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All Forum Posts by: Troy W.

Troy W. has started 1 posts and replied 59 times.

Post: Is the 65% of ARV rule Definite?

Troy W.Posted
  • Upper Marlboro, MD
  • Posts 61
  • Votes 37

@Devan Mcclish 

Way to answer...

Post: Is the 65% of ARV rule Definite?

Troy W.Posted
  • Upper Marlboro, MD
  • Posts 61
  • Votes 37

@Neil J.Ok I'm going to try to knock 2 birds with 1 stone....Ready? Let's go....

No, nothing is ever engraved in stone when it comes to Real Estate Investing. 

As a wholesaler, you main position is to get sellers under contract at a discount, and enough where you can make your money, the buyer makes a handsome profit, and your seller get what they want.

 However, if a seller is not motivated...then guess what my friend?...yes your guest it...they are not motivated.

 You have some buyers that will buy at 80% max, some at 70% max, so where does that leave you? It leaves you at having buyers that meet certain price points.

For me, and this is just how my business model is...is that I have buyers with ROI/ARV price points and/or profit margins.

I.e. for the wholesale side of my REI business, because I see you are a wholesaler - my buyers want 40k- 50k profit in one part of the city, and 85k - 100k profit in the next... and That's PROFIT.

You will find that dollars out way %'s any day!

So here is what most wholesalers miss out on that makes some wholesalers like me stand out.

 Most buyers have no problem letting you make your money. You can have a 20k assignment deal, as long as, the profit margin is good for your investor buyer.

A lot of Wholesalers you will see out there will print this in a deal... I see it all the time...and I will look something like this: Don't do this... learn early!

ARV: 100K

Rehab: 15k

Wholesale: 65k (Assignment fee 5k)

Profit: 20k

This is the furthest from the truth....

Your deal should include:

ARV

Rehab cost - Tell what the cost is -  Roof, kitchen, floors etc

Real estate Agent Fees from the Flip Sale

Monthly Holding cost

Closing cost ( from the Purchase Closing Cost/ and from the Flip sale)

After all this is my Profit

I hope this helped.

Post: Poll how much money has BiggerPockets made for you?

Troy W.Posted
  • Upper Marlboro, MD
  • Posts 61
  • Votes 37

40k thru a double closed HUD property

I have several (7) SF homes as rentals throughout the (DMV) DC and Maryland area. And I have all my tenants use PayPal. Direct from thier back account to my rental bank account. It works... time/date stamped, amounts paid etc. Give it a try. My real estate attorney who actually has over 30+ rentals gave me this idea years back. 

Post: Epic Fast Funding?

Troy W.Posted
  • Upper Marlboro, MD
  • Posts 61
  • Votes 37

@Matt Holmer

@Quynh-Chi Nguyen

@Dave Godfrey

@Reed Starkey

@Latoynia Ransom-Harvey

@Lee S.

@John Nasser

I am interested to hear if anyone on BP has actually utilized their services. I know a newbie investor outside of BP that claimed it was an horrible experience.

Post: In the Weeds - My first wholesale deal.

Troy W.Posted
  • Upper Marlboro, MD
  • Posts 61
  • Votes 37

@Kim Handelman Great job and way to tell your story...and yes most deals take on avg. 3 months or even longer for some... so it's always good to have deals in your pipeline and you will soon get there!

Sometimes you may get lucky...and get a 2fer or a 3fer as I like to call them. That's when they not only want to sell you the house you are wanting to buy from your postcard or mailer, however they may have another 1 or 2 houses they want to sell as well that you didn't even know about!

Congratulations again!

Celebrate...and on to the next deal!

Post: I think I have a deal. Help!

Troy W.Posted
  • Upper Marlboro, MD
  • Posts 61
  • Votes 37

@Debbie Thomasfolks, and tho I have virtual wholesaled 3 houses in DFW before I'm interested to see if this still apears to be a deal or not in this situation.

Post: How I Completely Lost My A$$ On This Deal

Troy W.Posted
  • Upper Marlboro, MD
  • Posts 61
  • Votes 37

@Engelo Rumora

 I know that other including me can feel your pain...and rather has experienced it. It makes us a better person for it...though I know we all wish it never happened in the first place

..lol

 But as it turns out we are better people for it, as we stand to live and prosper another day. And most importantly we are not shy to tell others our fails just as much as our successes.

Great post....Rise again!

Post: A Total Failure...A Greater Success

Troy W.Posted
  • Upper Marlboro, MD
  • Posts 61
  • Votes 37

@Stephanie Dobbs

Stephanie....hats off to you for staying with it and following your goals and proving to yourself you can do it!

Any investor can tell you..we have all been there.

My first flop fix and flip...I didn't want to listen...and thought I knew it all and took shortcuts...and ended up putting my tail between my legs...and 4 months later I finally got the property sold with the help of another investor that I thought I was in competition with...ended helping me it. I made only $700.  Would have been better if it was low wholesale deal lol....

So the learning aspect was tremendous for me. As I teach others I always recall my story to them...my failer is my success...and I am ever thankful for it!

Post: 1st Buy-N-Hold Deal Complete

Troy W.Posted
  • Upper Marlboro, MD
  • Posts 61
  • Votes 37

@Andrew Schlessinger

Andrew...I can't tell you how I love these stories. Way to go Rook!

Celebrate and on to the next one!

Great Job again !