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Ethan Slater New Member Joining BiggerPockets
4 January 2025 | 14 replies
@Ethan Slater here's some info we hope you find useful:Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?
Zachary Kessler Section 8 Rentals
24 December 2024 | 5 replies
We embrace S8 applicants, but screen them just like any other applicant.Many have an entitlement mentality and try to leverage their S8 voucher by pretending to be helpless:1) A percentage won't apply because they expect a landlord to waive application fees for them.2) Many cry broke and expect a landlord NOT to charge them a security deposit.3) Many of those same S8 tenants trying to avoid paying a security deposit, won't make an effort to call the list of nonprofits we send them that will pay their security deposit if they apply.4) A lot of them try to avoid paying for utilities.
Joel Oh One platform strategy
2 January 2025 | 30 replies
The guest stay with discount and toilet replacement did not cover the cost of the unit for the stay. i have the issue on occasion that the guest is expecting a bigger unit and thinks the price is high but they do not realize the value of the unit.  
Henry Clark Belize Teak Plantation
4 January 2025 | 67 replies
If we do a Self Storage development we expect a 400% COC return.  
Ana Maria Anyone ever bought an investment property through SDIRA Wealth?
27 January 2025 | 35 replies
It’s flexible—you can invest in rentals, commercial properties, or syndications—but managing it requires careful attention to avoid prohibited transactions.In comparison, a SEP IRA offers tax-deferred growth, which might be better if you expect a lower tax rate in retirement, but it doesn’t avoid UDFI tax on leveraged properties or allow borrowing.Before investing, check if SDIRA Wealth aligns with your goals and review their track record.
Ethan M. Looking at potential market via Zilow Data
31 December 2024 | 9 replies
Neither path was completely hands-off, but the returns turned out higher than we initially expected (despite all the lumps and bumps along the way).As for Lakeland, I think @Andrew Haley's observations about mobile homes are spot on.
Paula Impala Norada Capital Management suspending payments
31 December 2024 | 418 replies
Expected return was 15%?  
Tove Fox Residential vs. Commercial Real Estate Investing?
5 January 2025 | 13 replies
I started with multifamily but price expectations have gotten out of control.Just refinanced my multi-tenant retail property and pulled out much more cash than I put in. 
Marisela Arechiga To ADU or to Purchase Another?
14 January 2025 | 8 replies
  $200/month divides into the $100K initial negative equals 500 months to recover the initial negative equity.Let's double the cash flow to $400/month.  250 months to recover the initial negative equity so over 20 years.Let's reduce the negative equity position to $50K (which likely is less realistic than expecting $400/month cash flow at that rent point), you are at over 10 years to recover the initial equity position.Now let's do it with all cash, no financing.The 50% rule state $900/month cash flow.  900 * 12/200K = $5.4% or about half of lifetime return of S&P 500, or what can almost be achieved with a zero work, zero risk CD.I see no way that someone who understands the numbers will call this a good investment.Note just because an investment is better than most other investments in a market does not imply something is a good investment. 
Harrison Jones Building a Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy
31 December 2024 | 20 replies
Where do you expect to receive the money to buy out your "partners" in these companies as you drive returns into the ground?