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All Forum Posts by: DJ Dawson

DJ Dawson has started 13 posts and replied 369 times.

Post: Sacrament area rental

DJ Dawson
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  • Sacramento, CA
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Yup, MF is tough to find an opportunity to cash flow in Sac. Theres some opportunities but they may need work early and/or in a neighborhood that you may not necessarily be thrilled about.


I just flipped one in 95284, wouldn't be interested in doing another on that street again (or buy&hold there) but it penciled for the buyer,

Post: Newbie from Sacramento, Interested in OOS

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@Haley Dahlgard I am not sure of any SPECIFIC to OOS investing but I know they will have at least one meeting about it every few months. I personally attend the real estate round table hosted by Eric Bleau up at the Ramada inn off Folsom blvd. as well as the west sac BP meetup (where i live) hosted by my good buddy @Sergey Tkachev!

Post: Seeking advice to invest in California

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Originally posted by @Account Closed:

You have to take everything into consideration.  Many investors discount California, without realizing that our tax base per Prop 13, makes investing here pretty sweet.  Of course, you have to take into account all of the other costs, etc.

Asking someone how long they have been investing is insulting, by the way.  If you knew everything, you wouldn't be here asking questions.  So, if you want to insult people willing to answer your questions, you won't get many answers.  Good luck with that approach.  Plenty people have been long-term unsuccessful investors, and some have been short-term very successful investors.  It's the quality of the information you should consider.  Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.  You can google that, if you've never heard of it.

 Relax Sue I am sure it wasnt malicious LOL

Post: Newbie from Sacramento, Interested in OOS

DJ Dawson
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  • Real Estate Agent
  • Sacramento, CA
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@Haley Dahlgard! Congrats on the start of your journey I am local here in Sac too, I think you are right going to OOS route as a buy and hold , not necessarily from a cost standpoint, but the tenant friendly state that is California can cause issues for you as a landlord down the road, and cash flowing here in California is much more difficult that some OOS options. I will agree with what @Alex Olson said read David Greene's book on OOS RE investing! Best of luck!

Post: Looking to invest in Sacramento

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Hey @Will N. I am local here in Sac, I'll send you a PM. I am an agent as well as a flipper.

@Sam Houck I am pretty familar in the vacaville area as well as my parents and family live there. Ill send you my contact as well.

Post: First Fix and Flip for our team built right out of a BP Meet-up!!

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Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Vallejo.

Purchase price: $150,000
Cash invested: $180,000
Sale price: $465,000

Contributors:
Katlin H.

Fix and Flip property obtained from a seller in pre-foreclosure

We agreed on a profit split with the owners in order to purchase the home from them for their loan balance and helped them avoid foreclosure :)

This deal was a great opportunity for us to launch our business as 3 SHADES LLC! We met originally at a Biggerpockets meet up here in West Sacramento and we were able to start our business off with a win!

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

This deal was brought to our attention by a wholesaler who was an old military friend of the owner. Our team was looking to do our first deal as a group and frankly, this deal had enough meat on the bones that we would be able to weather any budget increases along the way

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

The deal was found by a local wholesaler

How did you finance this deal?

We financed the deal with a HML. At the time we were able to acquire the property for 10% of PP, 10% of rehab, 2 "points", & 6 months prepaid interest (about 12k). ((Those terms are seemingly impossible to find in todays current climate with COVID-19))

How did you add value to the deal?

We did a complete overhaul of this home. From foundational repair getting the pre-existing addition up to par and accounted for on the tax record. Floor joists, all the way up to the roof we did it ALL.

What was the outcome?

Outcome was great!!! While we overshot our budget by roughly 20% we had enough equity baked into the deal that all parties were able to walk away with a solid profit. The home itself sold literally DAYS before the bay areas stay at home order in response to COVID-19 so we were lucky in that respect. The home broke a record for the "College Park" subdivision in Vallejo as a single story home.

Lessons learned? Challenges?

Working with new teams will always be a challenge, but between myself, my partners Katlin and TJ, as well as our contractor, we were able to get the job done in a timely manner and stay within our original time line for the sale. Some aspects of the scope of work were "left to interpretation" and as a team we need to work harder to be able to set those nuances in stone.

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

I was the agent representing the seller and our team as the buyer. I recycled those commissions into the deal, and sold it on the back end at 1% to allow our team to hold onto as much of our profit as possible. We worked with a local contractor based out of Livermore who was referenced from another agent in my brokerage. Our hard money lender was key as well.

PHOTOS: https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/VZnyDoLsVVYsM1onQBISghOpw019hJQReRWrrwMtRcn?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0&mgh=1

Post: Investing in Sacramento County!

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@Douglas Wright just view the investment for what it is , when you bank on appreciation you'll be stressed out either way. If the numbers work the numbers work. Make sure you review some of the stuff on BP on running your numbers for a rental and double verify everything and if its good its GOOD!

Best of luck

Post: Down Payment Assistance Programs? In Northern California

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@Jonathan Almanza Whats up John, DPA (down payment assistance) is a bit tricky right now, many of these programs area government backed and considering COVID the gov't has pulled back a bit on these in an effort to hold on to cash. 

However, I reached out to my lender and asked about these as she posted a client who closed with DPA on her Instagram. She said while these have been gone for the last few weeks she is starting to see them again, and with the right qualifications , they're still out there. I can connect you with her to discuss further.

Post: Cashing out after the pandemic and moving from SF to Sacto?

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  • Sacramento, CA
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Sacramento is booming right now despite the pandemic, check out https://sacramentoappraisalblog.com/ a great insight to the sacramento market without swaying one way to the left or right, he lets the data speak for itself.

Best of luck!

Post: Hello from Sacramento, California!

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  • Sacramento, CA
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@Scott Scoville im located in west sac my self but I service all of Sacramento, central valley, and bay area