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All Forum Posts by: Seth Cunningham

Seth Cunningham has started 5 posts and replied 15 times.

Post: New investor in Louisiana

Seth CunninghamPosted
  • Investor
  • Mandeville, LA
  • Posts 15
  • Votes 2

Glad you found the site Chris! Start listening to some of the podcast while you are over there, they are under the learning tab. I'm going out Monday, msg me on here or viber if you need help with the site navigation, pretty straightforward though, or anything else.

Post: How can I structure this deal for LLC

Seth CunninghamPosted
  • Investor
  • Mandeville, LA
  • Posts 15
  • Votes 2

Ok, so I my in-laws decided they want to go 50-50 on a SFH rental we are looking at. The mother died, both kids live out of state and hopefully we can get it for a great price.

I ran the numbers, and looking into other possibilities of splitting the lot up to sell (one of few double lots in high value area) and all looks good based on mostly equity with some cash flow.

What I am trying to figure out is how we can set up this partnership, we have talked about an LLC and we are pretty sure the bank will not loan to me in an LLC (they are double checking, small local bank). The plan was for my wife and I to finance it and they split the down payment, closing, rehab, etc. Besides them "gifting" their part of the down payment how can we set this up where we can have a partnership 50-50 with no complications?

I have the power to get the loan, but I don't want to take the full taxable income if I plan on splitting all profits with them. They have the cash to buy it outright, then we could rehab and refinance maybe? I wasn't sure how this would affect them tax wise putting the money into an LLC to purchase, then after the rehab refinancing the house. Plus I know they only want to put in half after all said and done, but don't want the deal to slip away if they need to buy it with cash.

Any help is appreciated.

Post: FUNDING FELL THROUGH LOOKING FOR A PARTNER OR BUYER IN LOUISIANA

Seth CunninghamPosted
  • Investor
  • Mandeville, LA
  • Posts 15
  • Votes 2

Have you talked to a hard money lender yet and showed them your deal? If they can confirm your rehab and ARV is correct this seems like a deal they would lend on.

$110,000 at 65% ARV gives you 71500. Plenty to purchase and rehab with little skin in the game. Essentially zero money out of your pocket besides closing, holding, and maybe a few extra repairs.

I'm have not made myself familiar with that area yet, but you can send me the comps pics and repair list if you want. I'll take a look, but no promises.

[email protected] 

Post: Contractor

Seth CunninghamPosted
  • Investor
  • Mandeville, LA
  • Posts 15
  • Votes 2

Welcome to the site. I am not in need of a contractor currently, but always looking to build my contact list for when I find my first deal and get my offer accepted.  Do you have a website to provide any more information and pictures of previous work done?

Post: New Member From North Louisiana

Seth CunninghamPosted
  • Investor
  • Mandeville, LA
  • Posts 15
  • Votes 2

Welcome, limitless amount information on this website to checkout and learn from. Good luck on your investing career and check out the podcast if you haven't yet, some great info in their and will keep you motivated hearing other people talk about their success.

Just a warning on the sod, don't over fertilize it too early. Talk to the installers on what they recommend for upkeep the first few months and do your own research to verify. If it is specific stuff that will require you or the tenant to do something besides watering once a week, 1 every 2 weeks (depends on your climate) Note: will take a lot more watering when first installed. I would discuss this with the tenant and make sure they are comfortable or do not mind you making frequent visits early into the rental period. 

Here is a link of a random website that has good info from what I remember laying sod in school for construction companies. I just googled it, no relationship with this site. http://www.brucecompany.com/pages/garden-center/Basic-Lawn-Care-Newly-Sodded-Lawns.php

Post: To Be OR NOT To Be a Licensed Agent

Seth CunninghamPosted
  • Investor
  • Mandeville, LA
  • Posts 15
  • Votes 2

Hope to hear some good answers, I am currently in the same boat. M. Eng. working offshore, have to wait for RE agent to help me pull some of my info to analyze properties after the initial look and always takes a while. If I could pull this info myself it would be faster I think and I would be more confident with what is being picked for comps.

Post: How does one circumvent an owner occupied clause on REO's

Seth CunninghamPosted
  • Investor
  • Mandeville, LA
  • Posts 15
  • Votes 2

@Jay Hinrichs

Thanks for the quick response. Whether I end up putting an offer on it, I think I will keep up with it just to see. Not sure what I'd do with the information if it comes out how I suspect.

Post: How does one circumvent an owner occupied clause on REO's

Seth CunninghamPosted
  • Investor
  • Mandeville, LA
  • Posts 15
  • Votes 2

Not bringing this back up for my own interest in doing so, but have a thought. I am going to look at an REO property today, C class area, that needs a lot of work according to the listing agent. If I do decide to make an offer the investor offer period opens up tomorrow morning. I have been told, not values obviously, that there are already 2 cash owner occupied offers. Listing is 80k.

My question is, who even has 60, 70, or 80k in cash that is willing to live in this neighborhood for a year and put in 20k-30k in repairs? Do investors paying cash step around the OO offer period since they are not going to be checked by the lender?

Sounds like a flipper getting in early offers to me, but i could be wrong.

I posted a few days ago, and was scatterbrained all over. Didn't get any real responses either.

Well now I have seen the house, done my comps, and trying to estimate repair cost so I know if I should or shouldn't make an offer.

30 year old house, 1635 sqft, 3 bed 2 bath, driveway only, pretty poor condition (Old laminate floors and stains on plywood under carpet and smells a little). New heater in attic, water heater newish, A/C will need to be updated sooner or later but doesn't look bad.

I have 4 comps that are blocks away all sold within last 6 months, most expensive one being close to the lake and farthest away. I used @J Scott guide to estimating ARV and brought the comps to a comparable quality of what I have intended for the rehab. 2 only needed 1-2k in adjustments, then there was a higher one and lower one that needed about 8k each after comparing similarities. I got some of these numbers using percentages or what I would see the house being valued if it had/didn't have some of the upgrades. Also, I 3 blocks away from this house so I am pretty close on my comps since I have been looking in this area, mostly for my own house, for over 3 years.

The Avg ARV bewteen the 4 came out to 220K, I also took the average $SP/SQFT from the MLS for each and averaged for $128/SQFT or ~210K. We can use the lower one for our estimates.

So 210K, If we look at 70% rule that is starting out at $147000 minus repairs 

Hard Money loan that I will be applying for gives 65* of ARV so $136000 lending power.

My plan is to flip it if the equity capture is there, my fall back is to rent it out.

To flip, I still need the repairs this is a rough estimate of what I have without being able to go in with a contractor (I got to go look at it Sunday, the day before I went back offshore for 2 weeks). A contractor would be with me during the inspection period if I ever get that far. This is what I have so far:

Lets say I replace all of the rooms and living room w/ 10mm laminate from lowes at $1.79/SQFT at $0.99 install (I could do this myself or my wife could easily if we get a weekend during the rehab) Total = ~900*$2.78 = $2511

Kitchen and baths w/ tile at about $2.40 and $0.80 install is what they quoted me for my porcelain wood tile my my house so Total = ~220-250 =  235*$3.10 = $730

Floors Total = ~$3300 plus maybe $200 in prep?

New Appliances (Stove, dishwasher, microwave) do y'all provide these? In a rental I would, but a flip?

Bathrooms: 2 new tubs is I cannot get the others clean $1000, plus the labor and extra tile work probably running me 3K for something decent in both baths? All those faucets, mirrors etc if I don't build a frame out of existing mirror and molding would put me back another 2K. Total plus sinks, updated cabinets, fixtures, tubs = 6K min.

Paint: Everything needs painted inside and exteriour touched up. Exterior needs a good washing, but nothing is peeling to have to scrap a lot, so maybe 2000-3000K for ext, and interior another 1000 to $1500 for every room. Total = $4500

Decks: Need pressure washed and stained, I can do that( $200). Possibly build out the back deck just a few feet, do you have estimates for a 10x 10 area?

Roof: I did not see any wet spots from the roof under the main house and there was a downpour the day before. What I did see was a water damaged spot/couldn't get close enough to see if it was wet, where the back porch balcony is. You can go on the back porch and see that there was previous damage from leaking. So, to get it knocked out after I have a contractor inspect, but throwing it in my to do budget a new shingle room, square house, 1 peak. Total~ 10K hopefully over estimating that.

Insulation: Found traces of a critter living up there(feces) so would like to get all the insulation out of attic and replace, and also ripped up from underneath the house(Raised about 3 feet) and put spray insulation underneath. I am not sure on cost for this????

$2000 minimum I am sure with hiring someone.

Landscaping: Needs a few boards in fence(I have), mowed (6"-1ft high in some spots), maybe some stuff planted to make in look nice. $200

Random knick knacks (light bulbs, new lighting in some areas if needed) $500

Total = $26,900

Extra % for hidden cost? 20%???

Running total = $32,300

With that I have the $147500-32,300 = $115,000 if I stick with the 70% rule.

Looking at other comps at it's current condition(most around or below 100k but farther out of the popular area I live in) this is what I was originally thinking. I was thinking 110K before I ran those numbers.

So for the hard money, say 70% rule, $115K+32.5K = $147,500

65% ARV using conservative $210 is $136,000 leaving me $11,500 in repairs not including closing, lender points, and holding cost. Around 6K in closing, if I pay points on the back end that saves me ~$4100 up front, and my holding cost would be interest at 12% I believe so ~1360 a month. All 4 comps sold less than 2 months, but say 4 months holding = $5500

That is $6K closing + $5500 holding that I have to cash flow. Giving me a total of $23,000 out of pocket. Does this look right so far?

Then when I go to sale add realtor fee's (6%), plus my points, plus closing fees(3k?) totaling ~$21,000

So say I do get my $210,000 minus the $21,000 in closing, the $23,000 I put in for repairs and holding, and the original loan of $136,000. 

That leaves me with $30,000 profit before tax all said and done IF everything goes as planned and my numbers are correct or over conservative hopefully.

Does this deal look correct/make sense?

Would you do this deal and put an offer down? Why or why not?

Appreciate all of the help!