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All Forum Posts by: Sean Carroll

Sean Carroll has started 58 posts and replied 434 times.

Post: From Zero to Three in 3 months

Sean CarrollPosted
  • Investor
  • San Jose, CA
  • Posts 453
  • Votes 254

@Alex Huang thank you! it is a really cool area and continue to look for deals in the area. Thank you for offering the reference for a contractor.  I ended up starting a General Contracting business and we are looking for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical subcontractors if you know any good affordable ones!

Post: From Zero to Three in 3 months

Sean CarrollPosted
  • Investor
  • San Jose, CA
  • Posts 453
  • Votes 254

@Josh Birrell The first one was brought to me via a connection on BP and he turned me on to some business journals that really showed the UC future growth. Then I began to explore other neighborhoods and seeing where houses were selling fast once they hit the market which lead tome pleasant ridge area. The next was buy looking at rental rates and targeting areas where 3/2's get 1200 a month which lead me to an area near Xavier. I am also looking at other areas based off the school districts north of the city such as forest park.

Post: From Zero to Three in 3 months

Sean CarrollPosted
  • Investor
  • San Jose, CA
  • Posts 453
  • Votes 254

So I bought my first real estate deal out of state November 2017 with plenty of cushion and great returns. It was near the University of Cincinnati which I think is a great place to start. This house was going to test everything I learned about and have put into practice helping other investors. It was an extremely old house (1893) with a very abnormal layout that technically made a 1,800 sqft home into only a 2 bed 1 bath. After I closed the deal I flew back out to Cincinnati, now one problem is always knowing what materials and labor cost will be and no one would tell me how they came up with their numbers, this frustrated me and I quickly realized there is very little transparency in the construction industry. The next thing I realized I took on too big of a project and it was going to be a slow going process, but this has triggered something and I was soon off to the races and have acquired 2 other properties in the Cincinnati area. So my portfolio looks at like this,

161 Judy, California

Purchase $112,000 with needing roughly $30,000 in work giving it an ARV of $320,000. This house already had tenants in place. I place to hold this property and do most of the work myself using the rent checks to fix up the property giving me justification to increase the rent 10% every year until it is at market rate. When I acquired it, it was being rented out at $1,225 with a market rate of $1,600. I have successfully raised the rent to $1,325 with no vacancy.

3255 Glendora, Cincinnati

Purchase and assignment fee totaled $80,000 with an estimation of $50,000 in rehab and an ARV of approx. $190-200,000. This is going to be a student rental. It is currently in the rehab stage with a completion of May 1st. I already have a lease signed with deposits received for $2,000/month with the lease starting in August.

5612 Abbottsford Cincinnati

Purchase $57,000 with a rehab budget of $35,000 and an ARV of $140,000. This house will be a flip due to it only being a 2 bed 1 bath that doesn't capture the rents needed to refinance and pull all my money out and cash flow positively. Rehab time with the general contracting business I own half of will be 2 months with a hopeful close of 2 months of listing giving me a 4-month hold time.

879 Rockdale Cincinnati

Purchase $24,000 with a rehab of $50,000 and an ARV of$120,000. Demo scheduled to start in 2 weeks. This property will be a rental with a time frame of 2 months for the rehab and refinance a hard money loan or private loan after 6 months. The way I decided to handle deals is I will be closing on the property no matter what and will offer out to a few private lenders after I have the property under contract with the means to purchase it on my own with our the need of a lender. I feel this adds an extra bit of confidence to the lender knowing that I will be going through with this deal no matter what.

So there we go 3 active projects going at once and 50% ownership of a general contracting business. It has been a crazy 3 months but the ride has been fun and I look forward to the bright future of S&C Real Estate and Gear'd Development. 

Post: Looking to invest out of state - cash flowing markets

Sean CarrollPosted
  • Investor
  • San Jose, CA
  • Posts 453
  • Votes 254

@Joe G. I am currently in the Cincinnati Ohio market and am having very good luck there. PM if you want to talk more about how I am doing it remotely 

Post: Question on North Avondale (Cincy) Rentals

Sean CarrollPosted
  • Investor
  • San Jose, CA
  • Posts 453
  • Votes 254

@Slocomb Reed I also follow @Jake Walroth advice personally as he has helped me break into the Cincinnati market. I have even bought a house from him and plan to buy more when he has them available. Very knowledgeable of the area!

Post: Make 20% funding my flip

Sean CarrollPosted
  • Investor
  • San Jose, CA
  • Posts 453
  • Votes 254

@Paul Gwilliam if you need a contractor for this flip I have one to recommend for you

Post: Question on North Avondale (Cincy) Rentals

Sean CarrollPosted
  • Investor
  • San Jose, CA
  • Posts 453
  • Votes 254

@Slocomb Reed I agree with @Paul Sian , I also ask to see leases so I can confirm what the rents are, But like paul said what is the overall condition and what would it take to fix it up to get the target rents I want.

Post: Large 26unit Brick Building in Cleveland OH. $695K. 100% occupied

Sean CarrollPosted
  • Investor
  • San Jose, CA
  • Posts 453
  • Votes 254

Paul Sian would be great for this!!! Have no doubt he would be able to help. Super responsive and very fast on all questions. Here is his BP profile link, email, and phone number

https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/PaulS153

[email protected]

513-560-8002

Post: Painting Cabinets White AGAIN?

Sean CarrollPosted
  • Investor
  • San Jose, CA
  • Posts 453
  • Votes 254

@Dave Charron I either Paint white because I like the farmhouse look it gives or I just do a nice stain on them to make the wood pop out more. 

Post: Starting Real Estate Investing Later in Life

Sean CarrollPosted
  • Investor
  • San Jose, CA
  • Posts 453
  • Votes 254

@Mark Mattison are you looking to be more hands on or hands off?