All Forum Posts by: Antoine Martel
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Post: How the Heck Are You Doing 5-10 BRRRRs Per Year?!

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Originally posted by @Mark J.:
@Antoine Martel - Yes, but Fannie Mae's "Delayed Financing Option" doesn't work for a BRRRR. The engine which makes the BRRRR go-go-go is the value and equity created through the rehab (AKA the 25% that doesn't get funded by the conventional 75% ARV cash-out refi). Sure the DFO allows me to get my initial investment + closing costs back, but that means every dollar I put into the rehab is not recoverable and becomes locked away as equity in the property. That puts the brakes on the BRRRR train and would drain my capital after just a few renos.
Perhaps I'm totally missing the point, but if you're only getting back your initial purchase investment, then that's not a BRRRR (at least as I've come to understand it). Or perhaps you're just finding killer deals at 70% LTV that are rent ready.
You're absolutely right. You know your stuff. Some of the rehabs that I do only have $5-10k rehab. So I can pull our 100% of my PP + Closing costs and then I leave about 5-10k in the deal. It only works for specific deals and for projects with major rehabs you're right it doesn't make sense.
Post: Daytona Buy and Hold

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Charles.
Are you looking to flip these homes, buy and hold, or BRRR?
Post: How the Heck Are You Doing 5-10 BRRRRs Per Year?!

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Mark.
I think you need to find a lender who can do it before 6 months. There is a rule in Fannie Mae which says that if you are doing the BRRR strategy you are allowed to pull out a certain amount of cash before the 6 month market.
I invest in cities across the USA and have teams there who handle everything on the ground. Ways that we have been able to do 10 BRRR projects this year is that we have sold some of our rental properties to other investors. Then with this profit we have been able to either do it again or do the traditional BRRR.
Post: Is New Mexico (namely Albuquerque) a good place to invest?

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Candace.
I have not invested in Albuquerque and have not heard much about it. I live in LA as well and invest only out of state. I invest in St. Louis, Memphis, and Cleveland. Ill connect with you so that we can chat some more about how we can work together.
Post: Newbie Wondering Where I Should Invest?

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Tasha.
Great question. Austin is a great city but you're right, its too damn expensive and hard to find good CF.
I would start somewhere in Ohio or TN.
Post: Which mortgage should I pay off first? Rental or my own

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Shal.
I have a tool that I use to analyze these types of situations. Personally, I would take all the cash flow that you are currently generating and pay off the rental that you own which has the lowest mortgage on it. This will help generate some more cash flow and then you can use that extra cash flow to pay off your home. Finally you can use that cash flow to pay off the rental of your fathers.
I have a portfolio out of state and do that with my portfolio to speed up the process.
Post: How do you scale?- buy and hold

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Rigo.
Great question.
Ill DM you.
Post: Paid off mortgage or save cash for rental property

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Trina.
Great question. What is your mortgage % on the condo? and how much cash do you have available? What are your goals? These are the questions that you should be asking which will help you weigh what the right decision for you is. Having a mortgage at a 5% interest rate and then investing cash into a rental property for 20% is a great decision and there would be no need to pay off the mortgage. We do these all the time with investors.
Post: Hotel leasebacks in the UK

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Craig.
This is very interesting and I have not heard of this before. If you are looking to lend your money overseas for just 10%, why don't you just lend your money in the USA to another real estate investor who can pay you 12%. You can even find a REI locally who you can go and meet!
Post: FHA vs 5% Conventional

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What was the interest rate on the FHA. If you can do a conventional, and have the cash for the downpayment, I would do conventional.