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All Forum Posts by: Stephen Franco

Stephen Franco has started 12 posts and replied 175 times.

Post: Remodel primary residence or buy rental..$50k Question

Stephen Franco
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  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

Buy a two family rental in Scranton Pennsylvania area, where I live, for about $50,000 cash. That building should be making about $1,200 a month gross rent.

It'll be able to afford a management company, all hard cost company  and everything plus pay mortgage of almost + - $50,000 plus give you some cash flow every month

and then you can use the money from that mortgage to make improvements on your home. Boom, both things done at once

Post: Loans (more than 5 years) for Manufactured Homes?

Stephen Franco
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  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

did that, most have a 20k minimum.  this house is 10

Post: Investor From Northeast

Stephen Franco
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  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
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Hi. I'm a wholesaler/ flipper based in the high cap rate market of scranton pa but working throughout pa ny nj and a little nationwide

Would love to connect

Post: Getting Started in REI... But How?

Stephen Franco
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  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

you could start w small turnkey investing (my area of pa offers 15% cap rate after all pads and expenses) 

Or use the equity for hard money loans to other Investors.  Paying 5% (or whatever ) on your heloc and making 10-14% from an investor

Post: Cash on Cash for first rental

Stephen Franco
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  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
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i am in a high cash flow...low appreciation market. Here's my math

Rent 600

Maint. Vacancy. Management pad 30% (180)

Taxes 100

Insurance / sewer 60

Assuming no other utilities... 260

Finished per unit cost 30k

10% cap

Post: Loans (more than 5 years) for Manufactured Homes?

Stephen Franco
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  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

can anyone suggest a mobile home lender they have used for cheaper singlewides like 10k

Post: Is my math correct? Georgia Deal Analysis

Stephen Franco
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  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

okay thanks :-) I'll check it out anyway maybe it'll work for some future opportunity

Post: Where to start?

Stephen Franco
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  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
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first of all, thank you for your service. Secondly, with $10,000 down, you can actually get a flip done in my region using a hard money lender. Many of our flips only require a total investment of about $50,000 and will return a profit of about 20 when all is said and done. I work in northeastern Pennsylvania. Of target wholesale price is about 120000 dollars with many home selling just plus and minus of 100 after rehab. So if you're in soon doing things like that, I'm always open to pointing you in the right direction or possibly doing a JV

Post: 401k

Stephen Franco
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  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

thrown into a self-directed account and then either direct directly invest in real estate, or use it for private money hard landing. PM me for more information and also for opportunities, I have people contacting me every day for more deals that I can afford to find myself

Post: NYC investing? Too expensive for my blood

Stephen Franco
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  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
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I live in base my business out of northeastern Pennsylvania. 15 to 25% rental cap rate after maintenance ,vacancy  and management are deducted with a per unit investment after renovation of under $35,000. I