s out because he is business partner left the company -his wife’s fault lol- wtf?!! I convinced him to think about it, he said he’ll take a couple weeks, so back to the drawing board to find new builder or wait a month to close). Everything seems to be going wrong, but a lot of things gone right and been done right, if there is a way out focus on that and pursue it. Think of the skier metaphor, a pro skier does not focus on the trees he’s zig zagging in between, he focuses on the space between the trees, otherwise he’d crash, his own fault, trees are always there. 
You are cautious, calculated risk taker, and from the feedback of some people here you are taking right steps, just things out of your control keep coming up. 
move learned from your story and this thread, it has helped me, so thank you for sharing. I hope and will pray that something good out of your control will happen for your project. 

Post: Canadians Investing in the US Corporate legal structure

Andrés UribePosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Winnipeg, MB
  • Posts 35
  • Votes 9

Hey Raj, I sent you a DM let me know if you got it. At least you can get started with the accountant I mentioned. Reach out if you have any other questions. 

Post: STR's in the Whiteshell and Lake Winnipeg

Andrés UribePosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Winnipeg, MB
  • Posts 35
  • Votes 9
Quote from @Cody Neustaedter:

Does anyone know any cleaning companies or property managers that work out of the Whiteshell and/or lake Winnipeg. Looking to get a cabin STR going and I would need some local support. Thanks in advance!

I’m going to ask a friend who owns a few in the area and see what he says 


Post: My New Construction Journal From Start To Finish

Andrés UribePosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Winnipeg, MB
  • Posts 35
  • Votes 9
Quote from @Douglas Gratz:

@Bruce Woodruff well thats because money only takes away one stressor of life, bills, might allow to buy things that make you happy for a week, but its not sustainable....Question, do you know of any comparable sidings to plac clad acm panel that is cheaper in price but looks just as good and just as durable?

Look into Nichiha Fiber Cement Panels. They have an awesome product with lots of profiles to shoose from for a high end look. I think they are cheaper than ACM about $15/sqft material only maybe less. https://www.nichiha.com/custom...  

Post: My New Construction Journal From Start To Finish

Andrés UribePosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Winnipeg, MB
  • Posts 35
  • Votes 9
Quote from @Douglas Gratz:

@Andrés Uribe Thanks for the siding substitution, I will look into it. As far as the bank I am using First Bank; however, it's hard these days to get construction loans for the non-experienced and experienced. Banks have slowed down on giving them out.

Contractors are the worst! You need to keep an eye on them throughout the day, all day all hours and if you pay cheap you get cheap bad labor. I just did a flip in 2020 and was supposed to be done in 6 months, my contract robbed peter to pay paul, and was end up using bad subs for my job.  Took 1.5 years, luckily I was using cash. I ended up suing him and you should as well. Here in PA small claims is for 12k or less if that's what you want to win, large claims, are for a lot more but also more expensive in lawyer costs, but I would definitely sue. Take pics before you tare it down of everything and before suing show it to the contractor and try to work out a deal. You have to show him he will for sure lose the case.

My contact for the bank is a loan officer who struggled hard to get the loan for me because the first few fell thru after he swore to me we are okay. I had a hard money lender ready to close , canceled this new loan with the new loan officer, and when the loan fell thru he worked his *** off to get it because of what he did.

What are you going to build? Also, the way I structured it with my builder and another partner was to add them to the LLC, my builder is in 16% and the other guy 14%. This way they have to help pay the loan payments on the lot we are not building until the first one is done. Its good to have the builder invested, he will do his best.


 This contractor in particular was a huge mistake on my end. I made the rookie mistake of going with cheap, and it ended up costing me more than the most expensive guy at the beginning. There are bad contractors out there for sure, this one needed a daily check in like you said. Other I have worked with, I speak with them for a week and the get the job done.
I am going to build 3 attached townhomes (maybe), still waiting to hear loan terms. All with garages, rooftop decks a 4/3.5, plus parking pad for two card and a small yard, they will be unique in the area for sure, especially with the 4 off street parking spaces and small yard.

Post: Equity for Builder - Thoughts and advice please!

Andrés UribePosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Winnipeg, MB
  • Posts 35
  • Votes 9

@Mike Smith Thank you for the feedback greatly appreciated. Arriving to this size of new construction, yes, it was in desperation. But I was planning on doing new construction after I had flipped the two houses that might get torn down, since I was able to subdivide a lot. With the lot paid off at the sale of the flips, lender was willing to work with me on new construction. But here we are now!

I will think a digest what you are suggesting for sure and apply what you said about the city for sure. I have considered selling the lots more, but as of now I do not see this new project as bad money. The neighbourhood has appreciated 13% from last year and it is still hot under existing market conditions. But I get it is not a reason to jump into it given the size of the project, also the lack of experience of course.

Thanks again.

Post: Equity for Builder - Thoughts and advice please!

Andrés UribePosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Winnipeg, MB
  • Posts 35
  • Votes 9

Hello BP community, 

I am in quite a situation with a development I am trying to do. Before I get into the story I wanted to ask for your thoughts on equity splits between me and my builder, the project is in Pittsburgh PA. I have no new construction experience, so my hard money lender is asking for someone with experience to jump on the loan with me with 20% or more on my entity, I asked my builder and he is ok with it but wants an equity split.

I am not expecting them to put any money into the down payment, monthly holding costs, closing, etc. What I am asking is for no down payment to start construction, since with the flips I do I usually put 20% down and then get reimbursed on the first draw, and they were ok with that - is that standard for new construction? - . What are your thoughts for a good equity split? I am thinking $10K per house... But not sure what is fair...

I am building 3 attached homes/townhomes, 2,400sqft vertical, 4 levels with garage, 4/3.5, tandem 2-car-garage and parking pads (parking is premium in this area, these would be only townhomes with 4 off street parking spaces in the area) rooftop deck, etc. Cost of construction is $1,590,000, existing loan of $351,000. Each house could sell between $780,000 - $800,000.

The story: I had to pivot, there are two houses on that lot that we gutted and framed to new layout already. Contractor tried to build garages underneath, but before getting there he saw an issue with foundation, tried to repair, did not pull a permit now we have a stop work order and we are into month 3. City keeps giving us problems because of the new "no permit" foundation walls that were built (which is fair, but &%%#$!!!).

So, I am trying to pivot and jump into new construction as an alternative to not lose money. I thought about selling the 3 lots I have, but unfortunately they could not sell for more than $120,000 each. I'd have a $140,000 loss, I am $500,000 into this with expenses so far, existing loan and out of pocket expenses. But I am still looking into it.

I have subdivision, front facing garage and 0' setback variances in place, land surveys, now waiting to hear terms from lender (fingers crossed), sign contract with builder, get insurance do demo, then building permit.

Thank you!

Andres

Post: My New Construction Journal From Start To Finish

Andrés UribePosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Winnipeg, MB
  • Posts 35
  • Votes 9

@Douglas Gratz Hey, thank you for posting this, it is helpful! Before I forget, you should look at Nichiha Fiber Cement products for a siding alternative, city and architects will like it because it's fire retardant, they have a profile called "Illuminations" that looks like metal panels, plus a ton of other profiles.
Any way, I wanted to ask you if you can let me know the name of the bank you used and the contact you have for it? I am in a very difficult situation right now, where I was trying to do two full gut fix and flips and build a garage under existing houses, but contractor I hired did not have his team built properly and now we have a stop work order, 3 months now... Project is in Pittsburgh PA, is your lender trying to get in there as well?

So, I am pivoting and tearing it all down and building new (no other option as the land is not that valuable to be able to break even, I got variances, subdivision and surveys already, just need insurance for demo and then building permit) I got a builder lined up, willing to come on the loan with me for the experience side, I am not expecting them to put any money down, just be there for the experience. You did a 70/30 split with your builder, what would you do if you did not need your builder to put any money down?

Cheers, good luck and thank you.

Andres

Post: [Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal - first 6-unit property

Andrés UribePosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Winnipeg, MB
  • Posts 35
  • Votes 9

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Hi everyone,

This is my first time using the calculator for a 6-unit property I bought. Rehab is expected to finish on August 19th, 4 units are occupied at new rents, 1 is vacant and one is getting worked on.

I think I did it right... but I am confused on the financial projections, why it is above the $700,000 ARV, which I think it's more reasonable, I went back and checked and I think I put the ARV where I was supposed to. I am trying to determine what value it could appraise to plan on either a re-fi or sell. I am leaning toward selling.

Any input would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

Andres

Post: Trying to learn more about BRRR

Andrés UribePosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Winnipeg, MB
  • Posts 35
  • Votes 9

@Blaine Cox Sounds good! On the office computer right now, but send me a DM and I'll send tonight when I get home so I dont forget