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Daniel Nail Best apps for beginning rental investors
10 January 2019 | 7 replies
After you grow and have some properties under your belt, then you should start focusing on how to become more efficient.
Anthony McHale Where to start? Willing to invest in rentals remotely
28 January 2019 | 13 replies
Honestly, most of them are from California, but we have investors from Israel and Singapore to Denver and Seattle investing here.While I think Indy is a great place to be, I have many clients in multiple markets and I think the most import thing isn't just the market, but building a team and having a network in that market to help find the deals, understand the numbers, close quickly, renovate efficiently, and manage the property effectively.
Mark Smith Duplex - One Unit Oil
14 January 2019 | 1 reply
Gas is the cheapest and most efficient .
Tessa Malmgren House Hack- Our first Investment
18 January 2019 | 2 replies
We painted inside and out, refinished the hardwoods, added a high-efficiency roof swamp cooler What was the outcome?
Michael Junior Most efficient way to find current owner of a said property?
17 January 2019 | 5 replies

I just bought a duplex in my area, and now that I’m living where i am I’m finding a bunch of multi family’s that look distressed. I know I can go around door knocking to see if the tenants want to give me the landlord...

Eric Haskell Deal or No Deal-14 unit apartment building
18 January 2019 | 2 replies
Large Cap Ex Items Doneregraded and paved driveway and all of parking lotAll new vinyl replacement windowsVinyl siding on both buildingsBuilt: less than 35 years oldGarden Style, 2 Buildings, one is 6 units, one is 8 units(efficiency apartments)I look for 10% 1st year roi based on 25% down and closing costs to buy property.Current Income-90,000 (current owner assumes 15% vacancy rates to be safe)Current Expenses-57,000( 2018)I see a potential for income to be- 95-98,000 within next 18-24 monthsExpenses-I calculated at 51,000 within next 2 years including the below metrics.All trash removal costs, property taxes and insurance costs were factored in as well.10% cap ex11% M and R(turn overs were included in this figure and 1/2 months rent paid to prop. management company for screening new tenants and placing them)6.5% current property managementI calculated my cash flow after paying mortgage and all the expenses was around 5,800$ per year.  
Jonathan Taylor Four plex house hack in expensive Los Angeles
20 June 2021 | 19 replies
The estimated rehab time is 6 months and once we get it up and running we will just practice efficient management and build our systems out so we can move on to the next property by mid 2020.
Jonathan Taylor AC units for properties? wall mounted or HVAC?
23 January 2019 | 25 replies
They are great and tenants love them too because they are VERY efficient.
Chris G. Contractor in Cleveland
19 January 2019 | 2 replies
Efficient communication and integrity are key.I appreciate it if you provide recommendations based on PERSONAL experience.
Seth Poston Reinvestment Help Needed
22 January 2019 | 5 replies
Economies of scale will be magnified if the units are in one place, however assuming you want a nicely maintained property you may lose some efficiency in a rehab, this is because many large apartment buildings have a lot of deferred maintenance and have not been taken care of by the seller.