
2 April 2024 | 58 replies
Drawbacks are lower gross income and lower equity creation on the property.Building the 11 units would potentially net $6k per month, but its a huge investment upfront, with no recouping of the investment until we sell the property.

30 March 2024 | 9 replies
My wife and my professional careers offer *positive thoughts!

30 March 2024 | 2 replies
I can help with cold calling.Cost per lead is usually going to be in the $20-$50 dollar range (assuming a VA cold caller with native English) and a cost of about $0.20 per record for them to call potential motivated sellers (high equity, certain age, etc).CAC is going to depend on your conversion skills, but within 3-6 months can be $1500 to $5K depending on how many leads it takes you to close them.

28 March 2024 | 6 replies
Location: Chesapeake, VA (large military town) Market Value: $360,000Loan Balance: $245,000Equity/Second position note: $115,000 (30 30-year amortization / 10-year Balloon Payment, 6.5% Interest, $727 monthly payment) - Bringing cash for this would save a ton of money for the buyer.Rate: 2.25%Years Left: 26Current Monthly payment: $1,300 (including taxes/insurance)Current Rent: $2,000Scenario 1: -If you were to purchase with a new VA loan at 7% interest at market value your monthly PITI would be approx.: $2,757-If you were to assume the loan and I carried the second note at the above terms your monthly PITI would be: $2,027Saving: $8,760 per year.Scenario 2:-If you were to bring the same $115,000 as a down payment on a conventional loan you would pay: $1,992-If you were to assume the loan and bring cash for equity position your monthly PITI would be: $1,300Saving: $8,304 (with no need to refi in the future)Since this is a hypothetical situation I'm going to give my number based on nat. average homeownership of 13.2 years.
30 March 2024 | 17 replies
These tax credit servicer/admins are more specialized and they are working with specific projects so investors will have little interaction with them.I was a Commissioner of our large PHA here in Springfield, so that's the reason for my background on the topic, being an administrator/commissioner is an appointed position by the local government entity that "sponsors" the PHA, in my case appointed by the Mayor of Springfield.

29 March 2024 | 12 replies
I was fortunate enough to receive a gift of equity on this property to cover the down payment and my mortgage is around 168k.

29 March 2024 | 9 replies
I have a SFH in my portfolio that has a good deal of equity and only a HELOC (TD BANK) on it for 10.24%.

29 March 2024 | 3 replies
After calculating everything, I found that in the first year cash flow would be cash flow positive by ~$250-$300 based on the expenses provided.- 20% down, 7.5% rateI question if there are things I'm overlooking with this being potentially my first investment property.

30 March 2024 | 11 replies
Positive...there are dozens if not hundreds of forum threads right here on BP where this has been discussed many times over 15+ years.

30 March 2024 | 8 replies
I'm obviously in the minority, because they have many positive reviews.