Posted on : 24-06-2010 | By : admin | In : Property Management
Finding the right investment properties for sale could take hours of searching online, but it’s the most important work you’ll ever do. If you want an investment to succeed, whether it’s property overseas or one of the buildings around the corner for sale, you have to do your research. You want to make sure it’s in a prime location, with amenities nearby. You’ll want your property to be either in good repair with luxury finishes or available at a rock bottom price and ready for your repair crews to come in. Property auctions are another great place to look, but it’s important that you look online first so you don’t waste your time out in the field.
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Once you have looked at the buildings that are up for sale, you’ll need to figure out how you’re going to manage your investment. Unlike stocks, where you transfer liquid capital around and let the market do its thing, investment properties for sale require that you be an active participant in the deal. Whether your clients are other business owners or other renters, you will need to draw up contracts, solicit new clients when space becomes vacant, collect rent or lease money, penalize those who have not paid (which may even include eviction), pay taxes on your earnings and pay for repairs or routine maintenance of the building. As you can see, buying and running an investment property can be pretty hectic. As a result, many investors choose to hire a management company or a building manager to cover these day to day activities, so they can go about their regular lives, as their savvy commercial real estate investing is bringing in a steady stream of income in the background.
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What are my options regarding maintenance if my property management won't do it?Every time something needs done in my apartment, it takes weeks to be fixed. Therefore, by the time something actually IS fixed.. 2-3 other things need attention. My sink knob hasn't been repaired and it has been a year.
Anyway, I've called property management 6 times within the last week to no avail. Lighting fixture in 4 rooms are not working.
What should I do?
I think buying anything cheap as an investment can be a potential gold mine (as long as it's not somewhere out in the sticks).
Even if the townhouses you are looking at are cheap, I would still try to undercut the realtor further. Take a look at the houses again, and make a note of all the imperfections, and all the things that you would need to spend "so much money" on to fix, etc. If you confront them with a huge list (but dont become too petty), they usually try to persuade the owners to sell cheaper – MUCH cheaper, depending on how reasonable your selling requirements on the owner(s) are, and how quickly you are willing to take the house over.
Once settlement is finished, I would get to work right away, as every day you have a house without tenants, the more the mortgage costs will start to burden you. Look around at wholesalers of bathroom products (if the bathroom is in need of renovation) – you'll find much better deals there, than if you buy your plumbing from a shop. Instead of re-flooring the house, buy cheap second hand carpet (as long as it LOOKS clean, right?). As this would only be an investment property, dont go over the top with renovations & TLC.
Once everything is at an 'amicable' standard, I would even think about renting each room out, rather than renting the entire house out. You make more $ that way. You can advertise the house as a 'student's dream' – great bathroom facilities, close to transport, etc. In 'cheaper' areas, you have the potential to make a much bigger profit by renting rooms than an entire house.
Good luck!
Your only remaining option is a partner. You enter into all future deals with 2 of you as purchasers. In return for future profits, the partner provides money today. You could advertise for partners. With bank CD's paying 1% interest, you could offer 10% interest and a share of profits..
Well I'll help you with it….
Beware the guys that lead with that line.
I'd suggest finding a CPA immediately. They'll be able to calculate how much you'll have to pay in taxes, whenn , etc.
I'd also suggest that you open a dba (type of corporate structure) for a small business to funnel the money, and most importantly, the TAXES through. This will allow you some control over what you have as deductions.
Furthermore, I'd suggest that you set aside the money that you'll need to pay for the taxes until you truly have to. Instead take that money and put it in some form of interest building account. The thought behind this being:
Tax on this money is $100k (ish)
In 180 day CD at 4.5% apr, you'll make a little over 2k
They'll tax the 2k as well, though
But, if they take $500 of the $2000, you're still $1500 ahead!
This is an example of making your tax dollars work for you!
While yes, that's a low return for an investment, it's the money that you'd usually spend on your taxes so you want to be careful with it.
While you have my condolences on your loss, I do hope you use your windfall to make your future a more secure financial future for yourself.
You fall into the investor category which typically means 20%-25% down and 2-3 points over prime on the interest rate. A current good relationship with a bank may put you on the best end of those terms, possibly even better depending on the relationship. A portion of your rental income will be considered. Typically they do allow for vacancy though and that can vary from lender to lender, and the property may play a part. Anything less than 20%-25% down and you are likely going to be looking for an owner financed deal, which in the current market is certainly not out of the question. Its a difficult time and there are owners out there that need to sell. Owner financing allows them to not only sell the property, but also get the maximum price for it.
I would however be cautious in considering your rental income for your own personal calculations. Based on my experience of owning apartment buildings, duplexes, sixplexes, and over 100 single family homes, the best rule of thumb is this. There is no such thing as cash flow on investment property. None. If you don't have this view, then you haven't been doing it long enough.
I'm not saying it is impossible to have cash flow. I'm saying thats the attitude you should have. Don't plan on it. If it happens, fine. If you can keep it on a small scale, do the repairs yourself, and manage the heck out of your properties, its possible to have some sort of cash flow. Its also possible to do all those things and have a negative cash flow. You increase your luck by keeping things on a small scale.
Still, you have to plan for problems. Even if all the big ticket items like HVAC, roof, electrical, plumbing, etc., are fine, you still have to keep up all of the cosmetic items like painting, carpet, and general maintenence and upkeep. With 5 rental units it can add up, especially if you have several tenants decide to move out all at once. Problems will come up that you can't plan for, and never would imagine.
So, you can use your cash flow in trying to obtain a loan, but from there, forget you ever heard the word cash flow. In most cases it simply does not exist.
Your biggest problem is not getting anything in writting. Email is not writting and is obliously not signed, there fore unbinding.
He might loose his deposit, but at the same time you will owe rent until the lease expires. The judges in CA will not even read your emails, they are not legal contracts, and only the legal contracts will count.
I won't say that these seminars don't work, but be VERY wary. Theoretically, many of the techniques offered in these seminars will work, but putting them to practical use may be difficult. Just enter the name of the seminar/presenter in the yahoo or google search engine and see what pops up. There is usually no shortage of people that claim to have attended the seminar that offer their opinions on the web. Some will be good … some will be bad.
In general, the only people that "get rich quick" with these types of seminars, are the presenters!