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Andrew Rosenbaum Tenant Won't Answer and I Don't Have Keys to the Property
16 December 2020 | 19 replies
Are you able to physically verify there are people in the unit? 
Joseph Feldman Ground up Development -what you should know regarding insurance
17 February 2021 | 6 replies
I'm going to dive in and post on BiggerPockets for the first time, hope it goes over well.When investing in RE the number one thing to do (after due diligence shows it's a profitable investment of course) is make sure your investment is safe and protected from physical damage and potential lawsuits.New Construction is a very different type of risk than an existing property.Instead of property coverage there's a builders risk policy that covers the new structure as its being built, this is pretty similar to a property coverage policy but has a very different price structure as there is only a full building at the end of construction while the risk factor of damage happening due to the ongoing construction is not there on a fully operational building.Then we have the General Liability, the liability due to construction operations is something that is non existent on a regular property and therefore a lot more expensive, there's also a big difference if the Developer hires a fully insured GC or acts as a GC themselves which would make them liable not only as owners but also as the General Contractor responsible for any construction injuries/damages.For a while I thought I didn't need to write about this as obviously anyone in the field knows this already, until I came across a Real Estate Investment firm that develops and operates multiple Multi Family properties that wanted us to give them a quote on a new project,I asked them for prior development policies they had gotten and was shocked to see they were carrying either vacant land GL policies or at best "owners interest" only policies when they were operating as Owner/GC directly hiring all the subcontractors for the job.I did not have an easy time explaining why they needed to be paying a lot more on their GL policies after they had "gotten away" with it for many years but i did succeed and have earned their trust going forward.
Uma Subramaniam LLC structure for Single Family Portfolio
16 December 2020 | 9 replies
The more complicated answer is if you do quitclaim the property you will be in breach of the mortgage agreement in the bank May exercise the due on sale clause.The third scenario would be to buy commercial property using commercial lending any such instance buying and financing for an entity is quite common practice.So, coming back to the beginning of this answer it's all about the type of investment you're looking to do and the risk involved in doing so.I do want to share my two cents on the matter.
Brendan Lawrence Project Management Software for Remote Renovations, or GC it out?
17 December 2020 | 0 replies
I loved this is in that I didn't have to physically show up each day if I couldn't make it to a particular site.  
Tim Sipowicz Investing in the 2021 market
23 December 2020 | 31 replies
And go through the same exercise.
Darius Argentinis Could I get some feedback on a wholesale fix and flip calc?
19 December 2020 | 3 replies
I was only using this property as a practice exercise and did not plan to actually purchase it.
Gabriela Rodriguez Getting Started in Real Estate
19 December 2020 | 4 replies
TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY. ( No reason to save for the future if your dead or physically unable to survive) 3.
Jared Schaefer 8 Unit Apartment Building Seller Finance Value-Add Deal- Houston
28 December 2020 | 7 replies
Life happens and people will move and you will not have 100% economic vacancy even though you may have 100% physical vacancy.
Dave Lynch Property Management Valuation
19 December 2020 | 0 replies
Since there are zero physical assets is it simply a valuation of cash flow for a certain amount of time or am I missing something?
Shamit S. Risk management question. Add spouse's name to the title?
19 December 2020 | 2 replies
But, I consider the first line of defense on risk management to be managing your properties well (physically & legally) and good insurance which it sounds like you will have.One other item to consider, by keeping the property in only your name, you can later put properties in your wife's name so double the number of Fannie loans you can have.