![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/491469/small_1621479064-avatar-michaelb251.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
17 August 2018 | 20 replies
So your minimum expenses, even with no repairs, capex or vacancy is $1500/month.So best case you are -$211/month cash flow if you don't experience any maintenance, capex or vacancy expenses with the commercial loan.To be fair, you are building WAY more equity with the shorter commercial loan.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/488182/small_1621478920-avatar-storx.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
16 August 2018 | 19 replies
I see a few of these every month from wholesalers with a 100k+ spread but like @Brian Pulaski said, ARV is high and repair estimate is low.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/911609/small_1621505430-avatar-elsam1.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
30 August 2018 | 8 replies
A condo is similar to a house but with a lot less control over the investment:The HOA can hit you with "special assessment" fees whenever they want to make a large repair, hurting your cash flow.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1035790/small_1695043863-avatar-jeffd131.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
14 August 2018 | 13 replies
I found another tenant already and I told him that he can paint, if he wants to, since the previous tenant just went ahead and did it.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/985360/small_1621506850-avatar-tylerb166.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
14 August 2018 | 4 replies
That's all in meaning any repairs done and ready to rent.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/988628/small_1621506919-avatar-alfredod2.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
26 November 2018 | 4 replies
If all goes as planned I hope to begin investing in February (after the wedding); until then I'll be building contacts, browsing the MLS, and doing calculations on properties i find.A bit about myself; my father raised me to be independent and do manual labor myself and now because of him, I do many of the home repairs myself and like to believe I'm fully capable of being my own property manager (currently own a home i purchased thinking i could grow into).
3 September 2018 | 7 replies
I looked at the tenant's bill for the same quarter the previous year as a benchmark and immediately and voluntarily paid half the big water bill, and again paid about a third of the bill for the quarter during which the repair was made.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/827598/small_1621499750-avatar-justinnichols22.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
14 August 2018 | 1 reply
No mortgage, no existing tax liens, the house would need light repairs (paint and maybe floors).
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1069220/small_1695611978-avatar-gregh157.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
16 August 2018 | 8 replies
The property averages about 2 units turnover a year, minimizing the amount of turnover repairs needed.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/721447/small_1712338426-avatar-bethanyr.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
14 October 2018 | 5 replies
Previously valued at $80k, needed $15k MIN of repairs.