Serge Hounkponou
New member from Indiana
7 January 2025 | 4 replies
@Serge Hounkponou Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want 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?
Devin James
Unnecessary Limits on Housing Development
1 February 2025 | 8 replies
Quote from @Devin James: In one of our development projects, the City staff asked us to remove 40 units from our concept plan.This wasn’t requested by the City Commission at a formal hearing, it was the opinion of the staff.Our original concept already proposed fewer units than the current zoning would have allowed.Here’s what erasing 40 units means:- 40 fewer homes for buyers- Over $1M in lost profit for our team- Fewer tax dollars and impact fees that could’ve benefited the City’s infrastructure & servicesWe gotta get betterEveryone wants more affordable housing, but not everyone wants to do what it takes to achieve it we never listen to the recommending bodies. we move for city approvals and work closely. the other thing we do is keep going back to the same groups over and over and over and over every month on the same agenda and make very small reductions like 2% or 4% and that reduces and beats them down eventually they accept what you want. it's just before beating a dead horse. we keep tabling until they give us something we all agree on then we go to vote. in our city in columbus we have to get recommendations but that's our strategy. we used to come out as aggressive as possible. we typically study developments in the area and keep it very similar in terms of density. we have a track record of very controversial projects and litigation and not taking no as an answer. after a year of that haha I can tell you it's not worth it. now we are more relationship based and buying the right kinds of plots of land. if the numbers don't work on the front end don't do the development.
Jaren Taylor
New to Apartment Investing
27 January 2025 | 4 replies
A typical PPM will cost about $10K.
Shawn Questa
'Hi, wait, are you a Wholesaler or a Cash Buyer?'
23 January 2025 | 7 replies
typically anyone who says the following are not actual buyers:1.
Cameron Marro
Seeking Renovation Advice for My First Investment Property
27 January 2025 | 13 replies
Over the decades, today's interest rates are historically pretty typical.
Darnell Holland
Tear down rebuild numbers
20 January 2025 | 5 replies
I've done a few so I'm typically offered 90% LTC.
Zongfu Li
Kiavi is the worst lenders I have been working with
15 January 2025 | 11 replies
Condo's are usually on the cheaper end of cost for appraisal reports, typically not $750 (but if it's a high end condo or in an area with there's some complexity, the fee can reflect that).
Riley Smith
What is the difference between a Cash Offer and a Novation Offer?
12 January 2025 | 0 replies
Sale Price$171,000 - $55,000 (Rehab) - $13,680 (8% fees) - $40,000 (profit) = $62,320 MAOFrom talking to other investors and doing research, typically a Novation allow more money to the seller, correct?
Vidit Maini
Cracks Appearing in Condo – Normal wear and tear OR Structural Concern?
23 January 2025 | 9 replies
And the cracks mostly follow the drywall seams from what I can see, which is typical....And as @Patricia Steiner said, it doesn't look like a pro installation....You could ask the Contr to use a flexible compound if this happens again, or maybe even now...https://www.dap.com/products-projects/product-categories/pat...Like everyone else said, I'd have it repaired - by a licensed Drywall Contr. - and then just check in on it.
Rich O'Brien
I’m losing a house to unpaid property taxes. Need help
29 January 2025 | 19 replies
I am not a lender, I'm an investor that typically buys major city-center multifamily.