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3 September 2024 | 20 replies
We have been frauded and lied to on financing terms while they said they are a conservative underwriter.
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2 September 2024 | 13 replies
We're pretty conservative with our numbers, so we set vacancy at 1 month rent lost every 12 months, or 8.33% of gross rents.
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2 September 2024 | 12 replies
So for example I'm very conservative and don't want any debt on them because I feel this hardens them in case of a severe recession.
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1 September 2024 | 9 replies
Back of the napkin analysis (or BP calculator) make a conservative offer and see if the seller is willing to play ball.
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9 September 2024 | 52 replies
Hey JoshYeah, my numbers above are really conservative.
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30 August 2024 | 4 replies
So again, you can make it work, but you really have to look at the numbers carefully and I would argue be more conservative than before.
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30 August 2024 | 29 replies
Also those improvements you did may only be able to be depreciated over time instead of all during this year depending on how much each one was and what they were.As for the cash portion, keep it in savings for now, I always use 50% as a good conservative estimate when not knowing many factors about someone.
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29 August 2024 | 3 replies
Tax is 5207Maintenance 637 rent minimum of 2200 to be on the conservative side does this unit make sense to purchase for long term investment or am I better off putting money in a CD account that’s earning 5% interest
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29 August 2024 | 7 replies
But perhaps my thinking is too conservative?
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29 August 2024 | 13 replies
I'm currently modeling a 10 year hold period to be conservative.