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13 November 2014 | 3 replies
Costs: -initial, and ongoing-do I need specific liability insurance on automobile?
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26 September 2014 | 27 replies
For now, this is an exercise for me to learn how to evaluate these larger properties and learning the more in depth steps.Here's the pro forma: (BP won't allow any HTML Tables so this is ugly, first # is soft, second is monthly rents, and third # is the rent/sqftAutomobile Repair9400 -- 3000 -- 0.32Church14300-- 2000 -- 0.14Jerky25600 --- 3500 -- 0.14Restaurant3127 -- 1750 -- 0.56Listed as Rented buy Google says is Vacant2400 --- 0 -- 0Rock Climbing Venue2000 -- 1200 -- 0.6Smog Shop2600 -- 1500 -- 0.58Gym7000 -- 1300 -- 0.19Vacant11000 -- 0Totals:77427142500.21Calculations:Listed Price$1,710,000.00Listed NOI$171,000.00Listed Cap Rate10.00%DP 30.00% = $513,000.00Financed$1,197,000.00Debt Service @5.5%$95,760.00 (15yr Amortized 30)Cash Flow$75,240.00COC14.67%Debt Service @3.5%$83,790.00 (15yr Amortized 30)Cash Flow$87,210.00COC17.00%A couple things to note:1 - There's a wide swath of Tenant Classes 2 - I am aware of the environmental concerns of the Smog & Automobile businesses. they are on the back side of the property away from the retail in a separate set of steel warehouse buildings.Tagging @J Martin -because he wanted to stay in the loop on this.
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11 June 2017 | 98 replies
There is very little reason to work for a company when you can make more and be more flexible in controlling your life as a freelancer.One thing I think that will hurt suburbs is the reliance on the automobile.
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28 December 2015 | 71 replies
You will have to buy lease forms You have auto mobile costs maintenance on said auto...
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24 February 2015 | 19 replies
Here's how ours looks:Safeco, $352 per year, $1M, married (2 drivers), 2 cars, 15 residential rental units, Vancouver, WA.Broken down as...Base rate for one owner occupied home and one automobile = $118Each additional automobile $39 x 1 = $39Each additional dwelling unit $13 x 15 = $195 (Note, this is per unit in buildings that have no more than 4 units.
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13 February 2021 | 4 replies
🤗I found this point instructive in the rise of the 30-year mortgage and its knock on effect on historical house prices and the broader economy:“It was not until the 1920’s and the spread of the automobile that home mortgages outnumbered farm mortgages.
22 February 2021 | 4 replies
Tenant needs to make a claim with their Automobile Insurance carrier.
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13 April 2021 | 5 replies
This was unfortunate as the loan I had on the automobile was a 0% interest loan--thus the reason I had the loan in the first place.
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14 April 2021 | 1 reply
My question is for anyone who has moved their personal automobiles under the LLC umbrella and converted to commercial insurance.Is moving the autos underneath the LLC a good move and converting to commercial?
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18 March 2022 | 7 replies
It's quoted that the President of Michigan Saving's Bank told Henry Ford not to invest in the automobile because, "The Horse is here to stay, the automobile is just a fad".Obviously he was wrong.