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All Forum Posts by: Jody Leblanc

Jody Leblanc has started 2 posts and replied 15 times.

Post: Do you invest outside of your state?

Jody LeblancPosted
  • Breaux Bridge, LA
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 4
Originally posted by @Ralph R.:

@Jeremiah T.  SSSShhh about the off market leads and pm. I don't usually put that out there!!  Sometimes you gotta read between the lines!!  In any event i do not ever purchase without already having the Pm in place lead or no lead. They are usually the first place I call in a new town or city. I vet them hard and don't move forward until I'm comfortable with them. RR

Ralph, I'd be really interested in a blog about your PM vetting process!

Post: What will the hurricane do to Houston RE?

Jody LeblancPosted
  • Breaux Bridge, LA
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 4

@Stephen Leonard

@Stephen Leonard

Around Lafayette, last year, I found that insurance companies wouldn't pay out unless/until the repairs were done by the homeowner. I just couldn't find the situation of owners paying off their mortgage with insurance funds and then walking from the home. It seemed like homes to rehab were only sold by owners that had their home free and clear, or REO. What did I miss?

Post: Quit claim deed. HELP. Advise needed

Jody LeblancPosted
  • Breaux Bridge, LA
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 4

What's the buyer's upside on this? Is it a good investor deal, or is this person looking to live there? Your risk goes down considerably if there is good money to be made on the back end in flip or rehab-rent. No investor will be willing to let the title get messy over a few thousand $. If the buyer intends to live here as  their primary residence, protect yourself. Foreclosure in Louisiana is not like an eviction. That's a long period of rent-free living that you'll likely end up happily settling over rather than fight it in court. You will want an instrument that you just take back and then force an eviction. 

Not to mention, if the opportunity is solid, you'll have a good deal of buyers around here :) hint, hint

Post: Deal Analysis: 23 unit apartment complex

Jody LeblancPosted
  • Breaux Bridge, LA
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 4

Joel Owens Thanks for the thoughts. I like the 60% figure for this one. I'm assuming even vacancy estimates go into that number.

I hadn't thought about getting creative with financing here. But it would be nice to hold some cash back for other projects.

Post: Deal Analysis: 23 unit apartment complex

Jody LeblancPosted
  • Breaux Bridge, LA
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 4

I'd like to get some feedback on this property.

All-BricK, 4 buildings, 2 story, pitched roof, good exposure on main thruway
23 Units
1 occupied by on-site manager

asking price $690K, supposedly hitting 72K NOI, no great, but maybe decent.

[URL]http://s1363.photobucket.com/user/jodyleblanc1/media/ProvidedFigures_zps4fea7de9.jpg.html[/url]

Looking at provided figures (see above), it looks like an ok deal, but digging deeper and using my OWN assumptions of numbers, not so much. But before I offer 70% asking price, I wanted to see what the good folks at BP thought of my numbers.

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143,040 Income (at full occupancy)
7% vacancy ~ 10K
133K adjusted income

Expenses
Taxes
7,500
Insurance
7,500 - 8,500
On-Site Mgmt "Salary"
8,000 (does this need to include Soc Sec, worker's comp, etc?)
maintenance
13,800 (manager handles light maint 600/unit)
Capital improvements
6,900 (300/unit)

Utilities paid by owner
Electric
15,000
Water/sewer
10,000
Trash
4,000
Cable/Sat TV
??? - (I'm guessing 7,000)

Other Expenses
Pest
700
Lawn
500 (onsite manager cuts grass, this covers equip & fuel)
Advertising
500
Misc
1100

On the surface, it's not working, since Exp are 84K and NOI is 48K, no where near the 72K they show. I'd expect at least 65K NOI based on adj rents.

BUT, owner pays Water, Sewer, Electric, Trash, Cable/Sat TV - 37K-ish (ouch, but possible opportunity)

If I push those back out to tenants (let's forget the investment to do this for the moment), say 30K back, then I have to lower their rents by about 22.5. Then we're at 110K adjusted income, 54K expenses, and 56K NOI. so, suddenly this becomes a reasonable ratio again. Only, at 56K NOI, figuring 10% cap on a turn-key, still only worth 560K on the street. (10% is common in this area).

An upside is the idea of then bringing rents back up to near where they were.

Looks like the mention didn't take. Pinging Jerry Puckett for input. This thread is very valuable, not many others touching this topic. Thanks to everyone for their input.

Post: Greetings from Louisiana

Jody LeblancPosted
  • Breaux Bridge, LA
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 4

Robert Ruiz I haven't done any rehab flips, I wasn't aware of a specific license. Can you shed a little light on that one?

Post: Greetings from Louisiana

Jody LeblancPosted
  • Breaux Bridge, LA
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 4

Stephen Moore I'm near Lafayette.

Post: Greetings from Louisiana

Jody LeblancPosted
  • Breaux Bridge, LA
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 4

Greetings from a fellow Louisiana investor. Like you, we started slow and work as a family. There aren't many locals represented here, but the information is invaluable and very practical. I see most members in Nola and BR.

Again, welcome, and I hope to see you around here.

I was in a similar situation where I had the opportunity to buy into a higher position in the company at market value. My issue was that if I were looking for properties, I'm looking at something BELOW market value. So, buying in at top price is no good to me.

In your case, it's a little sketchy, but SELLING to him at market value basically ensures a full price buyer down the road for those shares.