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All Forum Posts by: Lisa Cleveland

Lisa Cleveland has started 1 posts and replied 4 times.

There is a meetup every 3rd Wednesday in Davidson, NC. I just went to my first one there last night. It was really good!

Post: First - Single Family Home Rental

Lisa ClevelandPosted
  • Mooresville, NC
  • Posts 4
  • Votes 5

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Mount Holly.

Purchase price: $225,000
Cash invested: $50,000

First Single Family Home Rental. Great learning experience not without challenges. My son has been my rock and balance!

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

I NEEDED to get someone, anyone out of my house! My son & his wife were living with me, due to me living in a 5 BR. Then my daughter moved back in with her 3 children. Wow! I just about lost my mind. I bought a SFH and my son is my Property Manager there. They pay full rent and he has already (thank goodness he is a plumber) had his fair share of fixes. I work full time and would have had a very hard time coordinating contractors for this. My son is diligently looking for our next SFH or STR.

How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

Found it on the MLS. Paid asking price due to multiple offers. Everything in our area is getting asking price.

How did you finance this deal?

HELOC

Lessons learned? Challenges?

Lessons learned/Challenges: 1) have contracts with contractors prior to work being done. This saved me on a bad window installation deal. 2) have contractors in the trades that you trust. Luckily my son is a plumber and fixed a grinder pump that went in the middle of the night and he repaired leaking pipes, toilets, after moving in, etc.

I agree (from what I have researched) that Pam is correct. I also bought my first rental using a HELOC (this year) and under an LLC. I pay the HELOC will all funds available to bring down the interest, then pull out what I need for bills....then repeat. The HELOC (while I haven't found my next property yet) allows me to immediately have the cash for down payments. Good luck to you! Lisa

@Johnny Situ

Hi Johnny!

I’m in Mooresville, NC and purchasing my first rental in 3 weeks (waiting on closing date).

I loved your story and it gave me inspiration!

Thank you!

Lisa