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All Forum Posts by: Jay A.

Jay A. has started 5 posts and replied 10 times.

Post: Questions to ask Turnkey Providers

Jay A.Posted
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Quote from @Evan Polaski:

@Jay A., while I have not invested in a turnkey property, I have viewed several on some of the websites.  Things I would ask:

Full list of renovations that were done, with before and after pictures of basically everything.
I would still get a property inspection, like any house you buy.  If they provide you one, I would still say I am getting my own.

I would ask for full demographics of the area, including incomes, home prices, education levels, crime levels, etc.

I would want to see full tenant application and any pertinent backup verifying income, employment history, landlord references, etc of the in-place tenant.

I would want to talk to the property manager, if they are coming with the property.  Understand their fees, bid process, termination requirements, markups for work done, how they confirm fair bidding (especially if they have on-staff handyman).

I would talk to the actual tenant in place to understand what their experience is with both property and management team.

I would drive the area to understand how your property compares to others on the street/in the neighborhood.

I would talk to other management companies and realtors to understand their understanding of the market, rent levels, etc.

Basically, full due diligence and underwriting of the property. You are effectively paying a premium for someone else's work, and taking on all their risk, so I would make sure to understand as much of the risk as possible.

What an informative response! Thanks for taking your time out. 

you mentioned a few things I wanted to Clarify:

- markup for work done , what does this mean?
- fair bidding?


Thanks!

Post: Questions to ask Turnkey Providers

Jay A.Posted
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I was wondering if anyone who has invested with turnkey companies, if there were certain questions or checklists that you asked prior to investing?

If this is in the wrong section, apologize in advance

It would be great to connect with new and seasoned out of state investors!

Would love to hear your experiences then and now with current market situations. If you are new to out of state, lets connect and help each other out!

Quote from @Greg Parker:

Get a sample lease management agreement.

Ask about maintenance upcharges, what amount does not need owner approval? ($400)

How often do they inspect?

Response time to your questions.....if they take 2 days to respond to you, they probably take 2 days to respond to a tenant.


 thanks for these wonderful suggestions!

Thanks, very helpful!!


are there specific things you are looking out for on their leases or just to make sure they include what I would want?

Just curious if anyone has a checklist that they go through when evaluating new property management companies for out of state investing?

Any questions you specifically ask? Any red flags that steer you away? Any processes you have in place. 

Thanks for the replies!

I will be send you all DMs.

What is the CoC that you are seeing currently in class B neighborhoods w the current interest rates (assuming 20-30% down).


Hi all,

I am looking to invest out of state in the Columbus OH region. 

I was hoping to connect with any investors, agents, Property managers in the area to hear your experience!


thanks!

Quote from @Luke Carl:

Or just put it with a property manager? 


Right, of course that is always an option for a LTR

However, I was curious to see if this method would allow for any significant benefits such as consistent tenant (the subleaser) with good history. Potentially higher rents as the subleaser will be making profits from the STR prices, you may be able to charge slightly higher rent? Potentially dec expenses as majority of day to day stuff would be managed by the subleaser.

I am sure there are cons as well, but I wanted to see if anyone is doing this successfully or if this is worth considering based on the pros

Is anyone doing something like Reverse STR / AirBnB Arbitrage..

I don't know if this has an actual name already but I just called it that. Basically, you purchase a rental for consistent long term rental cash flow. You buy in a STR market so it could be used as that as well but for whatever reason, you are not interested in STR. Has anyone got in contact with someone who is doing AirBnB aribitrage and connect them with your property so you are subleasing to them getting consistent cash flow and they use it as a STR.

Pros:

- Less vacancy rates, the subleaser in a way acts like a property manager for day to day stuff so you may be able to reduce overhead/expenses.

- They will furnish your unit so in the future if you want to do the STR yourself, you can purchase the furniture from them, you will have data that it works, etc