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Lau Cor First Time Out of State Investor Looking for a Game Plan
27 February 2025 | 21 replies
Tenant Default: 0-5% probability of eviction or early lease termination.Section 8: Class A rents are too high and won’t be approved.Vacancies: 5-10%, depending on market conditions.Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Class B Properties:Tenant Pool: Majority of FICO scores 620-680, some blemishes, no convictions/evictions in last 5 years.Tenant Default: 5-10% probability of eviction or early lease termination.Vacancies: 10-15%, depending on market conditions.Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 1-3 years for positive cashflow, balanced amounts of relative rent & value appreciation.Section 8: Class B rents are usually too high for the Section 8 program.Class C Properties:Tenant Pool: Majority of FICO scores 560-620, many blemishes, but should have no convictions/evictions in last 3 years.
Chris Core Everything needed to start, can't find a cash flowing property.
8 February 2025 | 13 replies
Deduct NEW property taxes after you buyDeduct home insurance costsDeduct maintenance percentage, typically 10%Deduct vacancy+tenant nonperformance percentage(we recommend 5% for Class A, 10% Class B, 20% Class C, good luck with Class D)Deduct whatever dollar/percentage of cashflow you wantNow, what you have left over is the amount for debt service.Enter it into a mortgage calculator, with current interest rate for an investment property, to determine your maximum mortgage amount.Divide the mortgage amount by either 75% or 80%, depending on the required down payment percentage - this is your tentative price to offer.If the property needs repairs, you'll want to deduct 110%-120% of the estimated repairs from this amount.Be sure to also research the ARV and make sure it's 10-20% higher than your tentative purchase price.As long as the ARV checks out, this is the purchase price to offer.It is probably significantly below the asking price.
Bennie Smith How Has Your Investment Experience Been in Detroit?
21 February 2025 | 7 replies
If you do it right, it’s arguably the best market to invest.Purchase: $80k-$130kRent: $1100-$1500 (no rent control in MI)1% rule: .9%-1.4% rule dealsCoc ROI: 4-12%Total ROI: 20-40%Cash flow: $50-$250/door (after all expenses and budgeting for maint, capex, vacancy)Appreciation: 3-10%+ (has been double digit for a decade)Location: C+, B-These numbers are based on the “sweet spot” in Metro Detroit.
Zahra Latif Thoughts on investing in Birmingham?
5 February 2025 | 2 replies
Great points, ZharaBirmingham has relatively steady and diverse rental demand, and I’ve seen many investors I work with have success with C/B class buy-and-holds.Location is key—areas near UAB, major employers, and popular suburbs tend to have the strongest rental demand, while C/D class markets offer solid affordable housing and Section 8 opportunities.
Seth Bradley How Donald Trump Will Make Me Rich in 2025
24 February 2025 | 1 reply
Scaling up my capital-raising strategies for syndications and fund-of-funds deals.Using 506(c) offerings to publicly market deals and attract accredited investors.Positioning funds to take in institutional capital that’s fleeing the stock market.🔥 #3: The Rich Will Get Richer—So You Better Play the GameIf Trump wins, expect major tax cuts for businesses and investors.Expect lower corporate tax rates, more deductions for business owners, and a friendlier tax code for those who actually know how to use it.He’ll defund the IRS and possibly eliminate the “External Revenue Service” altogether, making audits and enforcement less aggressive.This will favor business owners, investors, and high-net-worth individuals.💰 What am I doing?
Michael D. VALUE: Now vs. What it could be
10 February 2025 | 16 replies
.: Quote from @Allan C.: Two things to consider: factoring in risk and opportunity cost. 
Susan Gruhn Inheriting Property - Nj
7 February 2025 | 1 reply
My son currently lives in the townhouse b/c he is going to school and works in the area.Since he is young and starting out in life, I would like for him to only cover the basic costs (taxes, HOA, utilities) just enough for me to break even (I believe that will put him slightly little lower than market rent rates). 
Aj Green Cancelling Home Purchase (Buyer)
7 February 2025 | 1 reply
Their a/c starting leaking and has missing ductwork, and is blowing air in random places.
Nicole Moss Dollar General sale
26 February 2025 | 11 replies
Dollar Stores often instead of renewing the lease get sucked away to developers promising to build them Dollar Plus stores with upgraded construction for slight rental increases.Especially is absolute NNN lease the DG could jump ship to a brand new building and avoid tons of TI costs they are on the hook for with older building ( parking lot, roof, A/C, etc.)Professional tenants with thousands of locations tend not to be dummies.
Sam H. HELOC, HEL, or 2nd Mortgage to finance Second Home
11 February 2025 | 7 replies
I have no idea how real these rates are they dont have credit score just A+,B+ , C+ d and e and application fee is $400.