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Account Closed
  • Miami, FL
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How to evaluate a deal with 0% down

Account Closed
  • Miami, FL
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I'm wondering how you tell if you have a good deal if it is financed using a VA home loan (0% down). The numbers are very different on a property that is 80% financed and 100% financed. Especially when multi family properties in Miami start at around 300k. At 100% financed the property does not cash flow, the one I'm looking at now is at -$50 WITH me living in it, but at 20% down it cash flows around $240, with me living in it for "free". When I move out it will cash flow slightly better.

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Joe Splitrock
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  • Sioux Falls, SD
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Joe Splitrock
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@Account Closed you are not analyzing the property correctly. Analyze the numbers and include the market rent for your owner occupied unit. In other words if it is a four plex and each unit rents for $1000, then the income is $4000 per month, not $3000 per month. Your rent is cash flow. It is not -$50 per month, your free rent is cash flow.

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