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3 January 2025 | 7 replies
Success: Signing a deal with First WatchFailure: Bought a retail condo, not realizing the low ceilings were such a deal breaker for a lot of tenants.Pain: A lot of turnover this year, especially in light industrialAha moment: Mortgage note investing needs to be a larger part of my portfolio2025 Goals: Less Investing and more pickleball!
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13 January 2025 | 30 replies
Unfortunately for the owner he/she also didn't update the property in that same time period....cabinets, flooring, painting, landscape, etc resulting in a lower NOI.However, this creates a value add for the new buyer to update the property and raise the rents!
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16 January 2025 | 12 replies
However, hearing your perspective helps me see it in a new light.
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12 January 2025 | 23 replies
There is a company names Hemlane that offers that "light PM" service that may be interesting for you instead of a full blow PM company that may cost 7-10% of revenues.
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26 December 2024 | 3 replies
However, a recent delay in its opening, now pushed to 2025 due to supply chain challenges and other logistical issues, has created a mixed landscape for real estate investors.Real Estate Growth: The Big PictureWhen fully operational, BlueOval City is projected to employ about 6,000 people.
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8 January 2025 | 10 replies
@Aaron Zimmerman and clarify, I am the marketer, my husband designs lighting.
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13 January 2025 | 19 replies
All of the above and there are many discussions and mathematical gymnastics that are in these forums that prove it works and doesnt work in both ways...consider a first position heloc if you want to utilize velocity banking concepts for mortgage purposes.I got one with CMG mortgage (they call it the All in One Loan) and it put me in positive light.
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31 December 2024 | 17 replies
If not, then these people will be arrested when it comes to light.
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30 December 2024 | 7 replies
It's hard to harvest equity on these plays, unless you commit, long-term, towards very light leverage, as the only practical ways to benefit from the equity in your portfolio, if you plan to never sell it, only exchange it, for a lifetime, are to spend the cash flow, or cash out refi.
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3 January 2025 | 8 replies
All lights were green and there was a pileup, leaving behind a mess of twisted metal and broken glass, and a few personal injuries to boot.The syndicator crowd coined the phrase "survive until '25" under the hope that by 2025 interest rates would correct and their deals would be fine.