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All Forum Posts by: Engelo Rumora

Engelo Rumora has started 180 posts and replied 4386 times.

Post: Turnkey properties investing for my family.

Engelo Rumora
Posted
  • Investor
  • Toledo, OH
  • Posts 4,536
  • Votes 2,088
Quote from @Douglas Skipworth:

@Engelo Rumora, when are you going to come back and visit us in Memphis?!  It's been too long.



It would be an honor to see you again mate.

I'll shoot you an email.

Keep being great and speak soon 

Post: Turnkey properties investing for my family.

Engelo Rumora
Posted
  • Investor
  • Toledo, OH
  • Posts 4,536
  • Votes 2,088
Quote from @Douglas Skipworth:
Quote from @Michael Smythe:

@Jason Frink you can also look into Detroit and Toledo.

Been reading that Memphis is becoming saturated with rentals.


Hey, Michael, I'm a big investor in Memphis.  I'm just curious, where have you been reading that it's becoming saturated with rentals? I'm always looking for more info about the market.


Doug doesn’t like me anymore 😞

Post: Turnkey properties investing for my family.

Engelo Rumora
Posted
  • Investor
  • Toledo, OH
  • Posts 4,536
  • Votes 2,088
Quote from @Michael P.:
Quote from @Engelo Rumora:
Quote from @Michael P.:
Quote from @Engelo Rumora:
Quote from @John Fleming:
Quote from @Adriana Collado Hudak:

Hi John, I purchased two properties (SFH's) from MidSouth - one in October 2023 and the other in March 2024. Both are in Memphis. I bought the properties in cash: one for $114k and the other for $123k. The market value for the one I purchased for $114k hovers between $139k and $142k, so I walked into that property with equity from the get-go. The market value on the other property is pretty stagnant and fluctuates between $119k and $125k. I receive rents totaling $1817 per month, after property management fees of 8% are deducted. So far, so good as far as I'm concerned. Here's what I've learned in my brief experience:

1. Turnkey properties are great for someone like me who lives in a state where cashflow is very hard to find and who has a busy career that doesn't allow much time for typical landlording duties;

2. Turnkey properties are better if you're planning to hold for a good while (5+ years). As you can see from my numbers, this is not a quick appreciation situation although I hope that equity will build over time;

3. ALWAYS conduct your own inspection, even if the property is turnkey.

Hope this helps - best of luck!!


Thanks so much for all the info. On #3 - as an out of state investor, how do you handle that inspection? 


John,

Check out Inspectify.

Even in our local market we use them for pre-purchase inspections, draw inspections, PM quarterly inspections.

They are a saving grace.

You're welcome hehe 🙏


 Haven't heard of inspectify what makes them better?


 Google amigo


 Damn not even 1-2 sentences to help out a fellow investor. That's cold. I guess right now its winter down under. 



haha

You know I love you mate

They have various inspections 

Cheaper

Digital and easy to understand portal 

Best if you need to do more inspections over a year as all data is tracked and in the same place

No BS PDF’s

We love them mate

They are another component that we added in order to pretty much make our entire operation digital and to not be dependent on local and incompetent folks 👍

Post: Turnkey properties investing for my family.

Engelo Rumora
Posted
  • Investor
  • Toledo, OH
  • Posts 4,536
  • Votes 2,088
Quote from @Michael P.:
Quote from @Engelo Rumora:
Quote from @John Fleming:
Quote from @Adriana Collado Hudak:

Hi John, I purchased two properties (SFH's) from MidSouth - one in October 2023 and the other in March 2024. Both are in Memphis. I bought the properties in cash: one for $114k and the other for $123k. The market value for the one I purchased for $114k hovers between $139k and $142k, so I walked into that property with equity from the get-go. The market value on the other property is pretty stagnant and fluctuates between $119k and $125k. I receive rents totaling $1817 per month, after property management fees of 8% are deducted. So far, so good as far as I'm concerned. Here's what I've learned in my brief experience:

1. Turnkey properties are great for someone like me who lives in a state where cashflow is very hard to find and who has a busy career that doesn't allow much time for typical landlording duties;

2. Turnkey properties are better if you're planning to hold for a good while (5+ years). As you can see from my numbers, this is not a quick appreciation situation although I hope that equity will build over time;

3. ALWAYS conduct your own inspection, even if the property is turnkey.

Hope this helps - best of luck!!


Thanks so much for all the info. On #3 - as an out of state investor, how do you handle that inspection? 


John,

Check out Inspectify.

Even in our local market we use them for pre-purchase inspections, draw inspections, PM quarterly inspections.

They are a saving grace.

You're welcome hehe 🙏


 Haven't heard of inspectify what makes them better?


 Google amigo

Post: Hi new hands-off investor

Engelo Rumora
Posted
  • Investor
  • Toledo, OH
  • Posts 4,536
  • Votes 2,088
Quote from @Yannick Vez:

Hi

-I have money to invest;

-I invest longterm in the stock market, REITS and I'm looking to diversify;

-Interested in real estate investing that is passive and remote/long distance;

-I live in Dominican Republic but I travel;

- I want more knowledge about how to filter the passive strategies to find a trustable team: syndication, crowdfunding, turnkey. 

-my name is Yannick and I'm 31.



Welcome to the forum Yannick,

I smoke a lot of cigars from the Dominican.

A very pleasurable smoke indeed 😁

Post: Turnkey properties investing for my family.

Engelo Rumora
Posted
  • Investor
  • Toledo, OH
  • Posts 4,536
  • Votes 2,088
Quote from @John Fleming:
Quote from @Adriana Collado Hudak:

Hi John, I purchased two properties (SFH's) from MidSouth - one in October 2023 and the other in March 2024. Both are in Memphis. I bought the properties in cash: one for $114k and the other for $123k. The market value for the one I purchased for $114k hovers between $139k and $142k, so I walked into that property with equity from the get-go. The market value on the other property is pretty stagnant and fluctuates between $119k and $125k. I receive rents totaling $1817 per month, after property management fees of 8% are deducted. So far, so good as far as I'm concerned. Here's what I've learned in my brief experience:

1. Turnkey properties are great for someone like me who lives in a state where cashflow is very hard to find and who has a busy career that doesn't allow much time for typical landlording duties;

2. Turnkey properties are better if you're planning to hold for a good while (5+ years). As you can see from my numbers, this is not a quick appreciation situation although I hope that equity will build over time;

3. ALWAYS conduct your own inspection, even if the property is turnkey.

Hope this helps - best of luck!!


Thanks so much for all the info. On #3 - as an out of state investor, how do you handle that inspection? 


John,

Check out Inspectify.

Even in our local market we use them for pre-purchase inspections, draw inspections, PM quarterly inspections.

They are a saving grace.

You're welcome hehe 🙏

Post: Turnkey properties investing for my family.

Engelo Rumora
Posted
  • Investor
  • Toledo, OH
  • Posts 4,536
  • Votes 2,088
Quote from @Michael Smythe:

@Jason Frink you can also look into Detroit and Toledo.

Been reading that Memphis is becoming saturated with rentals.


No more investors in Toledo please.

We have had enough haha 😁

Post: Norada Capital Management suspending payments

Engelo Rumora
Posted
  • Investor
  • Toledo, OH
  • Posts 4,536
  • Votes 2,088
Quote from @Chris Seveney:
Quote from @James Wise:
Quote from @Chris Seveney:

Btw anyone see a common thread between this, lane k. ODC, Rad etc and others who have been making headlines on BP?

Oh, they are all out there right now on the “training / membership” circuit trying to sell you on a lifestyle or an investment strategy. Atleast I don’t get FB ads from Norada.


 I haven't seen or heard anything about lane k, ODC or Rad............Post the links.

Here you go.

RAD Diversified Review — It Wasn't Pretty (biggerpockets.com)
RAD Diversified SCAM ALERT!!! (biggerpockets.com)
PEP fund with Lane Kawaoka (biggerpockets.com)
Syndicator Threatens LPs for Negative Comment about them On BP (biggerpockets.com)

Anyone has invested with Open door capital? How was your experience? (biggerpockets.com)




Chris and James,

Want to start a fund together?

Big D Fund

Chris, you raise the capital

James and I buy, fix and collect rents on D Class property.

We do it with bullet proof vests and shot guns.

We also do it without any pants.

James pumps the video marketing and the fund shares some in on the YouTube royalties.

Plus, the rents we collect in cash as distributions. 

I bet we could easily pay 10% on such a fund hahaha

Post: The Eviction Crisis is a Damn Lie

Engelo Rumora
Posted
  • Investor
  • Toledo, OH
  • Posts 4,536
  • Votes 2,088

Amen mate

I'm worried for our children over the next 20 years...

Yes prior generations would always say that the one's coming up after them are useless and lazy.

But this $#@% is on another lever if you ask me.

The entitled, spoilt, lazy expecting the world owes you something mentality is mind boggling.

Thank God for AI and robots as they will do the work and all Gen Z will be competent enough to do is push a button haha

Post: Door count is a terrible metric. Please stop using it.

Engelo Rumora
Posted
  • Investor
  • Toledo, OH
  • Posts 4,536
  • Votes 2,088
Quote from @Rich Davis:

"Doors" is a function of class. Investing $1M in Boston vs. Toledo will result in a vastly different door count but may get the same IRR. Doors has no value.

Doors is however, a valid metric for a PM.



Yep, door count per unit in PM is vital.

Granted, if you manage 100 doors with only 2 owners.

It's almost worthless due to risk.

Much better managing 100 doors with 100 different owners for example.