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11 October 2024 | 30 replies
I see it WAY too often person who got a property, analysis based on STR revenues, found out they suck at hosting, revenues are never what expected, feels like work, and than when try to shift to standard rental there deep in the red because standard rents are a fraction of that hopeium STR revenue, but there "stuck" with a property, a mortgage bill, and are than searching to break even or paying $ to get rid of property......
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11 October 2024 | 7 replies
If it did, I would go on linkedin and see what experience they had (for example that apple... company in TX had asset managers who were overseas VA's - curious how many of those investors knew that and could have spotted a thirty second search would have created a red flag).5.
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10 October 2024 | 31 replies
However, this is what many real estate books call “phantom cash flow,” which is considered a red flag.
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15 October 2024 | 26 replies
Who will do that red tape, plus any local tax prep for each shell, as well as any State required forms and fees (ie.
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9 October 2024 | 1 reply
Changing things after you have already started the business throws up a bunch of red flags.
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9 October 2024 | 14 replies
Or if you have other syndicator recommendation feel free to let me know.Praxis Capital/Vantage point acquisition/BAM capital/DLP capital/SPI advisory/Disrupt Equity/Elevate commercial investment groupCapital calls are a red flag to me and I heard rumors that SPI advisory and Elevate commercial investment group have capitals in last two years but couldn't confirm this info.Planning to do three syndicator deal in the next year to deploy all 1 million if I choose this path.
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10 October 2024 | 24 replies
Seems like a red flag if you ask for it.
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11 October 2024 | 7 replies
That company supports foreclose bidders they produce a document daily on all the sales with same info I mentioned above and color coded certain props with extra caution Red or Green for ready to go bid with confidence. although this created uber competition.
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10 October 2024 | 11 replies
If there is no problem then the HELOC will provide more flexibility since the cash out re-fi may yield more proceeds after improvements when applying the 70 or 80% LTV limit whereas you might get improvement proceeds from an investment loan but you won't want to because there will be a lot of red tape, inspections, draws, lien waiver compliance and a lot of other crap they load onto improvement loans on investment property.
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7 October 2024 | 1 reply
I’ve seen people hit a wall with red tape when trying to remove secondary kitchens or bathrooms.Finally, make sure the math works out.