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All Forum Posts by: Alexander Felice

Alexander Felice has started 25 posts and replied 2780 times.

Post: bad idea to pay off Mortgage early?

Alexander Felice
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  • Guy with Great Hair
  • Austin, TX
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Not sure how much liability it's going to protect you from in any real life scenarios. There are MUCH better uses for that cash though, I say reinvest don't pay down early (unless you have a high PMI or something)

Post: Is this a good deal?

Alexander Felice
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  • Guy with Great Hair
  • Austin, TX
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he won't accept a conventional loan?

Seems like the guy just wants to earn his 14% and no way around it. Deal seems good but I'm not sure it's worth it. 

I wonder if you can put together a traditional seller finance mortgage, agree to his terms but then just pay him off early. If he sticks you with 14% and no ability to pay early, I would pass. 

Post: Taking that first step!

Alexander Felice
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  • Guy with Great Hair
  • Austin, TX
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Originally posted by @Justin Whitfield:

Have you actively researched, found and evaluated properties? Or are you struggling with taking the first step to try and locate some potential properties?

If it's the latter, I suggest contacting a local agent and just letting them know you're an investor looking to buy your first property. Give them some criteria, price points, etc. I did this early on and the agent I first contacted brought me a few deals a month. If nothing else, it gives you properties to practice doing walk-thrus and analyzing. Driving for dollars is another easy way to find some properties on your own, there's plenty of resources on BP for this.

If its the former, maybe you should choose a property you can get for cheap that may have minimal cash flow just to get that first one done. With a background in construction you can add some value and increase that cash flow. A great option is always a duplex and live in one side (house hacking), also plenty of info here on that.

One question I have: You want 50 properties and passive income of $300-400/month? Are you only planning on $6-8 of cash flow per property?

Taking the first step is the hardest, good luck!

 I think (HOPE!) he meant 3000-4000 per month. Which would be a very conservative $80/door. 

Post: Do these numbers work?

Alexander Felice
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  • Guy with Great Hair
  • Austin, TX
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Yeah I also think you're missing expenses, and like Joe said, you're not calculating the cost of capital.

How it's financed makes a huge difference.

What about vacancy, capEx, maintenance? 

Does the property need any Rehab? what about closing costs?

$16.5k income on 60k is 2.33% rent/price which is FANTASTIC if accurate, but rare, so it's important to be sure and not rationalize out of emotion. 

Post: Taking that first step!

Alexander Felice
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  • Guy with Great Hair
  • Austin, TX
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Depends on what you want to do first? I usually tell people to buy themselves a primary home first. While a primary isn't a great investment, it is still better than renting, and it gets you through the traditional buying process. 

You can buy a multifamily as your first as well to create some income.

If that's an option for you then just need to get a preapproval letter, find an agent, and start looking at properties. 

If you want to flip your first home then you need to find find some capital. Put together some sample deals, a prospectus, and start shaking hands until you find some cash.

Post: Is a rental sign in the yard "intellectual property" of the agent?

Alexander Felice
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  • Guy with Great Hair
  • Austin, TX
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yeah intellectual property claim is a joke. You can take a picture of pretty much anything you want. If that claim had any validity you wouldn't be able to take a picture of anything! 

I can just see it now, you take a picture drinking some soda or something and COKE sends you a cease and desist LOLOL 

reality is that the guy doesn't want to be bothered with the ad. Just edit out his info off the picture and rehost it with just the picture of the house OR don't do any of that to avoid helping a lazy agent who would probably give a similar level of service anyway. 

Post: how to serve a difficult tenant

Alexander Felice
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  • Guy with Great Hair
  • Austin, TX
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Month late on payments - evict

Changed locks - DEFINITE evict

Inept property manager - Evict tenant and fire PM 

You'll probably have an easier time having the PM in place evict the tenant. Afterwards you can fire them. 

Post: Getting Kind Of Fed Up With BS From Sellers And Wholesalers

Alexander Felice
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  • Guy with Great Hair
  • Austin, TX
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Where there is a low cost of entry, and the ability to spam, people will spam.

No different than people on facebook selling their wraps, herbalife, monavie, or any of that other junk. Easy enough to determine it's a time waste and just move on from it. 

Post: First time buyer

Alexander Felice
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  • Guy with Great Hair
  • Austin, TX
  • Posts 2,953
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25% CoC is fantastic if it's accurate.

Based on a quick analysis and using only the #'s you provided to earn those returns you're going to need to rent both units out for at minimum 1100 each. Post your expense projections and we can make sure you're accounting for them correctly. 

Post: Hard money lending

Alexander Felice
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  • Guy with Great Hair
  • Austin, TX
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If you want to lend money, then I would assume you'll need money.

If you have money to lend, only thing you need to find now is buyers!