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8 February 2022 | 117 replies
A biography about Henry Ford mentioned that he and other famous rich people were successful because they had high sex drives.
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10 September 2021 | 3 replies
Rich,thank you for the feedback.
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10 September 2021 | 1 reply
Three things:1) After we moved when I was a child, my parents rented out our old house so I had seen RE work before.2) I am a mathematician and I'm compulsive about running the numbers, so I knew it was a good deal.3) I always knew that I wanted to get rich.
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16 September 2021 | 8 replies
You will have to reach out to a lot more owners, but that would be a way to get in without a traditional loan.
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8 September 2021 | 0 replies
Aside from traditional debt coverage (i.e., PITI), we will save each month for CAPEX / MAINT. / VAC. as recommended in the BP calculator.Long term buy / hold strategyAfter Refinance Analysis: (includes CAPEX/MAINT/VAC)NOI = $29,592 COC = 15.9% Cap Rate = 8.03% Gross Rent = $3600 month Expenses = $2710 (includes reserves)Monthly Net Cash Flow = $889 5-YR Annualized = 22.53%BP Community Questions:Is there a more appropriate analysis tool I can use for long term buy / hold new construction?
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4 October 2021 | 55 replies
I know the general populous wants to hear that all you gotta do is say "yeah, I wanna be rich" and it's as easy as just buying a property, tenants bow down and worship the LL for the opportunity to enrich them, governance awards them medals of service for providing housing, money flows like honey and all is well.....
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10 September 2021 | 3 replies
David Greene covered the topic on one of the latest podcasts as well confirming that 6 months is a traditional answer for a lot of lenders, but isn't a hard and fast rule, therefore I need to continue to search.Your 75% comment is interesting because many of the HML websites I have been on are all marketing their products around a % of purchase price plus rehab, not starting at 75% of ARV which might (ideally will) cover the entire purchase price.
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10 September 2021 | 1 reply
Commercial loan since we couldn't get a traditional mortgage on a condo What was the outcome?
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10 September 2021 | 6 replies
Are you not able to secure traditional financing?
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8 September 2021 | 5 replies
I've been debating the merits of STR vs investing in a buy and hold/traditional rental.