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All Forum Posts by: Robert Jenkins

Robert Jenkins has started 22 posts and replied 102 times.

Post: Please Critique My Plan

Robert JenkinsPosted
  • Commercial Real Estate Agent
  • Encino - Los Angeles, CA
  • Posts 123
  • Votes 11

Mission
(insert business name) is a company comprised of industry professionals and capital-backed investors. With over five years of experience in brokerage, our in depth knowledge of the markets and ability to adapt to the changing environment has allowed us to successfully navigate the terrain to grow and or preserve the wealth of our clients.

Our mission is to create passive income through the purchase, hold, and eventual resale of commercial real estate. We will judge investment properties solely on their ability to generate positive cash flow, but will take into consideration the ability to add value through rehab or repositioning for any property in a value add scenario. The target asset will be multi-tenant retail, office, or multi-family property in areas ranging from small suburbs to major metropolitans. The multi-tenant aspect will provide an added level of security and ability to protect the investments of all parties involved.

Short-Term Goals
In the first few years (insert business name) plans to aggressively pursue opportunities that meet minimum of our requirements in cash on cash returns and value positioning opportunities. The goal is to purchase one building every six months for the first two years, allowing for a secure base of income. In the first two years we plan to pursue deals ranging in size from $500,000 to $2,000,000 with special attention given to any property that may be distressed.

At the same time we understand, to really succeed is to build long term quality relationships with industry professionals. Therefore, we plan to market (insert business name) as a professional investment company who “does what they say,†and provides all parties in a transaction with the most favorable results, to create and sustain long term personal relationships. Doing so will position us in a spot where the best opportunities come to us.

Long-Term Goals
(insert business name) s time horizon is significantly long term. We plan to preserve and create wealth for our investors and capital backers for the next fifty years. With the goal of long term, stable cash on cash returns and well positioned value increasing purchases, we plan to successfully operate in any area of the business cycle. With goal oriented purchases and “know how†to stay away from herd mentality, we will be able to operate at a maximum leverage, while at the same time still meeting high returns on investment. Ideally within the next 10 years we’ll like to have built an investor, client, property portfolio large enough to positioning ourselves as a publicly traded company and becoming an R.E.I.T.

Like Buffet is to stocks, (insert business name) will be to real estate. Long-term value investing, quality cash-flow and the occasional homerun.

Ownership & Employees
(insert business name) plans to be a highly leveraged organization with One employee, that being the principle and owner Robert A. Jenkins. All tasks to be performed by the enterprise that can not be performed by said employee shall be contracted out.

Target Market
(insert business name) will focus on Los Angeles and Orange county markets for our income properties. However, positioning ourselves in emerging markets where the value of a long-term hold is substantially evident is our secondary focus. Initially our primary focus will be on the San Fernando Valley submarket of Los Angeles. The reason being, the location is desirable among the top earning professional all the way to the underpaid low income individuals. This will create opportunities to add value and having a steady demand for occupancy and thus generating steady income. Eventually, the long term area of focus will be West L.A. and Santa Monica districts.

Our knowledge and expertise will allow us to position ourselves in emerging markets all across the nation.

Deal Selection
Fundamentals, Fundamentals, Fundamentals. Being able to stick to a method based on numbers that actually exist, and aren’t pro forma, will be the cornerstone of all investments made by (insert business name) If the deal does not secure the capital of our investors, it will not be one we move forward on. Although there is risk in all real estate investments and can't guarantee anything.

The main instruments to measure a deal will be; cap rate, cash on cash, value positioning, and stability. (insert business name) will purchase deals ONLY on actual numbers and sell at highest amount of profitability. All properties bought by (insert business name) will be self managed and upon the sale shall be negotiated to remain the management company.

Numbers:
Min. Cap rate: 8% Min. C.O.C.: 9%
Min. Deal Size: $500,000 Min. Value Add: 30%
Min. Occupancy: 80% Target Occupancy: 95%

Exit Strategy
(insert business name) has a plan to hold our investments for a minimum of three years on all properties that meet or exceed requirements of the deal. For all nonperforming or troubled assets they will be “flipped†if the value extracted can exceed 110% of the current “all in†investment or if the initial loss from the sale is less then the projected loss from a long term (3-5 year) hold.

Post: STARTING OUT WITHOUT ANY MONEY!

Robert JenkinsPosted
  • Commercial Real Estate Agent
  • Encino - Los Angeles, CA
  • Posts 123
  • Votes 11

Do what i'm doing right now. NETWORK.

Read up on syndications, meet rich people, do research, know that it's frustrating(SP) and that you'll get DENIED a lot.

Find good deals and you'll get more attention.

Hopefully i'll be writing up offers here in the next few months with a few more investors.

Post: first RE investment within 6 months

Robert JenkinsPosted
  • Commercial Real Estate Agent
  • Encino - Los Angeles, CA
  • Posts 123
  • Votes 11

Most investments in CA require non owener occ to have atleast 25% for residential and 35% for comm. Whether it's yours or not doesnt matter.

Post: Idea for a job for a youngster

Robert JenkinsPosted
  • Commercial Real Estate Agent
  • Encino - Los Angeles, CA
  • Posts 123
  • Votes 11

be an assistant at a firm.

Work for a developer or a contractor who invests

Post: Name and title issues

Robert JenkinsPosted
  • Commercial Real Estate Agent
  • Encino - Los Angeles, CA
  • Posts 123
  • Votes 11

actually they are both CA registered. They SPI property management company is using my clients LLC name on their documents.

So J Scott was right, but what course of action does my client have because he said if he has legal claim to it he'd be happy to sell it or sue =)

Post: Name and title issues

Robert JenkinsPosted
  • Commercial Real Estate Agent
  • Encino - Los Angeles, CA
  • Posts 123
  • Votes 11

Basically the property is in his companies name, but he knows nothing about it. We found out the person who pays the taxes has a corporation named similiar to my clients, but slightly different.

I don't know how to describe it really so it's not confusing.

My clients LLC is SPI Properties LLC

this building is owned by SPI Property Management Co. But on all their paperwork they have put SPI PROPERTIES LLC

They aren't related or know anything about eachother, and now my client gets alll the phone calls and solicitors calling him cause when they look up the owner of the LLC his name comes up instead of the property management corp.

Post: Name and title issues

Robert JenkinsPosted
  • Commercial Real Estate Agent
  • Encino - Los Angeles, CA
  • Posts 123
  • Votes 11

Ok so here's the skinny.

My client owns a building and a business under an LLC.

He always gets calls about this other building he supposedly owns.

I checked the title for this building and it is under his LLC name.

The company/person that pays taxes on the building is a different company named similar to my clients LLC.

So i want to know how does this get resolved. On all paperwork the property is under my clients LLC, but he doesn't pay the taxes cause it's actually owned by another company using his name.

I know for adverse possession he has to be paying the taxes, but what about a lawsuit or claim to the building?

Post: Best time to buy is now.

Robert JenkinsPosted
  • Commercial Real Estate Agent
  • Encino - Los Angeles, CA
  • Posts 123
  • Votes 11

Rod-

Just wondering what type of deals you focus on. and why is it that you feel people aren't getting the info they need?

Post: 22 and broke.

Robert JenkinsPosted
  • Commercial Real Estate Agent
  • Encino - Los Angeles, CA
  • Posts 123
  • Votes 11

Terrence!

I agree. just have to find the right events first.

Keep on keepin on. See ya at the top!

Post: Finding Commercial Deals

Robert JenkinsPosted
  • Commercial Real Estate Agent
  • Encino - Los Angeles, CA
  • Posts 123
  • Votes 11

Not sure i understood that.

"Your comment about less wear and tear on retail does not seem applicable as retail units usual have NNN tenants in that they are responsible for ALL the interior maintenance and upgrades they desire"

Did you mean they don't like paying for the upkeep so it looks more run down or since they pay the upkeep they keep it better looking?

"The operating expenses are much lower as the tenants are responsible for most of the expenses."

Also, that's what i was trying to get across. The expenses are lower on retail cause your tenants pay for them, and that's less demanding for the landlord so i thnk you and i were on the same point just said differently.

And trust me i know NOTHING about apartments, so i'm not questioning you on that, i just know retail.

And maybe as you're experienced in owning both types. Why do the newer investors choose apartments when like i say, the headache just seems higher then on a retail or office space.