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Adam Craig
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Buying small office building with essentially no cash flow.

Adam Craig
  • Investor
  • Cleveland, OH
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I am looking to buy my first commercial building. The plan is to use a very small portion of the building for my new office and rent the rest which could be broken up into 3-6 units or more. Here are details...

4862 Sq Ft. Century old home - bones and mechanical are very good - just dated cosmetics from a 1984 remodel. The attorney who bought the building in the 80s gutted it and used part of it for his law firm and rented the rest. It is essentially vacant because he retired and other renters left as it went up for sale. It has been on the market for 2.5 years but he started it at 375K in 2017 and dropped it to 290K in March 09 and 275K in May 09.

This building is in my home city and the area is called "Downtown Willoughby" which has become what I would consider a top 5 trendy bar/restaurant area in Cleveland suburbs. So the area is desirable and on its way up.

I am about to send him my letter of intent but I need to reach out to my commercial contacts. Should I expect issues since I would be buying the building to do a cosmetic rehab and it has no tenants?

Would me using it for my personal business change anything on the lending side. SBA loan?

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Adam Craig
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@Greg Dickerson

Thanks Greg! I have a portfolio 27 single family homes, 70k cash hand, solid net worth, and a second business with 6 figure income.

On paper I look really good I just didn't know if a no cash flow I will prepare the documents you suggested with my offer.

One follow up question - I do the brrrr on single family and plan to do similar with commercial and apartments. After I get the property rehab and I get it occupied how long do banks typically require you to wait before you can refinance a commercial building like this?

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