Closed on my 1st Investment!

Closed on my 1st Investment!

Rental Property Investor · Washington, DC (Metro) · Member since 2020 · 39 posts · 136 votes

Investment Info

PP- 53k

Closing – 3k

Repairs/Rent-Ready updates: 5k

Additional Holding Cost (Rental and lead inspection, home inspection, etc.) – 1k

All in Costs – 62k Cash

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

My goal was to purchase a buy and hold for passive income. After running the numbers and approving of the block, the deal made sense.

How did you find the deal and negotiate?

This was an off-market deal that was sent out via a mass email blast. I opened the email at 2am, scheduled to see it at 4pm and made the offer at 4:15pm.

How did you add value?

The property was nearly turnkey. I made minor repairs based on feedback received from the home inspection and cosmetics updates (repair roof over porch, replace carpet, new paint, new blinds, and update appliances)

What was the outcome?

I have hired a management company to handle placing a tenant and the day-to-day operations. Rental comps in the area will garner $1300 – $1500. I will be putting a HELOC on the property and pulling out 75% of my funds to use as another cash buy for my second property in March.

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Real Estate Agent · Washington, DC · Member since 2017 · 109 posts · 93 votes
5y

@Dominique B.

Looks great! What zip code? Any HOA?

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  • New York NY (brooklyn, ny) · Member since 2020 · 13 posts · 5 votes
    5y

    @Dominique B. Good for you! Nice move starting the new year (insert clap emoji here)

  • Rental Property Investor · Washington, DC (Metro) · Member since 2020 · 39 posts · 136 votes
    5y

    @Bhavesh Joshi so your breakdown is close but my plan is a little different. All in 62k cash, pulling out 50k, cash flow on $1500 rent is $980 ($780 is with 1300 rent), cash flow from 2nd+cash flow from 1st+surplus income pays off HELOC in 6 months. I prefer to use my funds to avoid being too leveraged (which is why only one property with be leveraged at any given time).

  • Rental Property Investor · Seattle, WA · Member since 2018 · 24 posts · 29 votes
    5y

    @Dominique B. Congrats on the first purchase!

  • Real Estate Agent · Baltimore Maryland · Member since 2019 · 98 posts · 74 votes
    5y

    Congrats!  Seems like a great investment and a great price in the Baltimore area.  How many units is the property?

  • Rental Property Investor · Washington, DC (Metro) · Member since 2020 · 39 posts · 136 votes
    5y

    @Chinyere Orie thank you. It was a duplex converted to a SF. I thought about converting it back to a duplex but I was happy with the returns as a SF. I still may convert it back to a duplex in the future though.

  • Member since 2020 · 10 posts · 3 votes
    5y

    Congratulations!!! 

  • Real Estate Agent · Baltimore Maryland · Member since 2019 · 98 posts · 74 votes
    5y
    Originally posted by @Dominique B.:

    @Chinyere Orie thank you. It was a duplex converted to a SF. I thought about converting it back to a duplex but I was happy with the returns as a SF. I still may convert it back to a duplex in the future though.

    I love the flexibility!  I'm currently looking for MF in Baltimore city so your story gives me hope lol Good luck!

  • Aurora, IL · Member since 2019 · 125 posts · 39 votes
    5y

    Wow This is an amazing deal! Keep it up!

  • Investor · Providence, RI · Member since 2016 · 142 posts · 40 votes
    5y

    Congrats, we need to find $62k deals in New England!!

  • Real Estate Agent · Atlanta, GA · Member since 2020 · 23 posts · 6 votes
    5y

    @Dominique B. Inspirational !! Congrats !

  • Rental Property Investor · Baltimore, MD · Member since 2016 · 109 posts · 31 votes
    5y

    @Dominique B. Congrats and thanks for sharing this great summary on your first deal! Look forward to hearing about deal #2!   

  • Member since 2020 · 7 posts · 8 votes
    5y

    @Ola Dantis

    I was thinking the same. In my local market you would be lucky to find a property with gross rents > 10% PP, 25% is insane! Nice find OP!

    When I hear of these I wonder why anyone in their right mind would rent when they could own it in 4-5 years.

  • Rental Property Investor · GA · Member since 2020 · 30 posts · 8 votes
    5y

    @Dominique B.

    Congratulations;)

  • Fairfax, VA · Member since 2019 · 13 posts · 2 votes
    5y

    @Dominique B. Very nice. Congrats and looking forward to more posts from you 👍. Glad to see more from folks in the DMV 👌

  • Ferndale, MI · Member since 2017 · 10 posts · 1 vote
    5y

    @Dominique B. Congrats? Are you able to pull a HELOC in that short amount of time? Is there much equity to pull from? (Sorry if these are dumb questions, still learning!)

  • Rental Property Investor · Washington, DC (Metro) · Member since 2020 · 39 posts · 136 votes
    5y

    @Chris Ramos with the bank I'm going with there is no seasoning period required. The HELOC will be based on the appraisal (taking place next week). I've had my realtor resource run comps and it should fall into the 65-73 range.

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    Investor · Charlotte, NC · Member since 2020 · 124 posts · 189 votes
    5y

    You go @Dominique B, hitting the 2% rule in a crazy hot market like DC is phenomenal.

    Congratulations!

  • Member since 2020 · 1 post · 0 votes
    5y

    @Dominique B. Congratulations to a great start!

  • Miami, FL · Member since 2015 · 154 posts · 38 votes
    5y

    Job well done 

  • Ferndale, MI · Member since 2017 · 10 posts · 1 vote
    5y

    @Dominique B. Gotcha! Thank you. And that was supposed to say “Congrats!!”

  • Member since 2021 · 1 post · 0 votes
    5y

    @Dominique B. Thanks awesome!!! Helpful info. Thanks.

  • Rental Property Investor · Alexandria, VA · Member since 2019 · 45 posts · 8 votes
    5y

    @Dominique B. That’s a great way to start out the New Year! Congratulations!

  • Flipper/Rehabber · Memphis, TN · Member since 2020 · 758 posts · 285 votes
    5y

    Congratulations!

  • Member since 2020 · 2 posts · 0 votes
    5y

    @Dominique B. That’s great. I love the strategy. I am also looking to invest in that area. Let’s talk

  • Real Estate Agent · Bedford NH · Member since 2019 · 32 posts · 18 votes
    5y

    @Dominique B. Congratulations!

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