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Jeffrey Bourque Found a Deal but Not Sure
27 January 2025 | 7 replies
My guess solely looking at your numbers is that it's an older/distressed property which means you have to account for more costs in capex. 2nd thought being it's not in the best of neighborhood then you'd have to take into consideration lower quality tenants/ neighbors and maybe increase expected vacancy and late payments.
Abhishek Wahi Question About Location: Plymouth Michigan
23 January 2025 | 4 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.
Justin Fondren First Property Steps To Buy
19 January 2025 | 7 replies
Ask for seller concessions to cut down closing costs.
Ryan Washer Long Island New York meet up
26 January 2025 | 28 replies
We have an event this Saturday Feb 12, 2022, you can check out the Bigger Pockets page for it here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...The group's page on Meetup.com is at:https://www.meetup.com/real-es...There is a $5.00 contribution which you can do in cash at the meeting as well, it doesn't come close to covering the cost of the space but I may be able to get another space shortly. 
Ethan A. Seeking advice: tenant violated lease with many cats
20 January 2025 | 7 replies
If you get cat urine in the house, it can cost you 10x the pet fee to mitigate the odor.
Nicolas Tow Re Zoning Property from RS-3 to RT3.5 or RT 4
23 January 2025 | 9 replies
. :) A zoning change can take up to 6 months, approval isn't guaranteed (despite Aldermanic support), and potentially cost a lot of money (architectural site / floor plans & dimensioned elevations, zoning attorney, holding costs, etc.) 
Shayan Sameer Questions About Purchasing a Duplex as a rental
17 January 2025 | 11 replies
@Shayan SameerThe non-paying tenant could impact your short-term cash flow, so consider the potential costs and timeline of eviction in your state.
John Friendas 15 vs 30 Year Mortgage for Investor
23 January 2025 | 3 replies
Considering opportunity cost of not affording more rentals vs paying much more in interest.
Colton Bridges How to refi out of hard money loan/multi unit
3 February 2025 | 25 replies
There is no PPP and the closing costs are slightly lower compared to a DSCR loan. 
Ryan Crowley Pay off mortgage and snowball?
19 January 2025 | 61 replies
How about opportunity cost?