Single Family: Potential First deal Wholesale or Rent and Hold

Single Family: Potential First deal Wholesale or Rent and Hold

Buffalo, NY · Member since 2018 · 27 posts · 10 votes

She's not a looker and its not the best neighborhood from a crime perspective, however, the location is pretty amazing as its right by the thruway and surrounded by a couple of parks / water:

https://www.zillow.com/homes/38-Ontario-St,-Buffal...

Its been on the market a while and there has been a few price drops.  It has drop ceilings which I'm not crazy about, but it's also a 3 bed 2 bath sitting on 4,042 sq feet of what I would think would be choice land.  It may have foundation problems as there is no basement (its underground).  Will need  a roof soonish I would guess.  I talked to the tenant directly and the mortgage estimate is $350 while he is currently paying $850/mo for rent.  He said that the house is settling and that the floors arent exactly level but thats the only problem hes had with the house.

As I am new, I am opening it up here to see how I could make this a good deal, if at all.  The location is so good that it makes me think this is a great deal, but the property itself gives me pause.

Any insight / comments you guys have would be appreciated as I am far from being versed at what to look for and could use another person's opinion.

Thanks BP!

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  • Rental Property Investor · Augusta, GA · Member since 2017 · 825 posts · 278 votes
    8y

    Hi Solomon,
    Good for you checking out things by location. Maybe see if you can make friends with a general contractor through your local real estate investment group who will walk through it with you and help you price out the expensive stuff like roof and foundation. The BP deal analysis calculator is not a bad place to start, once you have good guesses for the initial rehab. Good luck!

  • Buffalo, NY · Member since 2018 · 27 posts · 10 votes
    8y

    Thank you for the reply @Amanda G., good advice.

    After doing some more research and talking to the real estate agent who's selling on behalf of the owner, I realized that the owner is in Isreal and owes a whole lot on back taxes.  As a result, I think I have some bargaining room here, since I dont have a lot of capital, in how I can take on this property and how creative I can be with the deal.  Can anyone offer some advice in that regard?

    I'm going to get a proper tour of the property tomorrow.  As I am new to this process I wanted to inquire if anyone has any recommendations on what I should look out for based on their previous experience? I have a friend who was an appraiser going with me because I'm aware I don't know what I don't know.  Once I've gotten a good look I think I'll have a better shot of putting the right numbers into the various bigger pockets calculators to get an idea of what kind of deal it actually is. 

    Thanks in advance!

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