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Thomas Loyola Are my assumptions reasonable?
26 November 2024 | 5 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.
Rod Merriweather Trying to Scale- Lending Help Needed
26 November 2024 | 17 replies
TIf you're goal is to scale, they are an excellent option for while bypassing some of the stricter requirements of traditional financing.
Laura Peterson Channel Mgt for STR Hostaway vs OwnerRez
28 November 2024 | 23 replies
Their onboarding process will require about 4-6 onboarding calls just to get everything set up.
Garrett Kula New Real Estate Investor in Chicagoland Ready to Learn
25 November 2024 | 6 replies
Watch out for the village requirements and make sure your team knows what areas require rental and pre-sale inspections. 
Jonathan Chan Thinking of becoming a private money lender? Vet your borrower properly!!
25 November 2024 | 16 replies
Weekly updates AND a requirement for the borrower or someone from the borrower's team to respond within 24 hours of being contacted.This is a good one! 
Tom T. End Game Strategy
27 November 2024 | 8 replies
For DSCR, it's usually slightly higher than the conventional route due to it only looks how well the subject property rental performs + credit vs conventional where it requires credit, income, assets to be reviewed.
Account Closed 11 Places to Find Foreclosure and Pre-foreclosure Listings
26 November 2024 | 3 replies
Any required notice would be removed quickly (usually) if occupied. 
Craig Salzer Norada Capital Management notes
1 December 2024 | 68 replies
First, that unaccredited and unverified as accredited investors were allowed, or even encouraged to invest in what we are being told was a Reg D 506c offering, which requires verified accreditation status.  
Tom Carmody Condo Hotel (Condo-tel)
24 November 2024 | 27 replies
No idea if it is accurate or if anything has changed since then, but it indicated the following:PROGRAM 1 Owner use up to 2 weeks 50% of Adjusted Gross Standard FF&E in high season & 2 weeks Revenues from the Unit and accessory in low season package required.
Roger Mace Should you refinance a DSCR?
27 November 2024 | 11 replies
Pretty solid points here, I would also like to add refinancing with a non-traditional DSCR based loan can assist with getting access to cash quickly as there are many lenders that have a lower seasoning requirement