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All Forum Posts by: Daniel Mendez

Daniel Mendez has started 95 posts and replied 246 times.

Post: What to do if you don’t have enough money saved for down payment?

Daniel Mendez
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  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 253
  • Votes 46
Originally posted by @James Wise:
Originally posted by @Jamia Stevens:

I’m just starting out and I was trying to get a preapproval letter so that I could know what price range to start looking in. I was told that I should save up $10,000 before I even consider getting a preapproval letter but that would take me years. I would love to buy my first property by May but how do I come up with that kind of money? Should I try to look for a partner that would contribute the capital or what do I do? It was discouraging to hear that so any and ALL advice would be great!!!!

If you live in the property you can do an FHA loan. Only requires 3.5% down. Many markets where you can get a home for $100k or less so the good news is that no you don't always need $10,000 in the bank to get started. I didn't have anywhere near $10,000 to my name when I got started in 09. Running a $50M portfolio of rentals today.

 James,

Congratulations on your success. 

What skills do you attribute to your success?

Post: Newbie here: Best cities for multifamily investing

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  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 253
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Originally posted by @Amy Heitner:

Hi @Daniel Mendez,

I got some great tips from a recent podcast with investor John Casmon. He recommended a site called datausa.io where you can punch in the city and instantly get fantastic data from population to poverty rates. You can do direct comparisons with another area. The detail is awesome, stats about employees, growth, economy, wages, wage distribution etc. Awesome resource, check it out.

Thank you very much, Amy.

This will definitely come in handy.  

Post: Cash Flow: How much should I save?

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  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 253
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Good evening BP, 

What percentage of your cash flow do you save for tax purposes? 

Post: BRRRR: Pros and Cons of Multi-families

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  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 253
  • Votes 46

Good evening BP, 

What are the positives and negatives of sticking to BRRRRing ONLY multi-family (2-4 units) homes? 

The reason why I want to stick to this strategy is that if I lose a tenant I know that I won't be left with the full mortgage payment to pay like I would if I owned pure SFR.

On the downside, I know it is not easy to determine COMPS for multi-family homes because sometimes there won't be any mult-family homes around to try to figure out the ARV of the property.

Am I making a mistaking by not considering SFR to my portfolio?

Post: Buy and Hold Investors: Offering on the MLS

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  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 253
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Originally posted by @Matt Pastier:

@Daniel Mendez I got a duplex on the MLS for less than half the asking price and then used the BRRRR strategy. They are out there. It's a numbers game. Keep looking and keep making offers!

 Congrats, Matt. If I may ask, this duplex that you found, how long had it been in the market for? Was their pushback to your offer? 

Post: Buy and Hold Investors: Offering on the MLS

Daniel Mendez
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  • Dallas, TX
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Good evening BP members,

For those of you that have bought properties off of the MLS for the purposes of buy and hold using the BRRRR method.

Do you guys always offer below asking price? Or do you all try to meet the seller first to build rapport and then offer your deal? Also, what is the success rate that your offer is accepted? 

Post: Purchasing an investment property under my LLC

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  • Dallas, TX
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Originally posted by @Austin Steed:

@Daniel Mendez

Yes I've seen it done both ways. Buy in your name then transfer to LLC. Lenders don't always like that though, since they gave you the money.

If you buy under an LLC it's easier if the LLC is actually a performing business. Meaning the LLC has a business checking account, operating agreement and obviously the EIN number. Might be a little more work to do it this way but there is more protection here. As anyone can look up the transfers of properties on a county auditor site.

Best,

Gotcha! Do know if it works for LLC's that obtain a hard money lender at first?

Post: Purchasing an investment property under my LLC

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  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 253
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Originally posted by @Brandon Sturgill:

@Daniel Mendez yep...pretty routine stuff...you just want to chose your lender and loan product carefully...make sure you have this lined up before you do the deal. Let me know if you need a local loan originator to talk with that does these.

Best of luck. 

 If you know of anyone Brandon that can assist me that would be awesome. I would have a few more questions just to clarify a little bit more. 

Post: Purchasing an investment property under my LLC

Daniel Mendez
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  • Dallas, TX
  • Posts 253
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Good afternoon BP,

Can I purchase a buy and hold property under my LLC and then switch it to my name before doing a cash out refinance?

I am looking to purchase a property in Columbus Ohio using a hard money lender but all of them so far only lend to LLC's.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. 

Post: How did get your first contractor?

Daniel Mendez
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  • Dallas, TX
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Originally posted by @Bryan Richardson:

@Daniel Mendez

Just ask everyone around you if they know of any one. Found a great electrician, and a hvac guy that way. Also found a crappy drywall guy as well.

 Thank you for that information, Bryan. Just out of curiosity, does the contractor need to be licensed? Or is it only the electrician and plumber that need to be licensed?