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7 January 2025 | 2 replies
When you add purchase price, carrying costs for at least 6 months, materials, labor, real estate agents costs and taxes, do you have at least a projected 10% profit?
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11 January 2025 | 4 replies
A friend of mine, Ryan, who invests heavily in Baltimore, realized his interest costs were eating into his cash flow.
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7 January 2025 | 22 replies
That's three months of mortgage and utilities, the cost of flooring, and the cost of painting.
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6 January 2025 | 31 replies
What does it cost to buy a laundromat?
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6 January 2025 | 9 replies
If you don't do that, once she passes it will go to probate court and it can cost a lot money.
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10 January 2025 | 8 replies
But from a moral & ethical perspective, you may want to decide at some point to just eat it and accept write it off as cost of doing business.
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22 January 2025 | 20 replies
Can try to reposition to Class B, but neighborhood may impede these efforts.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, but 15-20% should be used to also cover tenant nonpayment, eviction costs & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores of 560-620 (approaching 22% probability of default), many blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 2 years.
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14 January 2025 | 37 replies
If the market value mentioned above is accurate and the “initial” loan balance hasn’t increased by rehab funding, I wrote above that the proceeds are just a couple million after closing costs and commissions.
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11 January 2025 | 5 replies
yes create the addendum but realize the tenant who has been paying could ask to be reimbursed for these costs as well as not accept the addendum.
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7 January 2025 | 0 replies
It was in rough condition, which limited competition and made it a strong candidate for the BRRRR method.Negotiation: After analyzing comps and repair costs, I negotiated a $420,000 purchase price, which was below the market value for similar properties in the area.