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All Forum Posts by: Alex J.

Alex J. has started 17 posts and replied 307 times.

Post: How TO FACE A POSSIBLE RECESSION?

Alex J.Posted
  • Investor
  • Tarzana CA and Houston, TX
  • Posts 326
  • Votes 130

panic sell of course!

just kidding

buy right, keep reserves, dont over leverage.

Post: Best way to advertise vacant rental properties in LA?

Alex J.Posted
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  • Tarzana CA and Houston, TX
  • Posts 326
  • Votes 130

craiglist zillow westside rentals trifecta 

Post: 3 questions about investing in LA/SoCal

Alex J.Posted
  • Investor
  • Tarzana CA and Houston, TX
  • Posts 326
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Gov pays landlord directly, tenant pays a smaller portion... usually 80% govt %20 Tenant or something around those numbers 



Originally posted by @Catherine Underwood:
Originally posted by @Alex J.:

"ghettos" in Los Angeles have a lot of life long renters that are very much govt subsidized  so you are not investing with a tenant but more so with the government and managing a tenant as a way to get a premium 

Does the government pay the landlord directly or does the money go to the tenant who then pays the landlord. 

Post: Best way to invest several million+?

Alex J.Posted
  • Investor
  • Tarzana CA and Houston, TX
  • Posts 326
  • Votes 130

@Uzi Pablo

dont waste your time on r/e if you are able to generate that type of capital 

theres clearly more money in what you are doing ... to put things in perspective for you ... a 5 caprate market which is largely what you are going to get in the coast to generate $12m a year of income is going to be like putting $250m  to work.  

or even better... say you want to simply generate 10% return ... whatever you are doing now would require $120m investment to generate 12m.

so basically dont waste your time on this and keep on milking whatever animal it is thats producing platinum milk

Post: First Deal Fell Thru!!

Alex J.Posted
  • Investor
  • Tarzana CA and Houston, TX
  • Posts 326
  • Votes 130

good on you ...  keep at it .. best of luck

Post: New Western Acquisitions Houston

Alex J.Posted
  • Investor
  • Tarzana CA and Houston, TX
  • Posts 326
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personally the whole "double closing" that they do is pretty lame ... it eats margin on the deal and they are not doing anything but creating an environment that makes you feel like everything is super time sensitive and create a sense of urgency.  

probably wont buy from them again, one and done

Post: Artificial intelligence finds the best deals in the MLS!

Alex J.Posted
  • Investor
  • Tarzana CA and Houston, TX
  • Posts 326
  • Votes 130

wow thats incredible, you flipped on average 62 houses a year?  kudos to you

Post: 3 questions about investing in LA/SoCal

Alex J.Posted
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  • Tarzana CA and Houston, TX
  • Posts 326
  • Votes 130

main thing to remember, UK and los angeles have very different economics.... local economies in each specific area in los angeles even vary quite a bit

the income or industry in south la vs west la vs north la are all very different.

pick an area and dissect it make the best decision

"ghettos" in Los Angeles have a lot of life long renters that are very much govt subsidized  so you are not investing with a tenant but more so with the government and managing a tenant as a way to get a premium 

Post: How do you find your leads?

Alex J.Posted
  • Investor
  • Tarzana CA and Houston, TX
  • Posts 326
  • Votes 130

last  3 deals were off the mls... all were bought at a discount to what was listed at a value that was good for me.

Post: Best market for cash flow and appreciation

Alex J.Posted
  • Investor
  • Tarzana CA and Houston, TX
  • Posts 326
  • Votes 130
Originally posted by @Cody L.:
Originally posted by @Shital Thakkar:

@Giridhara Gowdra chandranna, excellent question.

@Cody L.

@Cody L. Looks like you are doing great investing in Houston market managing remotely. are you investing in another metros or just Houston?

$40K/door are SF/MF...?

@Danny Webber

@Danny Webber, What are good area to invest in East and West side of Austin? (Pfflugerville, Leander, Cedar park, Hutto, Manor etc..?)

 Just Houston. Obviously these $30k-50k/door stuff is MF.  I'm sure I could find random SF sprinkled around for cheap but I wouldn't want them for $0.  The nightmare of trying to manage a hoge poge of single family homes all over the place is something I don't want to live though.  

I just passed on a 48 unit because it was 'all by itself' relative to where my other stuff is.  While I'll take a smaller 10-50 unit deal if it's near my other properties, if it's buy itself it needs to be 80+ units because it has to support it's own onsite PM. 

Can you send me that deal you passed on pretty please