Duplex buy & hold investment in Cleveland.

Duplex buy & hold investment in Cleveland.

Rental Property Investor · VA · Member since 2020 · 218 posts · 133 votes

Investment Info:

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

Purchase price: $130,000
Cash invested: $37,750

1st out of state Turnkey Rental Resale Property.

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

I wanted to resume Real Estate investment, I was out-priced in my locale so explored out of state investing. Wanting to remain passive in my journey so turnkey rentals seemed an appropriate route. While I was looking for Turnkey, this property was already fixed up with Tenants living there, and the numbers worked well.

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

Norada Real Estate. Negotiation - met the lower appraisal amount

How did you finance this deal?

Conventional

How did you add value to the deal?

None

What was the outcome?

I have a CF'ing property

Lessons learned? Challenges?

This property was offered by another offerer (Seller > Offerer > Norada > Me). In terms of lessons learned - stay on top of things. Don't assume Norada or the Offerer will do the due diligence, nor they would stay on top of items to be taken care of after the inspection. I had to continuously call/text. Proforma was off by a very small number once I got quotes from Insurance. Offerer wanted me to use their preferred lender for no reason, I went with my lender who had me preapproved.

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

Norada Real Estate, Friends on BP, Shout out to @sachin amin and @aj parikh for all the inputs!!

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  • Investor · Washington, D.C · Member since 2019 · 113 posts · 93 votes
    4y

    Nick,

    Congratulations! Sounds like a good deal. My company also does long distance investing, curious to know what lessons learned you have so far.

  • Rental Property Investor · VA · Member since 2020 · 218 posts · 133 votes
    4y
    Originally posted by @Grant Thompson:

    Nick,

    Congratulations! Sounds like a good deal. My company also does long distance investing, curious to know what lessons learned you have so far.

    Thanks man. It is a good deal for me, just getting started OOS investing. In terms of lessons learned, the purchasing wasn't too much of hassle. While I was more then happy to work with the Offerer's preferred lender/(mortgage broker) he couldn't get me approved. Which surprised me because I went in to the deal with a much much higher pre-approval letter. I eventually ended up using my lender (who pre-approved me).

    Due diligence, I looked up Wise's blog ensuring this was not in D or F zone. Few other things like following up with the home inspector, speaking with the inspector to understand what is MUST fix and what are 'keep-an-eye' items.

    Appraisal came out $3k below the list price, I was firm on my stand with the offerer sticking to the appraisal price and having the MUST fix items on inspection report completed. Seller agreed to both requests, provided the proof photos and I closed the deal.

    I was happy overall with the TK broker as well as the Offerer. 

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