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All Forum Posts by: Maria Vargas

Maria Vargas has started 1 posts and replied 15 times.

Post: Helping our tenants improve their credit thru rental payments

Maria VargasPosted
  • Investor
  • Denver Colorado, USA
  • Posts 15
  • Votes 16

Cozy.co has merged (or been acquired by) Apartments.com. I'm not quite certain that they've kept the feature where they report rental payments from tenants to credit bureaus. Anyone got any tips on how to help my tenants improve their credit profile with their monthly rental payments? Your input is greatly appreciated! 

Post: Austin Metro vs Denver Metro

Maria VargasPosted
  • Investor
  • Denver Colorado, USA
  • Posts 15
  • Votes 16

@Bryen Blankenship both excellent choices for investment markets. I own/operate rentals in Denver so like many of those offering their input, some bias here! Denver continues to attract new residents, and thus far the rental market has proven to be COVID-proof. Out of my 14 tenants, all kept their employment and continued paying rent; what's more several actually secured promotions in essential industries including construction and marijuana. I'd say both SFR and multi-fam markets in Denver are extremely competitive and I'd encourage you to reach out to capable agents with your criteria as deals are available, just be prepared to move quickly. I've seen purchase prices range widely for 4-unit assets and with today's financing rates, you're getting a whole lotta asset even with top-dollar seller market conditions! Wishing you success!

Post: Helping our tenants improve their credit thru rental payments

Maria VargasPosted
  • Investor
  • Denver Colorado, USA
  • Posts 15
  • Votes 16

Hi BP, outside the obvious benefits we enjoy as landlords/investors I find it extremely rewarding to help people in different situations by providing safe and viable housing options in a pricey and competitive market (Denver, CO). I have several tenants that have been stellar in maintaining my properties, providing timely payment, and communicating effectively especially in the last few months which have been dominated by economic uncertainty due to Covid. A couple of those tenants had poor credit profiles upon initial screening but presented other factors for which I decided to rent to them despite poor credit scores. I'd really like to help them improve their credit standing by reporting those on-time payments to credit reporting agencies and I'm not quite sure how I can do that - enter your input BP Community! While I don't use Cozy for anything other than Credit Checks/Criminal Background Screenings, I do know they claim to report rental payments to credit reporting agencies if one set's up receipt of rental payments through their portal. Has anyone found that Cozy does actually report those rental payments to credit reporting agencies and that it's made a difference in their tenants' credit profile? Are there other rent collection mechanisms other than Cozy that could help me achieve this goal to help my tenants improve their credit profile?  (Yes, I'm aware that if using Cozy to collect rent, I'll have to wait more days to actually receive those funds in my bank account - I'm willing to wait if I can effectively help my tenants). 

Post: What strategies are working for you in Denver?

Maria VargasPosted
  • Investor
  • Denver Colorado, USA
  • Posts 15
  • Votes 16

Hi Madigan, the "house hacking strategy" that Craig Curelop detailed can certainly work for a family with children BUT would be better suited if you can secure a multi-family with up to 4 units to stay within residential financing. This way, your family won't have "roommates" but you will have tenants in the other units. Because you're returning from a high-priced market, you may be able to stomach the price points for such a quad-plex in the Denver area. If you don't currently have an outstanding FHA mortgage and can owner-occupy, go with that to finance and minimize your acquisition expense (3.5% down). Now do consider that any quad-plex that comes on the market and makes $ence will come under contract very fast, like 48 hours from listing fast, so do all your homework and get pre-approved if using lenders so you can act swiftly. I hope this gets helps to get your creative juices flowing!

Post: UDirect Self-Directed IRA Experiences

Maria VargasPosted
  • Investor
  • Denver Colorado, USA
  • Posts 15
  • Votes 16

Hi all, I already have an SD Roth IRA (custodian is Provident Trust Group) and have an SPE LLC which allows me to have check book control. I now have another active business which I've already LLC'ed and and I'm getting ready to attach a Solo K to it. Thus far, my research and networking have led me to uDirect and I was wondering if anyone on this forum has set up their Solo K with uDirect?

I have had the pleasure of meeting Kaaren on several occasions so I'm very comfortable with her but could benefit from insights from anyone that is  actually using uDirect for their SDIRA or Solo K. Thanks for your input!