Rishi Ramlogan
Logistics and Best Practices for the Actual Rental Process
9 June 2015 | 4 replies
I set up a couple of "Viewing Windows" per week until I have it rented- 2-3 hour blocks of time seem to work well.
Sean Salandy
How to buy Pre Foreclosure homes with white letters on windows/doors
9 June 2015 | 1 reply
We've all seen the homes that seem to be vacant with the white papers stuck to the windows or doors.
Marie Mack
Landlords from Hell
10 June 2015 | 3 replies
As a result, one of my adjacent neighbors has already moved and several others are on their way out.Pretty soon I will also be moving out because I dared to report flooding in my apartment that occurred as a result of leaks through what are supposed to be sealed windows and walls during a heavy rainstorm.
Matt Taschner
Looking for advice on adding another bedroom or improving current
9 June 2015 | 7 replies
There is an office that has a closet and could convert into a 5th bedroom with the addition of a window.
Mel Davey
Flood zone restrictions on our flip
9 June 2015 | 2 replies
Meaning raise the house, put on stilts, 120mph windows, all sorts of costly things.
Scott Weaner
"Hidden" Water Damage?
9 June 2015 | 2 replies
My builder pulled the floor, and found rotting subfloor near a window.
Doel Gonzalez
Help analyzing a deal in Winston-Salem, NC
10 June 2015 | 3 replies
Get a lead based paint test kit and verify (yes/no) for yourself on trim, siding, and windows at a minimum.
Shane H.
Office Building broken into Office Condos - buyer beware or potential good deal?
11 June 2015 | 8 replies
Owner took out a mortgage in 2013 for $68k for the purchase of bothCondo association filed delinquent assessments on 3-24-15 this year for Floors:1, 5, 4 & 11 -- not sure why they did not file on some of the others - per my understanding the original developers are not paying either, however thats probably a moot point since it would be like attempting to get blood out of a turnip.Taxes per floor range in cost from $2700-$5100 -- the ones with lower assessments went and argued with the appraisers office once they bought out of foreclosureSpecials payable until 2023 of $4421 per floor (once this is done - helps a bit with cash flow -- specials were used to change some windows, make street level improvements and upgrade the heating/air)Last Income statement I could get my hands on was from 2012 -- Expenses per floor at that time (doubt it's changed much except the owners association dues are likely higher to make up for the shortfall of the other deadbeats)Monthly expenses of $2500-3100I believe the mgmt company is ripping the condo owners off - charging $3575 per mo for the building for building maintenance, $3046.23 per mo for janitorial, $3300 per mo mgmt fee -- these are some big ticket items I could see cutting back on.So rough financials per floor per mo****************************************$3383 per mo rent (5800 * 7psf/12) (676) 20% vacancy allowance (643) general/special taxes (2600) rough avg expenses per mgmt company - think quite a bit can be cut here---------------------------------------------------------------------------------(536) rough loss per mo on a worst case scenario$4350 per mo rent (5800 * 9psf /12) (652) 15% vacancy allowance (643) general/special taxes (2600) rough expenses per mgmt company - think quite a bit can be cut here---------------------------------------------------------------------------------455 cash flow per mo on a better case scenarioWhen you put pencil to paper this is not a good deal as it sits presently, however per my understanding - if every floor owner (or if the expenses for the building) were truly spread out over the 11 floors and all 11 floor owners (or one joint owner) was paying their share the monthly expenses could be cut quite a bit.
Daniel North II
Using an FHA loan to buy a multi-family property in CT
11 June 2015 | 21 replies
Look below this Window, and you will see a list of names of people that have posted in this thread.
DAmien Fried
First Deal: The 500 dollar house
11 June 2015 | 7 replies
We bought this house of the tax repository list which the county was originally asking $1850, we could see in the basement window there was about four feet of water and since we could not "legally" enter the property we estimated some other issues we might run it to and offered $500 and the offer was accepted by the tax office.