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Rui Zhang Buying small office building - Attorney Review vs. Due Diligence
18 June 2019 | 4 replies
It needs to provide what DD documents/information seller will deliver to you and what due diligence rights you have (ie length of DD period, physical inspections, tenant interviews, environmental testing, etc.)...along with a lot of other terms a competent attorney can assist on
Joe Schultz Selling homes, other ways without paying 5 or 6%
17 June 2019 | 25 replies
Representing buyers is labor intensive!
Jon Dang Analysis Quad Plex Help
22 February 2020 | 12 replies
The others were 2005 & 2014 and did not test as well as the one that’s 35 years old.  
Jeff Ostreim Thoughts on high cap rate multi family
17 June 2019 | 12 replies
If you buy on actuals and run scenario tests you can hedge a down turn.
Deanelos Jarvis Realtors that specialize in foclosers in Atlanta .
16 June 2019 | 2 replies
CONs: The owner is often under financial duress, so things can get very intense and personal.Foreclosures - PROs: Purchasing a property at the courthouse steps, ideally at a discount, without having to deal with the owner.
Thuy Pham-Satrappe Do you buy small MF (2-4 units) for cash flow or appreciation?
17 July 2019 | 160 replies
Here is a short list of unexpected costs that can reduce CF, or easily eliminate it altogether for years especially if the margins are thin and the property only kicks off a few hundred/mo (all of these are actual issues I've dealt with in the past few years that effected CF):  Annual Backflow Prevention Assembly Tests/Code changes requiring additional backflow prevention devices“Churn”: high vacancy and turnover rate/ tenant drama/ evictions/ turnover expensesBad PMBad tenantsHOA fee increases/special assessments (condo/townhomes especially but also MF/commercial complexes)Trash hauling/property cleanup—ghetto properties are trash magnetsCrimeTheftTenant DeathMileageToolsTenant placement: screening charges, advertising, professional photos, travel, 3D tours, etc.Property tax increase based on sales price you just paidInsurance rate increase based on a claim you made or a high number of claims in the area Trees-- maintaining trees costs more money than many people realizeAnnual Sewer ScopeAttorney feesTravel costsPest Control—We recently had the unexpected pleasure of evicting some bed bugs from a newly acquired 8 unit building.
Tom Makinen Play in the Minneapolis market?
17 June 2019 | 9 replies
In search of a market that can pass the 1% test, it seems to be Minneapolis might be close as they have houses in the 150K-200K range that can rent for 1300-1700. 
John Corey Stress testing your portfolio
16 June 2019 | 0 replies
When stress testing an investment (active or passive), what stress tests are people using?
Farzan Setayesh Syndications and Crowd fundings
18 June 2019 | 19 replies
And even though virtually every sponsor agreement allows me to share investment information with others who might be advising me on it (especially when club members are bound by an NDA), I still ask the sponsor if I can share it, because it's a test.
James Mc Ree Rent relationship of mobile homes to other homes
17 June 2019 | 2 replies
But that's about as accurate as me asking you how many shingles it takes to cover a roof.If you want to get a real handle on this, here's what you need to do:1) run a test ad in the largest metro newspaper in the "mobile homes for rent section of the classifieds that says "NAME OF LOCATION. 3/2 mobile home for rent. $895 per month includes lot rent.