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All Forum Posts by: Daniel Sanchez

Daniel Sanchez has started 9 posts and replied 46 times.

Post: Insurance Premium Assumption for Underwriting

Daniel SanchezPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Houston & College Station, TX
  • Posts 47
  • Votes 27

Howdy Folks,

I am in the process of analyzing some deals and I had a question regarding the insurance underwriting process. First, how is real estate insurance calculated, replacement cost? 

I want to be able to input a base number x% of the purchase price. The x could be scaled up or down depending on the age of the home.

Ex: An older one would have a 1% x purchase price = annual insurance premium.


Ex: A newer home would have a 2% x purchase price = annual insurance premium.

Would this be a decent rough estimate or are there better ways? Again, I want something scalable to be able to apply to multiple properties quickly and effectively. 

Post: Condo Developments in SLC

Daniel SanchezPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Houston & College Station, TX
  • Posts 47
  • Votes 27

Do you have any connections to condo developers in the area? They seem like very interesting projects!

Post: Opinions on Crowdsourced Real Estate Investments

Daniel SanchezPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Houston & College Station, TX
  • Posts 47
  • Votes 27

Howdy Yall,

I just wanted to get the communities opinion on crowdsource investments like Fundrise or Groundfloor. For the pros, I understand that you get all the management experience and liquidity. While in the cons, your dont get the tax breaks and excess ROI. What else am I missing regarding pros and cons?

Post: How do you leverage data in Real Estate?

Daniel SanchezPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Houston & College Station, TX
  • Posts 47
  • Votes 27
Quote from @Chris Webb:

Hi @Daniel Sanchez, I created an excel spreadsheet that works out some of the initial math on my properties. I look at at CoC return as my main metric, basically I want to know how hard my money is working. I check the market everyday and it is only about 20 minutes to review. Let me know if you ever want to take a look at it.

Chris

Yes, Chris, that sounds awesome. I would love to take a look at it!

Post: How do you leverage data in Real Estate?

Daniel SanchezPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Houston & College Station, TX
  • Posts 47
  • Votes 27
Quote from @Jon Catterson:

Hi @Daniel Sanchez,

I am not sure what you mean by data even though you provided an example. I used very simple data to help me determine my out of state market. 

I went through all markets listed in the BP forums networking sections and narrowed it down to those that had $180K or less median home price on Zillow. Then I looked up Rentometer average rent for a 3 bed 1 bath for each general market. From that I calculated the price to rent ratio. I eliminated markets above 12 P/R. For the remainder I googled their property tax. I eliminated those above 2%. I googled the change in income from 2000 to 2017. I eliminated any that were below 20%. I googled change in home value from 2000 to 2020. I eliminated those lower than 40%. That left me with my markets to choose from. 

City-Data.com is a good place to find some of this info and other info. 

Hope that helps. 


 That's a great response. I will have to use some of those as well. Especially the Price/Rent ratio. As I have some background in stocks, that resonates with me similar to the Price/Earnings ratio.

Post: How do you leverage data in Real Estate?

Daniel SanchezPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Houston & College Station, TX
  • Posts 47
  • Votes 27

Howdy yall, 

I was just wondering what platforms do you guys use as data to make informed real estate decisions. As an agent, I use the MLS to scrap pricing data on rentals to get the most updated info on the income a property can produce? As I am very data-oriented, I would love to find out about other opportunities the community uses to inform themselves about the markets and other general knowledge.

Post: First time home-buyer/house-hacker

Daniel SanchezPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Houston & College Station, TX
  • Posts 47
  • Votes 27
Quote from @Matt Toeneboehn:

Hey everyone,

I'm an active duty, military physician and have an upcoming move in JUN2022. I'm tired of paying rent and hope to house-hack and continue to invest in rentals in the future. I'm married, have 3 kids, and a dog and think we will need a 3 bed/1-2 bath to feel comfortable as our live-in unit. I do not have orders yet but we will likely be moving to an expensive area (ie. California, Hawaii). More than likely we will only be living at that location for 1-2 yrs max before moving but I plan to hold onto the property and continue to rent it out. We have excellent credit, no debt and approximately $25,000 to put towards a down-payment if necessary with additional reserves. I should be able to utilize physician as well as VA loans for a low down-payment. I've been doing a lot of research via books and podcasts and feel like it should be possible but the market seems difficult right now and a duplex in the San Diego area is hard to find under $800,000, which is a hard pill to swallow for our first house purchase. I recently listened to BP episode #560 and am currently thinking the rent-by-room strategy might be a good idea after we move out of a single family house if I'm unable to find a good deal on a duplex...   I don't feel comfortable renting out rooms with my kids in the same house.  My long term vision is to obtain a significant passive income from multi-family properties to allow me to cut back on hours (I love my job and don't want to quit!) and possibly work part-time so I can spend more time with family.  Any other ideas or strategies that I should consider?  Thoughts? 


Thanks for your help!


House hacking is a hack on wealth. You should look for a duplex-quadplex in order to preserve privacy within each unit. Using the VA loan you could get a significant ROI (cash-on-cash). After a while, you should be able to use the equity due to appreciation and loan pay down to acquire another property and repeat the process. This will eventually lead to a wealth snowball.

Post: Working with current tenants when listing the house

Daniel SanchezPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Houston & College Station, TX
  • Posts 47
  • Votes 27

@Esther Tama 

Since you are leasing the property back, there are certain clauses you can include that should enable you to schedule a showing and market the property. If not the tenant can be liable for a fee. 

At least these are the kinds of leasing contracts used here in Texas! 

Best of luck!

Post: When to time the market?

Daniel SanchezPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Houston & College Station, TX
  • Posts 47
  • Votes 27

Supply and Demand. If there is significant supply coming online that is not offset by increased demand stay away from that market. There is always a good place to invest!

Post: Have a question you'd like asked on the BiggerPockets podcast?

Daniel SanchezPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Houston & College Station, TX
  • Posts 47
  • Votes 27
Quote from @Amish Patel:

live in California and have rentals in California and Arizona. Looking to expand my portfolio to other states and am looking for ways to structure my corporation. ( i.e californial llc that owns llcs in different states )


 Texas my friend!. The state where everything is bigger, including the profits ;) Would love to help if you have any questions.