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Chris Gordon Investing or buying cashflow?
6 March 2018 | 33 replies
@Chris Seveney  that's interesting.. lets say you buy a rental for 100k with minimum down  20k.you make 150 a month cash flow ( realistic numbers unless you value add or get some smokin deal)something happens and you need to sell in 5 yearsyou bought for sake of argument in a non appreciating market as many on this site admit they are fine with.. now you go to sell.. 60 X 150 a month = 9k   you have 10k in sales costs.. figure 6% plus closing cost plus seller credits and honey dews on the house plus it makes the math easy.so you net 90k  add in your 9k positive cash flow your at 99k... so just about break even but now your had to recapture 15k of deprecation and pay tax on that lets say 5k for easy math.. so now over a 5 year hold your 150 a month Coc really has a negative IRR since you lost right at 6K of actual cash and your only gain is whatever little principal pay down you got on your longer term note.Do you think I have that right.. only reason I bring this up is I sold a bunch of my rentals and that recapture hit me hard personally.. but I just wanted to reposition to notes as I am not a very good landlord..I think this is why if you think my numbers are correct.. that folks need to accelerate pay down so that you can pay these off quick so if U do need to sell and most people sell every 7 years stuff happens they have some true equity. or at least some cash coming out of the deals.
Michelle Elaine Fontan Very intrestred in how to becoume an Investor (Lakeland, FL) HELP
24 February 2018 | 2 replies
My brother showed me this site because he has begun the steps to becoming a rental property owner.
Manning Watkins Looking for investor websites
24 February 2018 | 1 reply
Not sure if you are wanting a website for your business or looking for someone else's site.
Mark T. Investing outside of CA
25 February 2018 | 3 replies
Search the site for recent forum threads on this subject; you will find a wealth of information.I always recommend that OOS investors look for places that are easier to get to and places that you want to visit since you will be going there regularly. 
Eve Mahoney What to ask personal references
25 February 2018 | 10 replies
If their parents really believe them to be on-time paying and take care of the property, then they should have no problem serving as guarantors and nothing to worry about.
Bjorn Ahlblad Zillow, Redfin etc are great but don't trust the numbers!
25 February 2018 | 2 replies
I know these sites don't mean to mislead but the numbers are done by humans who are not investors; so make a point of doing your own.
Whitney T Redfield Newbie from Southern California ... Los Angeles / Orange County
27 February 2018 | 9 replies
Welcome to the site @Whitney T Redfield
Samuel Hoston Companies that provide IRA's
26 February 2018 | 7 replies
You may actually be able to set it up direct with Fidelity and skip the set up fee, but their site has great info on the various options. 
Aaron Lawson Building and working "The Funnel" for off-market Multifamily
1 March 2018 | 8 replies
@Aaron Lawson @Henri Meli have you guys come up with a software/program to search for these multifamily properties other than county property appraiser sites?
Samier Mahagna College Student Looking to get started out of market
26 February 2018 | 8 replies
Welcome to the site Samier.