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10 September 2021 | 3 replies
I suspect repairs will take 12 months and I will need 2 years to get the tenants to leave. not sure if the juice is worth the squeeze but the ability to project year over year costs, improvement work and the final refi must be out there in someone's excel folder. or am I over complicating things?
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16 September 2021 | 55 replies
I said, "doesn't sound like an emergency, I'll get you guys a screwdriver set, but there's different screw heads that I'll have to show you if you never done it before".On the other extreme, I got a middle age tenant who used to be a home improvement contractor, belonged to the sheet metal workers union working for a municipality, was furloughed at one point.
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10 September 2021 | 1 reply
Market driven appreciation is very subjective as opposed to forced appreciation through rent bumps and improving NOI.
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14 September 2021 | 22 replies
Unless you can further elaborate what your building or how it improves the cash-flow/property value I don't see this as a wise investment.
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11 September 2021 | 5 replies
Family has made all all the mortgage payments in the meantime, and incremental improvements to the property over time (added back deck with ramp, double paned windows to all bedrooms and living room).
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10 September 2021 | 0 replies
Because it's raw land...there wasn't much I had to do to it...but after looking at the local comps and how other agents were marketing properties in the area I knew that they were over pricing these properties AND doing a terrible job at marketing the properties with the descriptions & images. ( So I did the opposite by pricing this property correctly, Improving the images, making a video about the property and building a very descriptive ad copy.)What was the outcome?
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12 September 2021 | 25 replies
On a side note to this, I try to always use glue joints on under-sink traps unless I've got metal threaded pipe under there.
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13 September 2021 | 3 replies
Factor in the expected life of major improvements and their replacement cost.
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17 September 2021 | 15 replies
@Ernie Sturzinger I guess to answer your question...not taking cash from the deal is perfectly fine and even a wise decision...this means the building needs to generate cash flow...you just need to leave it in reserves or make planned improvements...long-term equity is much more important than monthly cash flow.
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12 September 2021 | 1 reply
When the house needs work, I work in comments that I'll be improving their collateral to justify a lower down payment and rate.