
26 October 2018 | 5 replies
I live in Atlanta Georgia where the market feels a bit saturated and it’s pretty hard to find deals using the 70% rule.

31 October 2018 | 1 reply
A quick glance at housing affordability in AustinMedian Household Income App (Forbes): $73,493 ($6,124/mos)Cost of Living (Forbes): 15% above nat'l avgMedian Home Cost (SFR-ABOR Stats): $302,250Assume 5% Down Payment Conventional Loan- 30 year amortization- $15,112.50 down pmt + any closing costs• Percentage of residents with less than $1,000 saved: 56%• https://www.gobankingrates.com/…/…/americans-savings-state/…- $287,137.50 amt financed- 4.375% interest rateHow the payment looks:PI= $1,433 mosIns= $105 mosTaxes= $458.33 mos (Assume $5,500/yr)HOA= $25 mos$2,021.3/mos PITIDTI’sHousing ratio= app 33% @ median income ($2021/$6124)FHA should be at 31% or less with Conv/VA/FHA being around the same although all have exceptions in placeTotal DTIThese hover between high 30%’s to manually underwritten total DTI’s in the 50’s or higher depending on the programs@ 45% Total DTI Ratio and assuming the above PITI pmt that gives a borrower approximately $734 per month in all other creditor debt (cars/cc/personal loans/etc)These numbers are not perfect but are rather a quick illustration of current housing affordability in Austin for Retail Buyers.Summary: Housing is becoming less and less affordable in the COA for end retail buyersAssuming increases in property taxes/insurance/interest rates on the horizon how does this affect us as investors?
27 October 2018 | 4 replies
would investigate my petition and provide their ruling at which time the rent may or may not be allowed to increase.Anyways, any help here would be great.
30 October 2018 | 7 replies
Failure to memorialize the contract in writing does not remove any of your obligations to the tenant, however, absent a written agreement the "rules" of your lease will default to state law.

26 October 2018 | 0 replies
I know it's the broker's job to sell the property and their pro-forma's aren't to be completely relied upon, but a 50%+ reduction in insurance cost seems pretty high...

29 December 2018 | 51 replies
Furnaces/ hot water heaters appear to be pretty newer, outside condenser units are 50/50 newer/ older.Some updates to units, only 1 washing machine in all 8 units!

25 December 2018 | 8 replies
I'm not sure I want to manage more than 50 units a year, so that would make us ineligible for NARPM certs - but I guarantee you we're better than some of the NARPM certified companies out there.

2 February 2019 | 18 replies
Then MEH, there could be a hundred reasons from the verbiage never transferred across some internet site, to the listing agent forgetting to add it, to the guy having not done anything with his license in years and just remembered he has been paying the $50 every two years to renew it with the state, but hasn't belonged to the board in years.

11 November 2018 | 2 replies
It’s does fall within the 70% rule. 21 years left on the lease.

29 October 2018 | 98 replies
Never heard of Queensberry rules.