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Jon K. My first rental, 11 years later.
18 February 2025 | 9 replies
With value-add, I know I'm getting at least some of my capital out when I'm done and I'll end up with a house that should not need any significant cap-ex for quite a while.I'd do turnkey too if the numbers looked good enough but the reality is in the market where I have boots on the ground you're talking about close to 60k between down payment and closing costs for maybe $200/month in cash flow.
Dan Shuder Just starting out, but have a plan
10 February 2025 | 10 replies
Is LBYM long enough for a full down payment really worse than the stress on your family? 
Griffin Schermer Bloomington MHP Success
27 January 2025 | 1 reply
At which point our evaluation should rise on the community for closer to $4,000,000.00We've enjoyed digitizing all payments, streamlining service, as well as infilling new homes.
Alan Asriants Why Class D/Section 8 returns are not as good in Real Life vs on Paper - Real example
21 February 2025 | 30 replies
I tried to rent one of these buildings for a developer. it was brand new construction, really well done.One after another is was voucher applicants who had criminal records, you had no idea who was actually going to be living there, some were high out of their mind and/or drunk, average credit score was 500, consistent late payments, eviction records, etc.By some miracle I rented one place out to 2 young girls looking to save some money.
Nicholas D. Is there anyone located in Mass who invest in OOS Apartments (10-40 units)?
2 February 2025 | 6 replies
I was told by her that you first have to put a down payment on a property in order to see the inside?
Marshal Butterfield New Member Introduction
15 January 2025 | 9 replies
If you have insights on creative ways to acquire rental properties or storage facility businesses with minimal capital, I’d love to hear from you.
James Wise Clayton Morris / Morris Invest House of Cards starting to fall.
11 February 2025 | 1681 replies
The claim was that you "skip" interest payments.
Curtis Cutler cashing in 401k? rethinking retirement.
5 February 2025 | 10 replies
In my opinion, $90,000 is too little capital to invest in real estate within a retirement account plan.LTV's are lower when investing with a retirement account plan - Around 65%Meaning if you were to use $60,000 as a down payment, you would likely only buy a house around $70,000.$8,000 would likely go away in closing costs.
Jeremy Beland This $200k Profit Deal Was Almost Lost Over an Eviction Battle
15 January 2025 | 7 replies
It’s hard to fathom why they would give people like that 9 months and then force the landlord to pay for them to move and get storage on top of it too.
Marc Zak Cost burden of appreciation
5 February 2025 | 5 replies
This means that every year, your IRR (Internal Rate of Return) will increase.4) In an appreciation heavy market like San Diego, the IRR is going to be the best way to calculate your earnings as cash flow is fairly low relative to initial costs (down-payment, closing costs, carry costs while placing tenants)5) To calculate your IRR, you want to use this formula: (Appreciation + loan pay down +/- Net rents)/ down- payment.you can include the Closing Costs, and carry costs, but I usually do not.