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All Forum Posts by: Jason Ray Richardson

Jason Ray Richardson has started 11 posts and replied 178 times.

Post: First purchase- put myself in a bind with finances.

Jason Ray RichardsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Brookhaven, MS
  • Posts 183
  • Votes 107
Originally posted by @Page Rosenlund:

I've wondered about a debt vs equity partner @Jason Ray Richardson. Can you expound on your reasoning a little bit?

 There are others that can expound on this more than I can, but as I see it...

Debt partner is someone that just wants a particular return in a particular time frame. You might make monthly payments or a lump sum at a certain date agreed upon (sale date, refinance date, etc) they don't control the direction of the park as long as you pay

Equity partner owns an agreed upon percentage of the park for investing a particular amount of money. Typically a longer term partner. Some are more active then others.

Post: First purchase- put myself in a bind with finances.

Jason Ray RichardsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Brookhaven, MS
  • Posts 183
  • Votes 107
Originally posted by @Page Rosenlund:

A little clarity- the park was under half full but since then I've brought the occupancy up to 68% or 17 of the 25 are rented. So to answer @Jason Ray Richardson, I actually haven't lost any of the tenants. Also the financing was from a bank and we've already got 18 months of interest only payments, so that option is kind of out, although I could see if they would extend my original line of credit.

 Sorry I misread what you said earlier about the occupancy rate. Like someone else has already said looks like you need to bring a partner in at least in the short term. Maybe with a debt position and not an equity one.

Post: I lose $20k/year - help me w/ my strategy!

Jason Ray RichardsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Brookhaven, MS
  • Posts 183
  • Votes 107

Sell them if they aren't underwater then live to invest another day.

Post: First purchase- put myself in a bind with finances.

Jason Ray RichardsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Brookhaven, MS
  • Posts 183
  • Votes 107

What happened to the other tenants? Were they evictions that you had to do, didn't like change in ownership? I agree with the others get those things rented ASAP is priority number 1. Did you get owner financing? If so, then maybe you can approach the seller and ask for a few months of no payments or interest only in light of the current situation.

Post: Gainesville, GA multi-unit rental investment at wholesale price

Jason Ray RichardsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Brookhaven, MS
  • Posts 183
  • Votes 107

So are you doing this deal or asking if anyone is interested? If you are doing the deal, Great! If selling it, send me some numbers on rents, expenses, etc.

Post: Cozy and Tenant Cloud

Jason Ray RichardsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Brookhaven, MS
  • Posts 183
  • Votes 107
Not sure on that part of the service since I don't use it. I have had my issues with them though mainly through the application process

Originally posted by @Javier Perez:
Originally posted by @Jason Ray Richardson:

Cozy is nice but with it being a free a service and no having been bought out I wonder how long they are going to stay the way they are. I decided on Tenant cloud. Though not without it's problems (like not having phone support) I found that it checked off all of the boxes I was looking for. Decent price, app for landlord and tenant, ability for tenant to pay electronically, landlord website that syndicates your listing out to other sites like Zillow, being able to take pictures of receipts from app to file. Depends on what you are looking for as to whether Tenant cloud is your answer because there are certainly a lot of options out there. I do like cozy because it syndicates your listing to realtor.com which is a sight tenant cloud does not.

I know this is a bit of an old thread and I don't mean to high jack the post. But I've been having issues with Tenant Cloud and emailing my tenants when rent is due. Have you guys had similar issues?

Post: Sprout Financial unsecured loan funding review

Jason Ray RichardsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Brookhaven, MS
  • Posts 183
  • Votes 107

I made the mistake of using them. Smacked my credit score with all of the inquires. I ended up getting a bunch of small credit line credit cards (one as low as 500). Then after they charged me I had one credit card issuer cancel my card because they found out they had applied for it for me. I should have stuck with the old adage that if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. They didn't even get the line that they "pre approved" me for

Post: Cozy and Tenant Cloud

Jason Ray RichardsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Brookhaven, MS
  • Posts 183
  • Votes 107

Cozy is nice but with it being a free a service and no having been bought out I wonder how long they are going to stay the way they are. I decided on Tenant cloud. Though not without it's problems (like not having phone support) I found that it checked off all of the boxes I was looking for. Decent price, app for landlord and tenant, ability for tenant to pay electronically, landlord website that syndicates your listing out to other sites like Zillow, being able to take pictures of receipts from app to file. Depends on what you are looking for as to whether Tenant cloud is your answer because there are certainly a lot of options out there. I do like cozy because it syndicates your listing to realtor.com which is a sight tenant cloud does not.

Post: Marketing for newly acquired mobile home parks

Jason Ray RichardsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Brookhaven, MS
  • Posts 183
  • Votes 107
Originally posted by @Michael Tucker:

@Jason Ray Richardson do you have a POC I can talk to? Please DM me if so!

Sure, I just sent it to you.

Post: Marketing for newly acquired mobile home parks

Jason Ray RichardsonPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Brookhaven, MS
  • Posts 183
  • Votes 107

21st Mortgage has the CASH program you might could look into.  The fastest way is going to be able to move them in yourself versus waiting on others. But some owners do move in specials in which they pay for part of moving cost if someone will move their home into the park. Or if they move in the first few months are free with a 2 year lease as an example.