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Terrence Adams Rental Property Investor Newbie
12 January 2025 | 12 replies
Include all expenses like property taxes, insurance, maintenance, and property management fees if you’re not managing it yourself.Network Like Crazy: You’ve already made a great first step by joining this group!
Cole Dobbs New Member Introduction
10 January 2025 | 9 replies
Our interests include the BRRRR method, acquiring value-add multifamily properties, and even diving into full development projects.
Arshiya Taami is 95% LTV for a DSCR Loan that is 2.2 possible?
14 January 2025 | 15 replies
I've included an example below to help illustrate this.So different lenders have different rates (which do vary even for DSCR loans) but these are factors they all consider.See example below:DSCR < 1Principal + Interest = $1,700Taxes = $350, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $50Total PITIA = $2200Rent = $2000DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2000/2200 = 0.91Since the DSCR is 0.91, we know the expenses are greater than the income of the property.DSCR >1Principal + Interest = $1,500Taxes = $250, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $25Total PITIA = $1875 Rent = $2300DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2300/1875 = 1.23If a purchase, you also generally need reserves / savings to show you have 3-6 month payments of PITIA (principal / interest (mortgage payment), property taxes and insurance and HOA (if applicable).
Morgan Iacolucci DADU opportunity but primary home has tenants & Seller wants buy-back provision
7 January 2025 | 3 replies
@Pat Aboukhaled I would ULS (unit lot segment) the primary house and include a clause in the call option that would prevent them acquiring the DADU.
Christy Place First Flip Attempt
10 January 2025 | 2 replies
,  it helps tons when you know someone like your husband that knows how to flip and work on a home himself, a lot of people myself included have no connections at all to flip a home and it could be daunting just thinking about it.Did you get your asking price of $299.633?
Ashley Shearer Property Mgmt - First Right of Refusal Program for Maintenance?
17 January 2025 | 3 replies
If your property management company is good and has built an internal maintenance team which has set rates and had strong relationship relationships with licensed contractor which should keep costs in control, you should never need to shop contractors on your own I wouldn't think.So in short, our policy is give us your preferred contractors upfront if you have them, but then we work all tickets to resolution including dispatch, and payment of invoices.This is of course for operational expenses.  
Ezra Avery Hello & Thank You
7 January 2025 | 5 replies
that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.
Tamara Gonzalez Nailed the first investment property?
2 January 2025 | 0 replies
Purchase price: $86,000 Cash invested: $2,500 After being done with Rich Dad, Poor Dad, several podcasts (including bigger pockets), and other resources we were desperate to take action.
William F. What are your experiences with the different land ed course available?
26 December 2024 | 8 replies
While both involve finding and properly securing a site and bringing it to full entitlement, the ground-up process includes the land piece but gets way more involved and complex to execute.The full "Monty" for ground-up development needs to include financial literacy, an explanation of metrics, and how they work.
Desmond Kerr Newbie to fix and hold but not rentals
1 January 2025 | 1 reply
We don't allow any "deal-making" in the forums, which includes advertising your services or properties, looking for partners, etc.