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Caleb Smith Economic Crash in Near Future
20 July 2018 | 7 replies
BRRR relies on leverage, so you need to be sure your rent won't drop below your debt service coverage. if you also have no equity, you're in a TIGHT spot with no movement. the real trouble with crashes isn't just that your business might take a wack, it's all the stuff that happens around you.
Mel Hayes Insurance for my rental property
3 August 2018 | 17 replies
and are they quoting you for earthquake coverage
Charles Andrews Trees in Mobile Home Park - Looking for advice
22 July 2018 | 6 replies
You must require that all tenants have adequate insurance coverage to protect third own homes.
Mel Hayes high Insurance premiums
30 July 2018 | 11 replies
I feel like this is too high but I feel like I may have not asked the right questions or I may have too much coverage
Brandon Handel Do you use commercial loans?
21 July 2018 | 4 replies
The downside is restrictive guidelines, a ton of paperwork, lack of flexibility.Commercial types of financing have pros that are flexibility in guidelines and structure you can do all sorts of stuff from substitution of collateral to partial lien releases on blanket commercial mortgages to cross collateralization and many others, less documentation than conventional financing products, use of debt coverage ratio (DCR) as opposed to Debt to income (DTI) and if you compare DCR to DTI the commercial lenders go up to 80% DTI since the reverse of 1.25x DCR is .80 or 80%.There are downsides to commercial financing and that is the convenants with in the mortgage note that can allow the lender to call the note so make sure to read all the definitions for what substantiates a "default," by the lender you'll be surprised by the definitions and language at times. 
Kiran Alisam Looking for insurance on 4 SFH rentals in Cleveland area
23 July 2018 | 4 replies
Personally I don't go with less than $300,000 in liability coverage on any of my properties.
Brianna Jackson Newbie advice on financing a medium size multi-family (7 units)
11 June 2018 | 6 replies
With a commercial loan from a bank or credit union here you'd be required to maintain a Minimum DSCR (Debt Service Coverage Ratio).Let's say the bank tells you that you must maintain a 1.30x DSCR, not uncommon for a small multifamily loan like this.
Mike Conklin Landlord forms from BP; Indemnification insurance in lease?
8 June 2018 | 5 replies
In most cases, I ask for around $100k in coverage.
Eddie Knoell Need a good rental home insurance agent in the midwest
12 June 2018 | 3 replies
I have a tenant moving in 45 days after my home closing and they said they still will need to cancel my coverage
Adam Webb Negative cash flow refi?
5 December 2018 | 4 replies
They base value off comps but they probably still look at debt coverage service ratio