
22 January 2025 | 15 replies
: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.

18 January 2025 | 11 replies
Take ownership of your mistake and learn to do the proper due diligence recommended aboveš

11 February 2025 | 183 replies
A renter in my area would pay the exact same amount for a brand new manufactured home as they would a stick built (they probably wouldn't know the difference since its put on a proper foundation anyway). Ā

16 January 2025 | 7 replies
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22 January 2025 | 10 replies
@Chris Mahoo many new investors don't take the time to properly understand RE investing.1) Many are using approaches from 2010-2018 when Class A property prices were so low from the Great RE Crash that an investor could cashflow and get pretty easy Class A tenants to manage.2) If you look at what investors were doing before 2008-2010, most were buying Class B & C rentals.To make it worth while, an investor either needs to Fix & Flip or invest & holdĀ rentals for 10+ years.- Over a 10 year period cashflow will increase as rents increase (rents typically rise faster than property taxes, insurance, etc.)- The property should be appreciating, if purchased in a good location, increasing the owner's equity/wealth.-Ā Rents will be paying the mortgage off, increasing the owner's equity/wealth.- If you hold a rental until death, you can pass it on with a stepped-up costĀ basis, limiting captial gains if then soldĀ (limited by inheritance tax limitations).Too many newbies on this site trying to replace their day job income via "passive" real estate investing w/o digging deep enough to understand how it really works.

18 January 2025 | 1 reply
This reflects continued demand despite economic headwinds*Pending sales increased 3.1% in the metro and decreased 2.2% in Austin proper.

30 January 2025 | 24 replies
And actually, if you structure things properly you shouldn't have to worry about the tax implications at all.

21 January 2025 | 10 replies
On the other hand I donāt want to be cheap and losing money in the long run bc Iām not properly fixing things.

9 January 2025 | 5 replies
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26 January 2025 | 43 replies
Buyer may elect to treat this Contract asĀ canceled, in which case all Earnest Money received hereunder will be returned to Buyer and Buyer mayĀ recover such damages as may be proper.