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Annie Anson How to meet material participation hours for out of state investors
22 January 2025 | 25 replies
One approach that I have not seen included in the discussion is as you are still in the planning phase, you could change your approach and the facts to make it more favorable for your strategy.
Albert Gallucci How do you detirmine the class of a Property
27 January 2025 | 12 replies
that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.
Casey Graham 11 Doors, 13% Stabilized Yield, Town of 13,000?
23 January 2025 | 15 replies
I'll save you the details but...Per door cost: $63,300All in Cost: 700kTotal Revenue: 137k(ish) annuallyNOI: 65-73% (in the expenses we included: insurance, taxes, $75/month per door repair expense, management fee 8%, grass cutting, & a misc fund for random crap business license, etc.)Now...
Stacy Fowler New multi-family property owner
21 January 2025 | 1 reply
We don't allow any "deal-making" in the forums, which includes advertising your services or properties, looking for partners, etc.
Laurens Van swol DSCR Loan for Florida investment
27 January 2025 | 15 replies
I've included an example below to help illustrate this.So different lenders have different rates (which do vary even for DSCR loans) but these are factors they all consider.See example below:DSCR < 1Principal + Interest = $1,700Taxes = $350, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $50Total PITIA = $2200Rent = $2000DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2000/2200 = 0.91Since the DSCR is 0.91, we know the expenses are greater than the income of the property.DSCR >1Principal + Interest = $1,500Taxes = $250, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $25Total PITIA = $1875 Rent = $2300DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2300/1875 = 1.23If a purchase, you also generally need reserves / savings to show you have 3-6 month payments of PITIA (principal / interest (mortgage payment), property taxes and insurance and HOA (if applicable).
Ian L. Real Estate Portfolio Analysis
21 January 2025 | 5 replies
Thanks for the feedback; some quick stats: 9 doors across 4 states, about 50% LTV ratio with a Net Income of about 17% and cash on cash of about 3%.....in fairness those numbers include some overall business expenses not tied directly to one specific property.
Chinku Chinku Need Advice on refinance and long term plan (First Time Investor)
23 January 2025 | 8 replies
So eventually this negative cash flow property becomes cash flow positive and pays for itself including property taxes, hoa, mortgage etc.Trying to calculate how bad is my investment here or should i sell out if there is appreciation 
Neil Narayan Tesla suppliers are clustering in certain areas of the Austin metro
19 January 2025 | 0 replies
Other nodes include Georgetown and northeast Austin near Manor.
Don Konipol The Most DANGEROUS Real Estate Investments for the “Amateur” Investor
1 February 2025 | 56 replies
I'm on a mission to get everyone to think Wrap Mortgage (or AITD All Includive Trust Deed) over straight Sub-To. 
Thomas Youngman Property Investment in Portugal
19 January 2025 | 269 replies
This also costs 200-300 EUR depending on what's included.