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8 January 2025 | 10 replies
The market is slow currently and you need to check flood zones and assess insurance costs when underwriting a deal.
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5 February 2025 | 16 replies
Slow funding will kill you.)Note Duration and Extensions: What will be the length of your note?
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18 January 2025 | 18 replies
During the slow season, do you personally focus on getting more rentals, focus more on family/personal life, or do you do something else?
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29 January 2025 | 14 replies
We have a renters agreement, which states tenants shall be held responsible for all costs to landlord's repair or maintenance of any plumbing stoppage or slow-down caused by tenant.
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1 January 2025 | 0 replies
This included some landmark deals including Rockefeller Center’s $3.5B loan and Miami Beach’s Fontainebleau $1.2B refinancingAlternative lenders filling traditional banking gaps with short-term solutions which has already begun a cycle of consolidation that will likely continue and accelerate in 2025The Office Sector Divide:CBD property values are down 50.7% from 2021 peaksClass A office properties seem to be in their own vacuum of prosperity with trophy properties commanding premium rents ($100+ PSF nationally, up to $247 in top markets) with strong occupancyHybrid work continues impacting older building valuations which have not faired as well, but this may begin to rebalance as more companies are instituting mandates to return to physical officesChallenges & Opportunities:$1 trillion in loans maturing by 2026Interest rates up from 3.5% (2021) to 6.74% (2024)Experts such as AEW’s Michael Acton and Blackstone’s Nadeem Meghji see the best entry point in the last 15–20 years and we agreeMarket Outlook:Current market conditions present unique opportunities, with inflation-adjusted prices at historic lows and yields at decade highs.
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7 February 2025 | 13 replies
Due to item 1, adding an ADU can require years to start achieving any return (once the accumulated cash flow recovers the initial negative position).4) Adding an ADU is a slow process.
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22 January 2025 | 25 replies
Specifically, you could forego hiring a property manager in the first year, as this is when you would want to apply a cost segregation and accelerate depreciation.
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16 January 2025 | 17 replies
Hi, you seem like a potentially good candidate for DSCR Loans, a loan product that was essentially designed for exactly this - investors that want to build a portfolio relatively quickly and not be slowed down by DTI requirements or other hassles from conventional options.Would be glad to help, also check out this 12-part series published here on BP on everything you would ever want to know on this loan option!
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25 January 2025 | 26 replies
You can accelerate closings per month this way.
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29 January 2025 | 20 replies
However I do go in slow season and I do not put in blocks.