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All Forum Posts by: Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson has started 10 posts and replied 137 times.

Post: Completed My First BRRRR (With $0 Down) ! + Photos & Details

Tony Robinson
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Eastvale, CA
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Originally posted by @Irina Barnett:

@Tony Robinson Tony this is amazing! Shreveport/Bossier City is where I've been thinking about doing my first investment property. Thank you for your providing extensive detailed information!!! And like you I'm a bit familiar with Shv/BSC as I lived there many years ago. I'm looking to invest on area of zip code 71112. What are you thoughts of that area? I'm personally grateful for all this information as I see this as a playbook for me to follow. Thank you so much!!!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the read. I'm focused on 71104 (near the college) and 71105.  71112 is on the Bossier side and I honestly haven't done much research that side of the river. But feel free to PM me so we can chat more! 

Post: Completed My First BRRRR (With $0 Down) ! + Photos & Details

Tony Robinson
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Eastvale, CA
  • Posts 138
  • Votes 459
Originally posted by @Jose M Romera:

Hey Tony, I think I felt all your anxiety while I read the play by play of your entire deal! I am in the process of searching for my first BRRR. It's scary and exciting at the same time given this difficult time our country is going through. One thing is for sure: Human beings will always need a place to live in and tradesmen and women need to remain employed! Congrats on this deal and all your future accomplishments. Looking forward to posting my first project completion. Cheers!

 Thank you! Looking forward to seeing your first deal done too! 

Post: Completed My First BRRRR (With $0 Down) ! + Photos & Details

Tony Robinson
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Eastvale, CA
  • Posts 138
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Originally posted by @Zach Witt:

With that large of an ARV why not sell and use that cash to buy more properties. That's a huge profit on one house, seems like you got a huge head start to build your portfolio.

I may sell the house down the road, but my goal right now is cashflow. If I find an opportunity to 1031 into something larger, I might take it!  

Post: Completed My First BRRRR (With $0 Down) ! + Photos & Details

Tony Robinson
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Eastvale, CA
  • Posts 138
  • Votes 459
Originally posted by @Derek Eberly:

@Tony Robinson Thanks for sharing your experience.  Looks like a great deal that will give you great momentum into the next deal. The rehab looks great as well! I have a few questions for you:

Did you get your GC(s) to give an estimate of the project before you make an offer or was this estimate done by you and 
your agent?

Did you get the bank to give you their ARV on the house before you made the offer as well?

What extra checks did the bank make you go through in order to fund 100% of purchase and rehab? That seems very rare in my limited experience.  But also very exciting that you were able to utilize this funding.

Thanks again for sharing!

Hey! 

(1) Yes, I had the GC provide an estimate prior to submitting my offer. 

(2) Yes! The GC submitted their bid to the bank, and the bank underwrote the property and made their assumption on the ARV prior to funding the loan.

(3) The only thing I had to do was a find a deal that was good enough. The purchase price + rehab had to be less than ~72% of ARV.

Post: Completed My First BRRRR (With $0 Down) ! + Photos & Details

Tony Robinson
Property Manager
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Eastvale, CA
  • Posts 138
  • Votes 459
Originally posted by @Ricardo Leon:

Congrats, what an amazing BRRRRRavo!!!

Haha, I see what you did there ;)  

Post: Completed My First BRRRR (With $0 Down) ! + Photos & Details

Tony Robinson
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Eastvale, CA
  • Posts 138
  • Votes 459
Originally posted by @Bill Goodland:

@Tony Robinson looks awesome. Mind sharing what that 55k rehab consisted of? Seems a bit steep for the paint, flooring, bathroom and kitchen work I can see from the pictures.

Hey! There was a lot work done. They pretty much gutted the house. But here's a list of what I can think of: 

  • Flooring throughout the entire house
  • New vanities throughout
  • Interior and Exterior Paint
  • New countertops
  • New appliances
  • Drywall repair
  • New light fixtures throughout the house 
  • Framing to create a new bedroom
  • New cabinets

Post: Completed My First BRRRR (With $0 Down) ! + Photos & Details

Tony Robinson
Property Manager
Pro Member
Posted
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Eastvale, CA
  • Posts 138
  • Votes 459
Originally posted by @Abdoul Guisset:

@Tony Robinson this is such an incredible story. Thanks for sharing! How hard was it to invest out of state? I am living in NYC and have and find it too expensive to invest locally.

I know a lot of new investors have fear around investing out of state. But as long as you have a solid team in place, it's really just managing the people. My bank, my realtor, my property inspector, my GC and PM all made this deal possible. 

Post: Completed My First BRRRR (With $0 Down) ! + Photos & Details

Tony Robinson
Property Manager
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Eastvale, CA
  • Posts 138
  • Votes 459
Originally posted by @Quincy Ford:

@Tony Robinson incredible story man, much respect. In terms of the financing, did you have a pretty high credit score to be able to get that kind of funding deal?

Thanks! And it was high 700's 

Post: Completed My First BRRRR (With $0 Down) ! + Photos & Details

Tony Robinson
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Eastvale, CA
  • Posts 138
  • Votes 459
Originally posted by @Account Closed:

@Justin Siebert can you tell your own experience?

 This was my first deal! I have a W2 job in Corporate America :) 

Post: Completed My First BRRRR (With $0 Down) ! + Photos & Details

Tony Robinson
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  • Rental Property Investor
  • Eastvale, CA
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Originally posted by @Anthony Liguori:
Originally posted by @Tony Robinson:
Originally posted by @Alex Olson:

I think I missed the beginning part? What market did you invest in out of state and what type of returns are you getting if you can share? Cap rate, coc, cashflow?

No worries, I know it was a long post! The property is in Shreveport, LA. Returns and CoC are technically infinite because I invested $0 into the purchase or rehab (just the carrying costs). The property is currently rented out for $1,500 and all of my expenses, including management, are about $1300.

Great story,  I'm from NJ and been looking heavily in investing out of state.. so is that $1300 including the payment back to the bank for the purchase and rehab? and are you going to do a cash out refi to get the money and do it all over again??

Here's a breakdown (I also have cash set aside for reserves):

Rent: $1,500 

Management: $100 

Vacancy: $45 

Repairs: $45 

CapEx $45 Insurance: $100

Property Taxes: $130 

Mortgage: $860 

Approximate Cashflow: $170