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All Forum Posts by: Harish V.

Harish V. has started 3 posts and replied 191 times.

Post: My first property (CA) closed, Seller says she's not leaving

Harish V.Posted
  • Investor
  • Fremont, CA
  • Posts 195
  • Votes 112

Wow long thread. Lot of knowledge. This reinforced learning for me that if something is too good to be true, it probably is not true. Will add it to list of deals/situations to stay away from. 

Post: Grocapitus - Anyone have experience with them?

Harish V.Posted
  • Investor
  • Fremont, CA
  • Posts 195
  • Votes 112
Originally posted by @Angela Yan:

I love Neal Bawa for his data presentation and his outlook on the market.  I am too much of a self RE investor doing my own thing than to handing someone money to multiply for me but not like there is anything wrong with that strategy. I just like experiencing my own returns.  

Good for you. I have learnt that this is the best way. Neal Bawa has best fake data anyone can have. Here is proof.

PowerPoint Presentation (grocapitus.com)

34% return for phase 1, 26% phase 2. Construction loan Jan 2019, Operating period from Aug 2020. Right now they have not found anything of construction loan on this project and looks like dont intend to. They punt every Quarter. I like the data, Just hope watched from sideline and only liked not invested.
 

Post: Grocapitus - Anyone have experience with them?

Harish V.Posted
  • Investor
  • Fremont, CA
  • Posts 195
  • Votes 112

Oh What do you know @Eric Bleau, the buffalo investment I am talking about is on Grocapitus website too. 

PowerPoint Presentation (grocapitus.com)


Post: Grocapitus - Anyone have experience with them?

Harish V.Posted
  • Investor
  • Fremont, CA
  • Posts 195
  • Votes 112

@Eric Bleau BTW grocapitus project The Grid is with same investment company that is running Buffalo project with that I invested in with Financial Attunement, that is Blackfish investments.  Just saying Mr. Neal Bawa is still swimming in same circles.

Originally posted by @Nick Robinson:

@Todd Pultz

Right I said now may not be the time to leverage yourself to the hilt.

I said a rise in interest rates will crash “all assets” that means both of them. What do you think happens when the government stops handing out money which is propping up stock market? What happens when it costs companies more to borrow money? What happens when corporate taxes go up? When capital gains go up? You think their value will go up?

 Any crash has been temporary, always. By temporary it may mean few year to several years. Please understand, crash is always a liquidity event, not a valuation event.

Valuations go down to meet margin calls thats about it. Fed/Govt/Banks will need to make sure valuations return back to previous level, otherwise they are left holding the bag. That cannot happen.

Originally posted by @Idris Haroon:

WOW I really appreciate all the responses. I think my post was trending for awhile LOL. So here are some more details based on all the comments

1. My financial advisor does not invest in real estate but has clients that do

2. I don't pay him a direct fee but he is also my life insurance guy so he gets paid from my policy

2. My 10 properties cash flow at least $200 per month per property, some properties more than that

3. My wife and I have W2 jobs with a combined household income of $450k, not including real estate investments

4. I have over 200k in a 401k, another 200k in cash value life insurance, and another 150 in a HELOC

5. My properties have a combined 500k in equity

Based on this information what is my best option?? I'm thinking stack up enough reserves in my LLC to weather the storm.

Thanks everyone

Equity will not help you in liquidity crunch. Please make sure you have 6 month payments for all properties together. 1 year if you want to be conservatives. You need to be able to protect yourself from lenders in case of a liquidity event.  

Originally posted by @Idris Haroon:

So I just got off the phone with my financial advisor and he said I'm doing well but he's concerned I'm over leveraged on real estate. He's concerned that if we experience another recession that I will be stuck holding the bag for all the mortgages on my rental properties. Is anyone else concerned about this? If so how are you planning ahead to make sure this isn't a problem if we experience another recession and your tenants cant pay rent?

Thanks

The issue usually is liquidity not leverage. Please make sure you have 6 month reserves. Be dynamic to lower rents when required to get tenants in. You will maximize chance of success. Surviving such time, if encountered, you will come out stronger.

If you advisor is trying to get you to diversity, you need to work on that in long run. May not be immediately.

Post: Grocapitus - Anyone have experience with them?

Harish V.Posted
  • Investor
  • Fremont, CA
  • Posts 195
  • Votes 112

@Eric Bleau I would like to hear from people having cash flowing and exits through Grocapitus. Trying to distance away from financial attunement is like Morris Invest/SDIRA Wealth. just buying time. Its a costly mistake for any investor to think things changed. There are plenty of firms which were never dishonestly managed, no need to only look at rosy projections, which may not be backed up in long run and not at management past.  Thats what I did investing in Buffalo. They gave examples of other deals cash flowing or near exit. I never verified with investors. My mistake was believing Neil/Financial attunement. I have been very patient with my investment. Now I am getting impatient..

As I said. I would like to see exits from some projects. 

Post: Grocapitus - Anyone have experience with them?

Harish V.Posted
  • Investor
  • Fremont, CA
  • Posts 195
  • Votes 112

@Steven Huynh  Numbers like these only tell you how many people have invested with them. It does not tell you anything about anyone who got their dividend or principal back.

I fell for it and invested in Buffalo project. It worked wonderfully till the dividend came due. Now they are just postponing. The IRR projected was 30%. Now they are trying to sell the unbuilt project to someone else. Already tried to restructure the deal once. If they really had 500+ investors happy, none of them can defend them here on bigger pockets?

If you really believe that.. i wish you luck, please invest with them.

Anyone invested in this that has cash flowing, please share your experience.