A casual encounter turns into 5k a month in profits!

A casual encounter turns into 5k a month in profits!

Member since 2023 · 10 posts · 4 votes

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $1,250,000

While attending a church function I met a man that had some multifamily units. He mentioned that he and his wife had just bought a camper and had plans to travel. After a month or so of listening to the Bigger Pockets Podcasts I got the motivation I needed to call the man and requested a meeting. Within 8 Months we had the deal worked out and I settled on the properties. 7 Properties, 19 Units. $16,840 in Monthly rents, 11+k in expenses and rental payments, $5100 in cash flow PROFITS!

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

Hearing others talk about "Financial Freedom" intreagued me as I have always worked my butt of for everything I have. I began listending to podcasts and studying what others were doing and decided it was worth a shot!!

How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

Met a man at a local church function and began talking to him about life and family. He mentoned he had rentals and wanted to get away from them to travel. After months of discussing his needs and our desires in owning property we worked out a deal. I asked him what he needed out of the sale and created terms that would get him what he needed. Negotiated over coffee and breakfast over about 2-3 months and then began working on the actual legal documents and structuring our deal.

How did you finance this deal?

100% Owner Financing - GO PACE MORBY!!

How did you add value to the deal?

We will value add by doing improvements to the properties.

What was the outcome?

Positive Cash Flow From Day 1!

Lessons learned? Challenges?

Properties produce good income however they need work as they are older and require attention. So far we are spending about 3 or 4 hours a week working on imprevements.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

No, Did this all by myself and with the help of the Bigger Pockets Community!!

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  • Lender · Austin, TX · Member since 2022 · 474 posts · 586 votes
    3y

    Wow! Never know where you can come across a good deal, thanks for sharing.

  • Solo 401k Expert · Anaheim Hills, CA · Member since 2012 · 18k+ posts · 6k+ votes
    3y

    Way to go, congrats @David Kirkpatrick !

  • Andrew FreedBusiness Member
    Investor · Worcester, MA · Member since 2020 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    3y

    @David Kirkpatrick - Lets go, good work! Just to let you know, $5,100 is not your profit if that is the diffence of the monthly revenue vs. the mortgages. You have phantom expenses that need to be taken into account such as putting money aside for capex, maintanence, vacancy and property management. I usually allocate around 25% of the revenue to this hidden expenses which are real costs.

    Either way, fantastic to get into these properties with all owner finance, however if you grab the difference from the mortgage each month and put it in your account, you will realize pretty quickly that you will be doing a capital call very often to cover the expenses I mentioned above.

  • Member since 2023 · 10 posts · 4 votes
    3y

    Thank you. You are likely correct in some situations however all expenses including maintenance, taxes, insurance are out of that already so the only thing coming out of that $5100 is Cap X and Vacancy. Where I am located vacancy isn’t an issue unless we are remodeling so this isn’t something we consider. The last time we posted a unit for rent we had over 200 applicants. So far the 5100 is our profit however our goal is to save it and reinvest it into other projects to increase value. Thank you for the advise!!

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