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5 January 2025 | 9 replies
If you love property management and want to start a business keep looking into it.Otherwise keep buying income producing properties to generate wealth.
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7 February 2025 | 28 replies
I am considering to do 1031 exchange into one of their projects.
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22 January 2025 | 14 replies
When it comes to experience I have facilitated my fair share of successful projects, however the point still remains that I did not complete those deals completely independently.
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7 February 2025 | 3 replies
Once you feel you've built a strong team with your first property and have solid systems in place, I would then start buying more aggressively and taking on bigger projects.
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4 February 2025 | 1 reply
Well, not so fast.For every successful flip, there is an account of some nightmare project that sucked the bank account of someone dry.
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18 January 2025 | 16 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.
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12 January 2025 | 7 replies
And I was constantly more worried about my own project.
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5 February 2025 | 28 replies
I think a lot of people like those on the Forum are entrepenurial thinkers and can design ok on their own, but of course there are some people who cannot design a doghouse and will need you for the whole project, lots of those folks out there..... :-)
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17 January 2025 | 7 replies
Even if a title company were to manage the setup making sure all parties are paid, the cheap debt and cash flow would not be enough to be enticing to any investor even if midterm rental could yield a healthy return.
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13 January 2025 | 25 replies
You are also going to need to decide how to manage the property.