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John G. 50 acres - Weighing Development Options
25 April 2017 | 8 replies
I would sub divide the land before I used It as collateral , then only use the smallest parcel necessary as collateral .
Timothy Wright Can this be done? Is this even Legal?
8 November 2016 | 17 replies
Dividing the retirement plan funds through a QDRO is a nontaxable event.  
Jeremy Hale Are there any quick and dirty rules for assessing rental properties?
15 August 2014 | 2 replies
Then divide by the cap rate in your area.
Yusuf Mathai Putting a Team together
16 August 2017 | 18 replies
Conventional Lenders (Mortgage Company/Bank/Credit Union): These lenders provide conventional real estate loan loans, the most popular being the 30-year fixed amortized loan.These loans require 3.5% - 20% down payment and require Private Mortgage Insurance if you have a down payment of less than 20%.These are the lowest cost loans you can get for acquiring properties.Private Money Lenders: These lenders provide non-conventional real estate loans using money from investors who are seeking “bond” like security with above-average returns.These loans require 25% - 35% down payment.These loans are more expensive than conventional loans, but less costly than Hard Money loans.Loan terms are usually 12 months to 30 years.Hard Money Lenders: These lenders provide non-conventional real estate loans from investors who are seeking double-digit returns over a 12-month time frame or shorter.These are the most expensive loans and they require typically 25% - 35% down.The loan terms are as short as 3 months and no longer than 18 months.Equity Partner: This is a private individual or company who invest with investors in real estate deals.They usually will bring their cash to the deal to cover down payments, closing costs and rehab costs.They usually will make the majority of the profit from a deal because they are taking the greatest risk.Some Equity Partners hedge their risk by taking a 2nd lien position against the property and having all rents assigned to them in the event of the Investor defaulting.Some Equity Partners are silent partners while others are active participants in the real estate deal.Equity Partners may enter into a Joint Venture with the Investor.Investor: The Investor is the person or company purchasing the property and creating the real estate deal.All investment fall into two categories: appreciation (buy low and sell high) or cash flow (regular cash payments).The Investor purchases the property to either sell it a higher price or to rent/lease it to generate cash payments.The money earned by the profit from the real estate deal divided by the cash investment from the Investor is the Return on Investment (ROI).All our appreciation deals generate a cash-on-cash ROI of at least 25% annualized (before taxes) and our cash flow deals generate an ROI of at least 10% annualized after taxes and depreciation.Management Company: The Management Company manages the real estate deal for their client (Wholesaler, Equity Partner or Investor).The Management Company puts the deal together to maximize their client’s ROI.The Management Company may manage one or all aspects of the real estate deal in order to manage, control and lower risks and costs.Our company charges a 1% transaction fee based on the value of each transaction (purchase, rehab and sale) and we share in the profit realized by our client after the client meets their minimum ROI.Seller: The seller of the property controls the property and may or may not be motivated to sell.
John K. Net Present Value (NPV) - the most accurate deal analysis?
25 November 2010 | 31 replies
The debt constant annually is the sum of all mortgage payments – both principal and interest – divided by the mortgage balance.
Cayce Fedberg How to cash flow $10,000 a month?
8 August 2018 | 17 replies
@Cayce FedbergFigure earning 8 percent annually on your capital so you’d need 120k divided by .08 or 1.5M In invested cash
Dennis Soto How to structure a realtor/contractor partnership ?
19 December 2021 | 4 replies
Upon completion and sale of the house, all debts are settled, a percentage stay in a business account for the next flip/ business expenses and the profits are divided in half.
John Underwood STR replacement cost insurance with increased building costs
22 March 2022 | 16 replies
With this in mind, your agent can help you divide the total value of your property among these 3 categories (land, building, and contents) to make sure your policy has adequate limits for the building and furnishings respectively. 
Kate Homme How to sub divide vacant land?
13 September 2017 | 19 replies
The short story to a very long and drawn out neighborly dispute: I need to sub-divide a parcel of land.
Kyle McCorkel Lightning Strikes Twice - Two Successful Side-by-Side BRRRR's
23 May 2018 | 46 replies
Notes on metrics: Holding costs include interest payments for HELOC's and private loans, utilities, insurance, taxes and appraisals"Total Cash in the Deal" is the total cash initially invested minus the cash that we got back from the refinance"Cash-On-Cash ROI" is the Yearly Cash Flow divided by Total Cash in the Deal.