Buy close to stabilized assets with a value-add component and always buy for cash flow and hopefully when that market crash comes you would be cushioned out with your cash flowing properties and weather the storm. 

How long will it be before nice weather is no longer a strong enough magnet to overcome all of that adversity?  

Persistence beats Resistance. 2.

Zachary Watson Resist the urge to overimprove.

The contractor says it’s too cold but siding companies told me they could and would install in the current weather.

The contractor says it’s too cold but siding companies told me they could and would install in the current weather.

Timothy, I would look into weather or not you are even going to be allowed to invest in oki.

As far as buying a foreclosure as a whole during periods of cold weather, the way I look at is no matter when you buy a foreclosure odds are none of the utilities are on anyway and should be budgeted for accordingly.The properties to watch out for in my experience are the ones that are not foreclosures and have vacant units.

The number one reason retail operations go out of business is because of location, not because of some terrible inventory that the tenant had or some bad weather or a bad employee.

-MikeProperty 1: $650,000 | 10 Units | 8.2% CAP | 1Bed, 1Bath Gross Revenue Q3 2017MonthlyAnnualUnit 1$ 615Unit 2$ 630Unit 3$ 615Unit 4$ 745*New Tenant 08/10/2017Unit 5$ 615Unit 6$ 635Unit 7$ 665*New Tenant 08/10/2017Unit 8$ 570*Long Term TenantUnit 9$ 600Unit 10$ 635Annual$ 6,325.00Other IncomeLate Fees$ 58.33$ 700.00Laundry Revenue$ 150Total$ 6,533.33$ 78,400.00Vacancy0Expenses:Cleaning and Maintenance$ 150$ 1,800Insurance$ 442$ 5,305Legal$ 41.67$ 500Repairs$ 278$ 3,338Taxes$ 606$ 7,276Utilities$ 632$ 7,582Total Exp$ 2,150.12$ 25,801Income$ 4,383.22$ 52,598.58*Current Offering Price$681,8127.71%Units: 4,6,7,10 are on Current LeasesAll other units on Month-to-Month from previous leasesSingle Meter for Water/Gas, can be billed back to Tenant monthlyElectricity in Tenants NameProperty 2: 23 Units | $1,652,000 | 7.24% CAPUnit Mix:Proforma:Rate/MonthSF/Unit1 Bedrooms12$ 650.00$ 7,800.008002 Bedrooms11$ 800.00$ 8,800.001000$ 16,600.00Actual Gross Revenue Q4 2017:MonthlyAnnualUnit 1$ 750Unit 2$ 550Unit 3$ 550Unit 4$ 475Unit 5$ 505Unit 6$ 605Unit 7$ 585Unit 8$ 795Unit 9$ 595Unit 10$ 550Unit 11$ 600Unit 12$ 525Unit 13$ 570Unit 14$ 625Unit 15$ 570Unit 16$ 630Unit 17$ 555Unit 18$ 500Unit 19$ 525Unit 20$ 490Unit 21$ 600Unit 22$ 650Unit 23$ 675Monthly Total$ 13,475Other IncomeLate Fees$ 50.00$ 600.00$ 600.00Laundry Revenue$ 245$ 2,940$ 2,940.0010 Garages (Included in Rents)$ -$ -$ 4,200.00Total$ 13,770.00$ 165,240.00$ 206,940.00Vacancy: (100% Occupancy***)$ 688.50$ 8,262.00$ 10,347Total:$ 13,081.50$ 156,978.00$ 196,593.00*Assumed 5%Property Management: (Self***)$ 915.71$ 10,988.46$ 14,485.80Total:$ 12,165.80$ 145,989.54$ 182,107.20*Assumed 7%Expenses:Cleaning and Maintenance$ 291.67$ 3,500Full Coverage Insurance$ 710.42$ 8,525Legal$ 50$ 600Repairs$ 279$ 3,350Taxes$ 1,392$ 16,707Utilities$ 1,082$ 12,988Total Expenses$ 3,805.84$ 45,670Analysis NOI:$ 8,359.96$ 100,319.46$ 136,437.12Asking Price/ Cap Rate$1,652,0006.1%8.3%Current NOI/CAP-Actual Operating:$ 9,964.16$ 119,569.927.24%Owner Improvements & Costs:All New Windows$ 40,000New Hail Resistant Roof & Gutters$ 40,000New Garage Doors$ 10,000New Carpet in Common Areas$ 8,000New Circulating Pump/Hot Water$ 2,000Unit Upgrades/Appliances$ 20,000$ 120,000Kitchen & Bathroom Reno:Unit Cost $3,000; Resulted in $150 - $200/Unit Rent IncreaseOwner creating a waiting list for unit reno's from tenant demandUnit Rental Rate Inflations:Rent Increase Notices given every year, Tenants aware & compliant