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LaTonya Clark Lender- 40 year loans
20 January 2025 | 31 replies
You're better off opting for an interest-only mortgage, saving on payments, and then refinancing it into something more conventional when interest rates drop—or, if possible, making a plan to pay down the principal.Interest-only loans, which typically last for the first 5 to 10 years of the loan term, offer two key benefits.
Amol Kulkarni Homeriver Group Property Management in FL
18 January 2025 | 2 replies
@Amol Kulkarni yeah, the founder Andrew is a great guy.The only way you won't get great service is if they've grown too big, too fast.
Travis Boyd Seeking advice on potential first deal - off market 6 unit apartment
18 January 2025 | 6 replies
- A 0% down, seller financed deal, typically equates to little to negative cashflow!
Johnny Lynum Multifamily vs. Single-Family—What’s Your Take?
17 January 2025 | 20 replies
But if your goal is to leave your day job soon, multi family will offer more cash flow typically.
Paul Lucenti Strategic ways to scale
23 January 2025 | 8 replies
We typically do 4-5 years interest only while paying down the principle balances over time.
Ananth Subramanian Post eviction: Collecting Judgment amount
16 January 2025 | 8 replies
It likely is out of date as to cost as this info is quite old (my guess is 5 years but it could be longer):- Rent Recovery Service: offers flat fee service starting at $20. 3 letters start at $30.
Matt McNabb Building Future Cashflow Portfolio
15 January 2025 | 14 replies
The real estate investing industry uses "Classes" to rank property performance risk, but there's NO agreed upon industry model:(Here's what we use for our Metro Detroit market:Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?
Tiarnan Gormley Nearly 18 and need advice on REI while i'm away overseas!!!! HELP!!
25 January 2025 | 24 replies
And are they riskier than a typical conventional loan? 
Zach Howard New, hungry, eager to start while also patient. Large risk appetite.
10 January 2025 | 17 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.
Tyler Sweet Cryptocurrency and Real Estate
16 January 2025 | 6 replies
The crypto can be considered as EMD or down payment, the rest of the transaction will happen just as if you were running a traditional transaction.If a seller is completely against the idea of receiving crypto, you can always use a service like Bitpay to convert the cryptocurrency to cash.Last but not least, I always ask clients... why sell your crypto asset when you use it to secure a loan?