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All Forum Posts by: Susan Tan

Susan Tan has started 90 posts and replied 198 times.

Post: HELOC referral for an investment 4plex residential building in Ohio?

Susan TanPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 207
  • Votes 145

Do you have any favorite HELOC lenders in Cincinnati, OH, USA? I need to find a HELOC loan for a big capex repair & garage conversion at a 4-unit building in Cincy, OH that I'm managing out of state.

Post: Referrals to favorite eviction lawyers in Ohio?

Susan TanPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 207
  • Votes 145
Quote from @Gregory Wilson:

If this is Hamilton Couty, there are three or four lawyers who have regular dockets in the Eviction room. You have to use one of those guys or someone will be charging you for a trip to the courthouse at $250/hr and sitting around waiting for the Magistrate to get to their case instead of the $75-$150 per case that a guy who has 10 cases at a time will charge. I did an eviction docket 40 years ago. It was a hot mess.

I like Dave Donnett and Mike Hass. But Stu Richard is still plugging away. And Forest Heis has a substantial case load. Choose one of them.


 I cannot find Stu Richard but I found the other above mentioned 2 lawyers in google search. 

Post: Referrals to favorite eviction lawyers in Ohio?

Susan TanPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 207
  • Votes 145

Hi Investors! I have to evict a non-paying tenant. There's a high chance that the tenant has abandoned the unit. I've asked my errand runner to post the notice to vacate already on her front door unit. Do you have a favorite eviction attorney in Cincinnati, OH? Am managing this 4plex out of state.

Post: Padsplit Hosts in Houston, TX?

Susan TanPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 207
  • Votes 145

I'm new to being a padsplit host and trying to connect to other hosts to learn from their experience and get feedback. If you're a padsplit host in Houston, TX please connect with me ! I have questions: was the padsplit net income worth the time management and effort? Any horror stories?

Post: Wanting to get started with fix and flips

Susan TanPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 207
  • Votes 145

I do agree with everything that was said above. You don't necessarily need a paid online program. I happen to have joined the Flip Secrets online training program which has a good community of other house flippers that I can connect to and find online coaches. 

Post: JV with a GC? Potential downfalls and failures?

Susan TanPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 207
  • Votes 145
Quote from @Joel Forsythe:

@Susan Tan I think if you can clarify a few things, many on here will have detailed feedback.

1- is this spec 3plex you want to JV on the same unit you said was 11 weeks overdue and poorly done? Or is it a new property.

2- what type of "renovation" speculation leads you to go from ARV $275k to $500k+? That appears less reno and more major alteration of some sort. It only matters in my mind as to ROI of partnering with the GC, scope differences are significant, therefore experience value of a GC may matter.

3- Is/will the 3plex be held in an LLC, and is that where the JV agreement will be recorded, separate from the construction contracts? The loan would likely be made to that entity ideally.

4- Did the GC as JV outline construction contract type for budgetary accounting?

1. This is a 2nd GC who is interested in doing additional renovations on the same above mentioned 3plex.
2. I plan to fix foundation, do roof replacements on both structures, do bathroom remodels across 2 bathrooms, new flooring, electrical repairs, add fence & gate, more landscaping. 
3. 3plex is held in a LLC of mine. 
4. What does that mean? What does T&M, MU mean?

Post: JV with a GC? Potential downfalls and failures?

Susan TanPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 207
  • Votes 145

I'm a new house flipper. I'm in a bad situation where the first GC did a very poor quality job and took 11 weeks longer than the deadline on a 3plex. I'm considering doing a private money raise in order to secure more rehab funds to continue the renovation on a 3plex flip in Houston, TX and then push the ARV to a much higher value from $275k to $500k+. A GC wants to partner with me in a JV deal where he upfronts the entire rehab funds as both GC and a private money lender. He would charge a double digit interest rate. Title company would do the private money loan paperwork.

What can go wrong? Tell me all about your horror stories. 

Post: Private Money Lenders! Read this if you want to fund fix & flip projects in Houston

Susan TanPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 207
  • Votes 145

Looks like your website link broke.

Post: Selling on Seller finance on a renovated single family house with an over rehab budge

Susan TanPosted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Houston, TX
  • Posts 207
  • Votes 145

I'm considering of selling my over budget single family house as a seller financed house to a self employed business owner home buyer and I become the bank. I'd like to get a large downpayment from the self-employed home buyer & a 10% interest rate for this buyer's 30year loan. But the problem is that the home buyer can get a DCSR loan too at 8% interest rate to buy my renovated house. Have you done a seller financed deal on an over-budget renovated house before? Looking for an alternative exit other than a normal house flip with an exceeded rehab budget.

Quote from @Celia Lumbroso:

@Susan Tan Hi Susan- I know a lot of title companies and lenders that can close virtually for American buyers living outside of the USA.  Ping me if you are interested in learning more. Thanks. 


 Cool could you share the list of title companies and lenders here for everyone?