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Andrew Banker Closed and Inspected My First Duplex
27 September 2015 | 7 replies
(Actual %, friend is a realtor/manager, gives me a great rate on properties I buy through him if they're in a good area)10% Maintenance/Repairs -- ($165/mo.)NOI -- $12.4KCash Flow -- ~$40/mo.COC -- 3.5%Cap Rate -- 8.6%Total ROI (Including Principal Paydown) -- 45% in first year (goes up in subsequent years with additional principal pay down)I think I did well for a first buy.  
William Kwong Waive Real Estate Agent Commission - Flipping
22 January 2018 | 1 reply
But wanted to get your thoughts of the advantages of being an agent for flips from a "commission savings" standpoint.Assuming I can use my license and represent myself (my LLC) on the buy side to waive commission and reduce that percentage from the purchase price.And subsequently listing the finished product myself and paying the transaction fees / costs associated to the process.As a sales partner of a brokerage, is this typically acceptable?
Richard Burke Scaling (getting more units) in a moderately expensive market?
26 January 2018 | 5 replies
You recycle the same down payment from the 1st property into subsequent properties. 
Rami W. San Diego - New construction 3-4 units behind SFR
16 August 2014 | 9 replies
Assuming that you're in a city, the answer, and any subsequent answers to how it can be done if it can be done, will be largely driven by your city's land development code.What can safely be assumed though, is that you'll have to have some sort of street access.
Parker Harrison To rent or sell?
10 September 2014 | 1 reply
It's very easy to let the wrong person in your house who will subsequently destroy your house and you will be left to pick up the pieces. 
Judd Campbell ZeroHedge article on Flipping
5 May 2014 | 4 replies
What it found is that while the latest housing bubble may have indeed popped, manifesting itself not only in a decline in flipping prices but also a tumble in flipping activity across the US as a percentage of all sales from 6.5% a year ago to just 3.7% in Q1, and down from 4.1% last quarter, flipping, where a home is purchased and subsequently sold again within six months, can still be massively profitable, leading to returns that would make the pimpliest 25-year-old, math PhD HFT-firm owner green with envy.Among the core findings was that the average sales price of single family homes flipped in the first quarter was $55,574 higher than the average original purchase price.
Kumar Gaurav LLC for rent collection
2 June 2019 | 5 replies
@Scott SmithHi Scott,I actually had one more question, a job relocation made me move out of state,would it make sense to sell the property (Personally without llc or Land trust)and purchase subsequent property ( looking to buy commercial with six or more units)under an llc.How does this approach fare withselling current property post transferring to an LLC from an asset protection perspective.Appreciate your input.
Jake K. Wholesaling Fee Income- What Tax do you need to pay?
3 November 2018 | 3 replies
., In a wholesale deal there is no way to perform a 1031 exchange.The 1031 requires that the exchanger actually sell and subsequently buy investment real estate. 
Thurmon Cohen Judge issues Order of Orderly Removal
3 July 2019 | 17 replies
Subsequently she sued me for the return of her security deposit (had not paid rent for 5 months!).
Richard Jahnle Knob and Tube Wiring in a rental - Philadelphia
5 April 2019 | 24 replies
The estimate was $32k, which, based on what I’ve learned since then, was on the high side in my market (though that figure did not include the plaster work that would have been subsequently required).