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All Forum Posts by: Joshuam R.

Joshuam R. has started 40 posts and replied 257 times.

Post: Hold primary mortgage, But add a friend on title.

Joshuam R.Posted
  • Specialist
  • Florida
  • Posts 270
  • Votes 91

Steps:

1-Live in and hold mortgage on primary SFH

2-Add additional persons to title only

Scenario, additional person on title gives closing cost $$ of 3.5%, add the person to title as 7% ownership and rides it out until a future sell of the home occurs or refi and buy them out.

Any one done this?

Bank confirmed that step 1 and 2 are allowed.

"Heads up" Notification

Look at what I just learned, now we know why the posts gets bombarded with the simple replies nothing to do where the original post intended to be. Inspired by this platform itself, for us to continue to interact. Which is fine, we are all optional on here. But dear friends, please be part of the original thought process of the post and give a fair response. Not an empty few words just because maybe this constant inbox notification put so much pressure on you. Love you all, best wishes.

Quote from @Amir B.:

Hello,

We bought this house and closed on April 28th. We have been searching for a qualified tenant but have had no luck.

I was wondering how long other investors have had vacancies in months. 

Is it normal to have a vacancy for two, three, or four months?

Thanks,

Amir

https://www.realtor.com/reales...

 That is a decent cute neighborhood. You have to re-do your marketing pictures. Get a pro and also the ones that place digital furniture/decor to bring life to them. The google pic from 2021 looks way cuter than what you used. Add some plants, temporary ones, that if they die off is okay, but for now during the marketing phase add them. Put up a sign on the front yard, and one on the two closest busy intersections. 

Another thing is 5bed/1bath will be a tough one, but doable.

I saw some comparisons close to your property, I believe keeping your price as-is is fair, but do not lower it until you do try these remedies.

Here is a good example of very good story telling pics, got lucky it was still furnished, it helps tell the story of what can work inside. example post

Best wishes.

Post: Fun Feasibility: How would you go upon making 1 million in 5 years

Joshuam R.Posted
  • Specialist
  • Florida
  • Posts 270
  • Votes 91
Quote from @Ran Iarovich:
Quote from @Adrian Chu:

Invest in low cost ways that will enable you to make more money.

1. Real Estate License

2. Mortgage License

3. Notary License

4. Contractor License

And go find deals for other investors while making money from having the 4 licenses above.


 Would you get all of these or pick and choose? 

Just sharing my personal my status following this list by @Adrian Chu

For adding to my utility belt, I am currently doing #1, studying for the state exam. And this will also season up trust or optional service to be offered with our current wholesale company. The goal is to give the client to have option A be sell of market and its pros and cons, and option B sell on MLS with its pros and cons.

Then going for #4 to continue to vertically integrate my career W2 skill/assets into my personal LLC , networking , etc.

#2 I would partner with someone. 

#3 not necessary if you are doing the other ones. For this one I would only focus on mastering #3 as much as possible and make that gig grow to $100k or more a year. If that's not the goal with #3, let someone else do it.

Post: Investors in High Crime Distressed Areas - Class D

Joshuam R.Posted
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  • Florida
  • Posts 270
  • Votes 91
Quote from @Linda S.:

@Joshuam R.,

 1) I enjoy knowing that I've turned a house that was boarded up and a complete eye sore, and renovated it and brought it back to life.   I love picking trendy colors for the exterior, it brings life and energy to the street!   I love getting stuff on the market place (ex: cabinets, fridges,etc) and giving it, it's 2nd life in a rental, and less pollution!   With low-income rentals, people are used to the bare minimum, so when you put in a nice light fixture, they are very impressed!

2) I enjoy the returns/cashflow, while everyone else ran away in 2016-2020,  we ran to them and fixed them up, a lot of them!!  Now everyone else is coming back since the city got their stuff together, and it's been a fun ride to see the appreciation!  

3) I enjoy offering high-quality people an affordable place to live that's well-maintained.  I have some of the nicest, most amazing tenants.  Unpopular opinion, but about 25% of my tenants in C/D actually pay early. 50% pay within the grace period and 25% pay by mid-month.  I've worked with my tenants, if they lose their job, we use their deposit and do a payment plan.  I genuinely feel like I'm helping them get back on their feet.

I can give you a MUCH, much larger list of things I do NOT enjoy...    Don't cherry-pick the good stuff.  There is a reason it's high risk/high reward--  it's a shark tank, and you need leather skin to handle it, because sometimes it's really, really dark.  Some imagines you won't unsee, some things you will always remember the smell, it's hard --mentally, emotionally, and financially.  I swear I have PTSD from some of the stuff.   You won't likely say that about a B property.


 Thank you very much for sharing. Best wishes.

Quote from @Bruce Woodruff:
Quote from @Joshuam R.:
I would vote for that over adding a negative vote possibility. But I would rather just leave things as they are....how are new users to know who has any credibility at all? 

And after all, what's the real problem here? Definitely a 'first world problem' if anything.....

 I 100% agree with you, our life will continue to grow and prosper. The Earth will continue to rotate around the Sun. Not a serious matter. But an up vote counter stat and post counter stat does not equate to credibility. It only equates even for me that we have a lot of free time on our hands, hopefully because due to Real Estate Investing.

I feel like.... we both stopped listening to our mothers by now lol

Best wishes! I will embrace what a user posted on here, I will move on. Unfortunately, with this post learned that you cannot revised or delete. Only unfollow, will try that now on my own.

Quote from @Scott E.:

Great idea! A vote down button or a dislike button would be very valuable to the original poster of questions and to future observers of threads.

As others have said, I think we all know who you're referring to. Thankfully most people around here are doing good. I can only think of 1 person who is a big time offender of posting short 1 liner empty responses that are usually not helpful. That person is currently the #4 contributor on the forums according to the home page (as of when I posted this comment). And they should be recognized in that way if they were offering a ton of value. But they are not. They're just trying to get their post count up.

Anyways clearly I've noticed what you've noticed LOL. And it's not the end of the world. It's just an Internet forum. But a bit frustrating for sure to see this going on when there are so many people here (myself included) who are trying to do good and add value to others.


 Of course lol, not that serious, we are all laughing all the way to the bank anyways, this for some is research and development, for others just a quick restroom break vent or time killer. 

Quote from @Bruce Woodruff:

The search feature on this forum, like most forums, is not really that useful. I have tried it a few times, and it does not pull up topics that you are looking for....

This has been a fun post. But in all reality (and in my humble opinion) a downvote would not be a good thing. It introduces a negative aspect to the forums whereas an upvote only keeps it positive....as my Mom used to say, "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"

There are occasional topics where things can get a bit heated and I would hate to see this turn into a place where an immature poster (or group) could damage someone's reputation 'just for the fun of it'.

This has been working just fine - if it ain't broke, don't fix it.....


 100% agree with your Mom. But a down vote would subconsciously (hopefully) make each person really think twice about what they are going to post as an answer, it will help pump the brakes on what is currently happening. Again , I agree with your Mom, but I think a subtle down vote same as up vote won't be a dark negative. 

We want everyone to engage, and cut down on the ones just doing it because the "My/user stats" numbers are new fun game. Maybe even out the playing field, remove the My Stats/Posts count/ Vote count, make that a personal private setting, not public. That way we focus only 100% on actual conversations and thoughtful answers that do apply to the original post. 

Post: Yes or No to ceiling fans in rentals?

Joshuam R.Posted
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  • Florida
  • Posts 270
  • Votes 91
Quote from @Vincent Donato:

I have a rental duplex in Lakewood, Ohio. This older home has older ceiling fans in the bedrooms.

I'm planning to replace all the fans with LED light but wanted to hear peoples experiences on this.


My thoughts are, ceiling fans are another object in a rental that break a lot, they get dusty and gross, and these don't provide much light to the rooms. Tenants never change the lightbulbs on them, and not sure if they even get used. An LED lights up the room so much better and does not get dusty.

No, the house does not have central air, but this is Ohio so A/C window units are commonly used for the couple months of the year they are needed.

I say no need.

Our first SFH has fans by default, our second SFH has no fans. Both are doing good. Will we put fans on the second SFH and future ones. No. I try to make the properties tenant proof and that they feel safe. If a fan is needed the tenant would buy a floor fan. Same way we did when we use to be tenants. What's important is secondary security locks, AC/Heat for all living sq footage, all working outlets, damp rated bulbs in bathrooms, working appliances, fire extinguishers, we do 1 year worth of monthly air filters, which cost way less than ceiling fans, working fire alarms, etc.

Best wishes, good luck.

@Aaron Breckenridge Where does the edited revised version of a post go? Is that an automatic new post. I tried it but it does not show revised version under the original post.

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