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All Forum Posts by: Conner Olsen

Conner Olsen has started 23 posts and replied 1249 times.

Post: medium term rental Goals?

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  • Austin, TX
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Quote from @Bobby Paquette:

What are your goals with MTR’s? How many do you have/want to scale too? 

What’s your avg cash flow on them? 

Looking to potentially expand into this space!


Make slight cashflow in Austin, hold onto the properties for 5+ years, convert to LTR, hold for an additional 5-10 years, cash out the equity.

Post: Convert 8 unit multifamily to MTRs

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Quote from @Eric Puffenberger:

I am looking to connect with individuals or groups that have taken an 8+ multifamily apartment building and turned the units into MTRs. We are in the process of turning one of our units in our 12 unit apartment building into a MTR. I am looking to hear other peoples stories and strategies. Are you guys turning all the units into MTRs or just a few? Who has sublet to others to let them do the MTR strategy? If you are subletting, do you charge a premium on the the rent? What else would you like to share? 

There is another owner of a 8 unit building that is looking to do the same and we might be helping him get started as well. Trying to learn more before we jump in. Thanks in advance. 


I was hoping to do that as well in Austin. I wanted to do a BRRRR and with the higher NOI from MTR I thought I could pull it off. I asked a commercial appraiser and they said the cap rate would probably be higher and the total value of the building would be close to what LTR would be. If you are wanting to do a BRRRR on the property you might want to rent to people doing the arbitrage model so it's still LTR on your end.

Post: How could this deal turn out to be a scam?

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@Marian Smith Ask them what their goals are with the property. (It sounds like you might have done that already) If you have a realtor in that market maybe ask them what the comps are for your unit to make sure it's not higher than you expect.

Post: Target Industry / Professions for Mid Term

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Quote from @James Lee:

I've listened to the podcast and the Medical Professional and target regions around hospitals seems to the do the trick. Jesse also talked about hitting up extended stays parking lot and finding Construction companies and calling them. 

Anyone have other target segments that would gain value for mid-term rentals? 


80%+ of my guests are digital nomads. I think it all depends on your market.

Post: Keeping rental income separate

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@Anne Grello I just used a regular checking account. I'd also create a folder in your email called '2023 Tax Deductible' and just throw in any invoices you get throughout the year.

Post: MTR Market Data

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Quote from @Justin Moy:

Looking to get into MTRs and don't have any currently. Are there any data sources you use to gauge demand? 

I pulled some reports from furnishedfinder and it's showing the 2 markets we are looking at (Castro valley, CA and North Kansas City MO) are in the top 1% of cities nationwide in their demand research. 

I also looked at the map and looked at the properties within the areas we're looking at and don't see any with current availability, all seem to be booked a few months out (2-4). 

What other research can and should we do before diving in?


Airbnb is big in Austin so that's where I pull my data. I've found that if a property is booked 2+ months out their occupancy will probably be above 90%

Post: Mid-terms rental periods

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Quote from @Taylor R Herschleb:

Just curious, but when you're posting your MTRs, do you strictly keep to 30+ days or do you allow 1 week stays (or even weekends) as well to fill gaps?

Taylor


I fill in the gaps when there are huge gaps, but I've found that my STR clients are more work than the MTR clients so unless I have over a week vacant I'll just leave it vacant.

Post: Best way to transfer property ownership during break-up

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Quote from @Blake Piedrahita:

Hello, my long term girlfriend and I are breaking up (for reasons I don't want to get into here).  We currently live in a house-hack duplex, but we purchased it under her name so we could take advantage of a first time homebuyer program.  

Now that we are splitting up, she has no desire to continue living in the home and plans on selling.  I put in most of the work and manage the day to day of the AirBNB, and very much want to continue living in this house.  My question, is what is the best way to purchase this home from my soon to be ex-girlfriend?  It has appreciated by about $50k since purchasing and I'm happy to pay her full market value, but I'm wanting to do so in a way that minimizes transaction costs.  She has a sub 3% rate on the mortgage too, so if there is any way to transfer ownership to myself and keep that rate it would be ideal, but not 100% necessary, as I could afford the mortgage on a 5% interest rate.  

Any help is much appreciated, and happy to add more detail if needed.  


If she has an FHA loan those are assumable. If you want to transfer the property without paying a ton of fees I'd get a real estate lawyer to draft up the contract and help with title.

Post: What is House Hacking exactly?

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Quote from @Wilexis Ventura-Matos:

Hey guys, I’m 23 with my own business. Saved enough $ and now turning to RE for my path to financial freedom. I keep getting recommended to house hack but I just don’t know what that is exactly can you guys help explain it to me, thank you.


If you have any additional questions, read the house hacking strategy by Craig Curelop.

Post: Do 40 year mortgages make more sense for Buy and Hold?

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Quote from @Nader Hachem:

I've been seeing some recent news on 40-year mortgages. I'm not sure if they even apply to investment properties, but i'm going to assume they do. Would this actually make more sense for Investment properties? Especially in a high interest market? Will this make things easier to get into a first rental property?

Now, one of the biggest cash-flow killers is the high interest rates, i.e. - high monthly mortgage. Would 40-year mortgages make it easier to get into long-term investment properties? I'm speaking on lower cost properties around 150-250K. I know this will also prolong the loan and in the end you end up paying more total for the property. 

My thought is that 40 year will allow you to get into these properties easier, since payment is lower which in turn allows for cash flow.. then maybe down the line you could refinance into a shorter loan.

Just some thoughts, i'd like to hear others thoughts too.


40 year mortgages are for current FHA borrowers that are behind on their payments. The idea is that it keeps them out of foreclosure. This has not come to the overall residential loans or investor loans.


 Well then how is it I have 40yr investor mortgages? 


I must have been misreading headlines. I asked a couple lenders and they said it was only for FHA. I'll have to go back to them and ask again.


The popular news out IS on FHA approving the 40yr, but yes there is 40yr products out NOW, and from chatter I hear more on the way, for Investors. And it's not crazy interest either, all rather straight forward.

Once upon a time people had this same shock to the 30yr mortgage, 30yrs have not been the standard since the dawn of time, 1954 to be exact is when 30's became approved for existing homes. 


That’s good to know! Thank you so much for explaining this and informing me. I was wrong, I need to do some more due diligence!