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All Forum Posts by: Grant R.

Grant R. has started 15 posts and replied 127 times.

Post: Anderson Indiana downtown

Grant R.Posted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Fort Wayne, IN
  • Posts 132
  • Votes 51

@Thomas Lu are you looking to flip the building to an investor?

Post: First time buying a single family house in Indiana

Grant R.Posted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Fort Wayne, IN
  • Posts 132
  • Votes 51

@Megan Nunnery you can totally do it! Several different options... just a couple:

1) Start with a home where you can rent out a room or two while you work on it. One that's livable, but needs a bit of work to send the value up to the sky. Negotiate a great price and get a bank loan (sub $90k house is best). Use rental money to cover holding expenses or materials.

2) Look for a seller financed home where you can put zero or just a thousand down and commit in contract to pay the seller in full after you resell the house and make your profit. No banks, no fuss.

Just make sure you finish these in less than 1 year and get em listed. Markets can drop quickly. Best of luck!

Post: Buy and Hold Deal Indianapolis

Grant R.Posted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Fort Wayne, IN
  • Posts 132
  • Votes 51

@Krystal Maldonado Congrats, Krystal. Very cool!

Post: LLC for Rental Property Protection

Grant R.Posted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Fort Wayne, IN
  • Posts 132
  • Votes 51

@Robert Paquette. Good morning! I'm an active investor located in northern Indiana and available for consulting/boots on ground, and/or partnerships. DM me for further discussion.

Post: Address(es) for Rental Property LLC

Grant R.Posted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Fort Wayne, IN
  • Posts 132
  • Votes 51

@Tom Edwards please note that you may have problems with some banks when you go to open a business checking account. Some require that your LLC is founded in the state where the bank is. Ridiculous, yes, but just shop around.

Post: I need to hear “I quit my job!” stories, please!

Grant R.Posted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Fort Wayne, IN
  • Posts 132
  • Votes 51

@Kyle Robertson Ha, I quit with 3 doors! You are very blessed. Don't question it any longer, it's time.

Make sure you line up cobra or private health coverage prior to the month's end and this will help your family feel more comfortable.

I have a family in your city. Would love to reach out and discuss business after you quit and have the time. Great work setting yourself up for success!

Post: Recipe for Wholesale Success (short and sweet)

Grant R.Posted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Fort Wayne, IN
  • Posts 132
  • Votes 51

@Steve Morris

You're acting very poorly, Steve. Based on your recent postings - full of both attitude and assumptions about investors - I wouldn't do business with you. I'm saying this to you with encouragement to take a 24-hour pause and evaluate how you'd like the professional RE community to see you. Once you land on a conclusion, we welcome you back to hear thoughts that help that community.

Post: 90 Days Challenge. Day 35 Please help me to analyze this property

Grant R.Posted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Fort Wayne, IN
  • Posts 132
  • Votes 51
Artem,

Good afternoon!  Thanks for opening up the link.  Assuming numbers are for year 2, when you rent it out. 

1) Make sure all utilities are in the tenant's name, including sewer/water, trash, etc.  In northern Indiana, you should be able to cash flow around $125 to 200/month on a property like this (SFH, 3 BR, 80k purchase + repairs, rent at 950).  Take those expenses off of your balance sheet; don't include them in rent; you could be stuck paying late fees, penalties, and overages you don't have money for.
2) You can reduce vacancy to 5% if you're signing them to a standard 1 year lease.  With SFH, you're likely to keep tenants for at least 2 years with proper vetting.  5% is the equivalent of 2 weeks per year, so is conservative for the area.
3) I would highly recommend using a good property manager after you move out.  They will charge 8 to 10% based on property condition and the local market.

After you remove all the extra expenses from your balance sheet, this deal might be tenable.  But for this area, shoot for at least $150/month cash flow.  If you don't get that, you might consider waiting for another deal.  Try using a site/app called DealCheck to run the numbers; it will provide you with good conservative results you can rely on.

Good luck with the search!

Post: SETTING UP LLC IN INDIANA AS OUT OF STATE INVESTOR

Grant R.Posted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Fort Wayne, IN
  • Posts 132
  • Votes 51

Please note that one important factor (that's fairly recent) may be banking. If you plan to set up a business checking account for example, many banks want to see that you registered the LLC in the state where the bank operates; that also means having a mailing address in that state. I know that it makes no sense at all; millions of businesses practice across state lines and beyond. I found this out last year. Such is some of the red tape that resulted after 2008/2009. There are a few big national banks that haven't yet adopted that policy yet, and will happily bank with you no matter your mailing address. I ended up going with them.

Post: Closing Title Fees in Indiana

Grant R.Posted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Fort Wayne, IN
  • Posts 132
  • Votes 51

@Adrien S. Total. I just did a split cost closing last week, and as the buyer, I paid $400.