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8 February 2025 | 42 replies
Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!
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12 February 2025 | 8 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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11 February 2025 | 15 replies
What you need to do is sit down and make a list of your 3 month, 6 month, 1 year, 3 year, 5 year, 10 year goals.
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16 February 2025 | 1 reply
Over the years, he acquired more homes, duplexes, and even a small apartment complex.But despite his growing success, Michael had one fatal flaw—he couldn’t let go.The Burden of ControlMichael was everywhere.
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15 February 2025 | 7 replies
Verifying last 2 years of rental history very important!
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28 January 2025 | 71 replies
Fixed at 3.5 for ten years variable after that up to 10.50 with 2 point max every two years.
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30 January 2025 | 5 replies
The program is designed to assist low-income families, and these benchmarks might exclude a lot of qualified people.That said, the requirement for stable rental and work history is reasonable, but you might consider relaxing the credit score or income requirements since Section 8 guarantees a portion of the rent.
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17 February 2025 | 12 replies
Considering thousands of properties were built before 1978, I imagine the first year will be rocky.
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4 February 2025 | 17 replies
At every single point in history, people think that the market as it is then, is so hard, and so expensive to get into.
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13 February 2025 | 3 replies
We over hauled our stuff in 2025 year, and got our tenants making payments via the app.