All Forum Posts by: William Harmon

We are in the process of buying new construction in a town next to Portland OR for our first rental. We committed to buy form the developer in February and the math made since and we would cash flow about $100 a month. With the rise of interest rates we will now owe about $150 - $200 a month. The purchase price is $409,000 and we are projecting rent at 2499 a month. This will be a long term hold and we are planning on a cash out refinance to pay for our kids college. Oh yeah we found out we are expecting twins in November! The same house plan is now 10K more than what we are locked in at. We are going to lock in our loan rate in the next week or two. The house will be finished in late July. Do we walk away and lose $4500 in earnest money. Or do we stay the course buy it and refinance in a couple years when interest rates come back down. Looking for guidance from those who have traveled this path before us. Thank you

Purchase price $409,000

Down payment $95,000

Expected rent $2499

Monthly payment $2600

Wow thank you all for the information, I have a lot to learn. 

I'm considering using my IRA as self directed to buy my first rental property and I have several questions. I have roughly 25K in a traditional IRA to invest. I'm looking at a turnkey property.

1. If I use the IRA to fund down payment for the purchase how much or what percent should I leave in reserves for the unexpected?  I assume I need more than a normal investor in reserve due to needing separation of my personal finance and the IRA.

2. The basic understanding I have is for a self directed IRA or checkbook IRA a custodian company forms a LLC and you get a check book. Then you set up a trust which owns the property? Anyone have experience doing this? if so how did it go?

3.To set up the trust I'm assuming I use a lawyer? Should I consult with a CPA as well before starting the process?