
9 March 2020 | 8 replies
In general, I'm curious if this is a good investment opportunity long-term and what other information I should know to help make the decision.Here are some of the numbers:Property Value: Estimating ~$800,000, but it hasn't been officially appraised since it was purchased 10 years at $500,000.Taxes: $4,000Insurance: $2,100Year Built: 19125 Total Units: 2Br/1Ba, 2Br/1Ba, 2Br/1Ba, 1Br/1Ba, StudioUtilities: Owner pays only water and trash.Mortgage: Despite being zoned as a 5-plex, the property has been approved for residential mortgage previously (one unit classified as storage during appraisal).Previous Gross Rents: $45,480 (previous owner was very generous with rent to family/friends)Estimated Gross Rents: $69,600 (based on market value)Previous Annual Expenses: $12,500 = 27% of gross rent.

21 March 2020 | 28 replies
This is probably going to be the most unique recession that we have ever seen and I personally think that normal measures of classifying disaster based off of classes are not going to work, I think that it's more likely that this will be a case by case scenario depending on industries hardest hit and what mix of tenants you serve.

18 March 2020 | 3 replies
My mother does the books and I manage the rental contracts and do some of the repairs or meet with contractors.How should we classify the income from each property and file taxes?

16 April 2020 | 72 replies
At the moment, real estate is NOT classified as an essential service.
21 March 2020 | 2 replies
To classify a good cash flow is to submit to a subjective opinion; what one investor may consider good cash flow, another may completely ignore.

22 March 2020 | 6 replies
Right now I am trying to stick to what I classify as an emergency.

22 March 2020 | 6 replies
When the appraiser got to the property, he refused to complete the appraisal as an SFR, and instead, wanted to classify this property as an up-down duplex because of the above-mentioned characteristics.Normally, this would be no problem.

22 March 2020 | 1 reply
Finally closingAfter multiple appraisals and going back and forth with FHA underwriting, the property was officially classified as a duplex, and because I had a non-occupying co-borrower, that took my required down payment from 3.5% to 25%!

22 March 2020 | 9 replies
Based on the facts and circumstances we know here I'd struggle to classify this as an investment asset.

3 November 2021 | 72 replies
As far I know based on various data and observation covid either does not exist or is basically a cold/flu/pneumonia that has been classified as a covid.