All Forum Posts by: Ashley Dixon

I guess, first question is, how are you planning to purchase? Owner-occupant vs. an investment purchase can greatly impact your monthly cashflow prospects.

Now for your question(s): cashflow is more of a present to near-present focus while appreciation is more of a castoff into the future projection, in theory. Now, the right buy can do both, but to your point, it's possible there could be sacrifices made for one over the other for a time. Your appetite for how you'd like that ratio to trend will depend on your finances, etc.

Focusing more on the appreciation portion, that can be a challenge to project. A lot of factors can impact that, but to simplify, focus on targeting desired pockets that have a finite amount of geography and you'll highly likely enjoy ample appreciation over time.

Now back to cashflow, small multifamily may present better for you or the ability to add doors to a lot. That being said, anything you can buy under market will create a healthy margin for you in the beginning. If you can check that purchase box off, great. From there, I'd also make sure I targeted a neighborhood where you have a clear line of sight on how to push your property position up, to achieve top of the market rents (again focus on margin). Again, you'll need to pull a few levers to create cashflow, especially with a SFH, but it's possible.

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Hey Aaron, thanks for the advice! I am going solely for investment purchase. Overall, I would like to break even at the end of the day which makes me wonder if I should probably buy a mix of cash flow and appreciation properties. I did consider small multi-family units but not sure how well those appreciate compared to SFH. Looking at the San Antonio market it doesn't appear that there are much MFH or SFH available for cash flow...

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Hello All,

I am just starting out in my investment journey for real estate. I am looking in the San Antonio market and my goal is to invest in SFH in B/C+ neighborhoods with the plan of holding the property long term for appreciation and use of equity. My question is when investing in these sort of properties do you just accept that you are going to be "negative" cash flow? Or should I still be only looking at properties that break even with cash flow. Thanks for the help!

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Hi Andrew,

Thank you for the reply! We are hoping to buy a primary residence in either Fort Worth or the West Side of Dallas (I work in Fort Worth and need to be at least 45mins away from my job). We want to buy in an appreciating neighborhood that still has a lot of potential. Possibly 400-600k range with the idea of staying for 2 years then renting out or selling. We are thinking either new home/build or something older that we can rehab. In addition, we still want to keep investing in real estate in the area like you suggested that is below the median but in appreciating neighborhoods.

Would you recommend any real estate agents for what we are at least trying to focus on with our primary residence?

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Dallas, Texas

Hello my name is Ashley and I am new to BP and real estate investing! I am looking to invest in the DFW area. Cash flow would be nice but I am mostly looking for neighborhoods where appreciation is on the rise. If anyone has any advice on neighborhoods to consider or an agent that they have worked with would greatly appreciate it. Thanks and excited to be starting on my investing journey!

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Dallas, Texas

New to investing and looking to get into the multifamily real estate market in Cleveland. Had my first meeting today with a project management company and they were quoting 10% for each door (i.e 4 plex would be essentially 4 10% charges for managment or 40%). Is this normal?

Does anyone have any recs for project management companies I can consider that offer a more reasonable charge. If not I might have to consider going SFH. Thanks!

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