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All Forum Posts by: Sonny Dhillon

Sonny Dhillon has started 5 posts and replied 36 times.

Post: Getting Started With First Long Term House Rental

Sonny DhillonPosted
  • Investor
  • Manteca, CA
  • Posts 36
  • Votes 10

@Michael Smythe  in canada seems like bi-weekly is the thing for house payments, car payment and everything they can't afford is all weekly and bi-weekly payment.  i can't even imagine that how stressful is that . 

I would advise to buy all of them because it will make it alot easier for you to put capex money into exteriors, landscaping, fixing parking lot , fencing , lighting , etc because sometimes the hoa might not be collaborative in my experience. I currently own 4 units in 8 unit complex and i had to pay from my own pocket for cutting down trees because hoa has no money and the other units members dont' want to pitch and could care less also they dont' maintain there budlings which makes the complex look bit down.  If you own majority and are able to control hoa which comes with its own headache and not totally passive that can help .  

Quote from @Mike H.:

I have an opportunity to buy a property in tennessee that has 25 self storage units AND allows for 25 more to be built. It also has a 6,000 sq ft metal building on it as well. 

But here's the catch.  There is zero income on the property right now because the current owners were using it for personal use and/or letting friends and relatives use the storage units and the metal building (for an auto dealership).  

Now because of this, nobody else has been able to get this property because they can't get a loan for it either.  I tried but the lack of income on the property is a no go. 

I actually have two options for this property: 1) Rent out the existing 25 storage units AND rent out the building plus add the 25 additional units out of pocket.
OR 2) Rent out the existing 25 storage units and added the 25 additional units out of pocket to rent them out BUT keep the metal building for my GC business to where we have offices and storage for building materials. We also have our main subcontractor and our driveway guy that would like to rent some space for their vehicles and materials as well. 

So we could do this loan strictly as a value add play on the self storage units and renting out the metal building. OR we could do it as an owner occupant for the GC business to where the self storage units would pay for our mortgage. 

Just a matter of whether we can find anybody that will do this loan.  I've tried some local lenders but they wanted to see income from the self storage units.  And they wouldn't do it for us as owner occupants because our revenue comes from selling houses (hell - we're a general contractor - thats how we make our money) which was strange but its their rules.  I've tried some hard money lenders too but they don't seem to have a product for self storage where there is no current income coming in.

The kicker is we've been able to negotiate the price down from 400k to 300k because we know they're trying to get their cash out and they told us they couldn't get a loan either.  And no other buyers can get a loan on this thing either because there's no income to show.

Anybody have any lending sources that might do this as a value add project?   The land (3 acres) and the metal building alone are worth well over 300k in this area.  I know because we have a 5 acre piece that is worth 200k and if we added a 6k square foot metal building, we could sell it for 450k all day long. 


 What condition are those units in and the metal building ? Do they need work before rented out ? 

you'll be able to get hard money loan but they would probably want substantial down payment ? are  you open for 40-50% down or less ? Also do you have savings on the side to cover lender payment for atleast 6-12 months if you are unable to rent this thing . 

Quote from @Sean O'Keefe:
Quote from @Sonny Dhillon:
Quote from @Nate Meeker:
Quote from @German Tapia:

I am in the process to register an LLC, I live in San Diego Ca. Should I register it here or in the State in that I will be investing?

Thank you

German

I agree with @Katie Balatbat

I personally open LLCs in the state where my rentals are and foreign register them in CA since I live here. You can't escape the $800/year fee in CA. 

*Any post made by Nate Meeker, CPA is informational only. Readers are advised to engage a licensed professional who knows their situation before relying on their opinion. 

 @Nate Meeker , i live in ca and in escrow in property in az , I'm reading mix things. 

should i register my llc in ca  and foreign in az

or

register llc in  az  and then foreign in ca .

i do understand can't escape the ftb tax here. 

If you're in escrow and you haven't created an LLC yet (CA / AZ) the lender may not allow you to transfer the property out of your personal name and into the LLC. 

I'm based in California, whether you are a foreign entity operating in California, or incorporated in California you'll need to file a return in CA. AZ compliance on LLC is dependent on a number of factors including how many investment partners are in LLC.  

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*This post does not create a CPA-client relationship. The information contained in this post is not to be relied upon. Readers are advised to seek professional advice.

we opened escrow thursday so i do have time for llc.   My original question was either to open llc in california and do  foregin entity in the state i'm buying property or the other way around. 


Quote from @Nate Meeker:
Quote from @German Tapia:

I am in the process to register an LLC, I live in San Diego Ca. Should I register it here or in the State in that I will be investing?

Thank you

German

I agree with @Katie Balatbat

I personally open LLCs in the state where my rentals are and foreign register them in CA since I live here. You can't escape the $800/year fee in CA. 

*Any post made by Nate Meeker, CPA is informational only. Readers are advised to engage a licensed professional who knows their situation before relying on their opinion. 

 @Nate Meeker , i live in ca and in escrow in property in az , I'm reading mix things. 

should i register my llc in ca  and foreign in az

or

register llc in  az  and then foreign in ca .

i do understand can't escape the ftb tax here. 

Quote from @Eric James:

I guess that's why fast food chains are pulling AI out of their drive through due to the number of errors it makes: because AI is so powerful. And why we still wait on hold for human customer service reps, instead of being helped immediately by AI.


 yup i agree , even at stores they are closing self checkout because of theft everywhere.  I believe Ai is going to help those who are going to utilize it for there benefit and yet at same time make alot of people obsolete who does not want to change themselves or there skillset and and are not open to change.  I don't think there is any issue to the job market at all as we are already short labor and cant find qualified people to work as nobody wants to do the low labor tasks anymore it's a new generation is different and to support the growing needs of AI there will be plenty of jobs but will require education.  

Post: Tenant behind on his rent

Sonny DhillonPosted
  • Investor
  • Manteca, CA
  • Posts 36
  • Votes 10
Quote from @John McKee:

This tenant was inherited from the seller so there is no way of knowing their intentions.  Anyone have any commercial tenant experience with collections and having success.  Love to hear your story, costs, hurdles, and timeline.  


 What type of area is your flex space in ? is it  c/d ? You probably want to get property management for your new tenant placement.  I always run them through credit check even if i inherit a tenant or have the seller evict them before i get the property , this happens often when sellers have bad tenants in the property. 

Post: Thoughts on Naming Storage facility

Sonny DhillonPosted
  • Investor
  • Manteca, CA
  • Posts 36
  • Votes 10

Hi, 

i have 10 acres of industrial land and going to be building out muti use type of storage kind of little bit of everything, rv /boat storage / semi truck parking , and little bit of container storage   and small spaces (5k-10k sqft)  for contractor yards as well .    

I'm trying to figure out on the naming of this facility as this is going to be much more then just simple self storage and would appreciate some thoughts as some options I'm thinking are     as some keyword and then followed by  storage and yards or should i leave the yards out . 

like :   safe storage and yards    

american storage and yards 

Post: Real estate friendly CPA recommendation in Northern California

Sonny DhillonPosted
  • Investor
  • Manteca, CA
  • Posts 36
  • Votes 10
Quote from @Basit Siddiqi:

Did you acquire the Opportunity Zone Property within a qualified zone fund(QOF)?

If you didn't follow the proper steps, there might not be any additional tax benefits.


 yes i agree i also didn't buy it with capital gains which i'm finding out that that's the only way to fund it.  I think for future if i have capital gains then I'll follow the whole route of QQF.  

Post: Real estate friendly CPA recommendation in Northern California

Sonny DhillonPosted
  • Investor
  • Manteca, CA
  • Posts 36
  • Votes 10

Hi fellow BP community. I'm real estate investor and have commercial properties , also acquired opportunity zone property and have been in search of a good CPA that understands real estate investing and are proactive.  .Any recommendation will be greatly appreciated. Thank You