All Forum Posts by: Martha Chaudhry
Martha Chaudhry has started 3 posts and replied 5 times.
Post: Help me analyze this deal: fixer seems over priced given market

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@Ned Carey thanks. I am wrestling with the art of analysis and getting feedback on what is ugly in the numbers is helpful. Basically these are exercises for me at the moment as I begin to understand how the numbers work together and against each other. I appreciate your feedback and comments!
Post: Help me analyze this deal: fixer seems over priced given market

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Thanks I am nowhere near pulling the trigger, just trying to learn. Where do you feel the #s are way off/ don’t add up? What would be the most important factor that would need to change? I’ve played with it a lot , trying to understand the pitfalls. Is it market rents that are too low?
Post: Help me analyze this deal: fixer seems over priced given market

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Post: Single family investment property, buy and hold

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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $515,000
Cash invested: $180,000
Buy and hold condo unit with 2 car garage, penthouse unit with 3 balconies, high ceiling and fireplace 1 block to Bellevue Square
What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?
A foothold in the market while we were living overseas. A residence for my mother to use.
How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?
I look for properties that have very unusual, valuable features, such as amenities, views, locations
How did you finance this deal?
Conventional
How did you add value to the deal?
Extremely selective site selection. We will renovate before selling.
What was the outcome?
Still holding
Lessons learned? Challenges?
This time we will structure a 1031 exchange. I want to leverage or trade this property up for multi-family, multi-unit

Post: Single family investment property, buy and hold

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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $638,000
Cash invested: $200,000
Sale price: $860,000
Single family bungalow on Queen Anne Hill. Bough, held, sold
What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?
We were living overseas, wanted a foothold in the rising market.
How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?
Worked with a residential agent, only looked on Queen Anne
How did you finance this deal?
With conventional financing
How did you add value to the deal?
Extremely selective site selection, neighborhood
What was the outcome?
Return was good, we rode out a rapid rise in the market which was the intent
Lessons learned? Challenges?
Huge learning, huge mistake. We were not informed of 'Like-Kind' exchanges, 1031 rules, and were ill informed. We were of the understanding that we could roll the profits from the sale into a permanent residence, which is not the case. We took a huge capital gains tax hit. Lesson learned....
Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?
No, our agent did not inform us of the 1031 Exchange
