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All Forum Posts by: Matthew Morrow

Matthew Morrow has started 51 posts and replied 419 times.

Post: Single Family Home Dilemma

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@Eric Prescott- Tom and his team are great. Highly Recommended. 

Post: SD IRA Friendly Accountant- NE PA

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Awesome. Thanks @David RibardoQuote from @David Ribardo:

Hey Matt, good to see you on here!

https://www.camaplan.com/ is my recommendation. From my personal experience they are fantastic, and have provided my clients all the knowledge necessary to understand the requirements of SDIRA investing.

Post: SD IRA Friendly Accountant- NE PA

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Quote from @Bruce D. Kowal:

Matthew, there are a lot of good sites on the internet which discuss this. In great detail, too. I can help with this, as my practice is National. I am in Northern NJ and Allentown is few hours away. In any event, the SD IRA is nice on paper. But in the end, you are managing rental real estate. Which is not for the faint-hearted. They better be prepared for the joys and disasters that awaits them. My advice to Clients is that if their investment cannot do better than an REIT ETF, such as offered by Vanguard and/or Fidelity, don't bother. And those annual returns are running approx 9% on the average. Those are good returns for passive investing and great liquidity. Otherwise, let's connect.


 Thanks for the info Bruce. Appreciate the insight. They are set on Real Estate for various personal and professional reasons. If it changes, i'll surly reach out. 

Post: SD IRA Friendly Accountant- NE PA

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Quote from @Dmitriy Fomichenko:

@Matthew Morrow,

Typically you can't commingle personal funds with a self-directed IRA funds on an investment. An IRA can buy an investment property, IRA can put down payment (typically 40%) and get an non-recourse loan for the balance. Here is a list of lenders offering such financing:

https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

If they want to buy an investment property personally and are short on cash - they can take a distribution from an IRA, which will be subject to taxes and penalties, to cover the shortfall. Buying this property jointly with an IRA would be considered a prohibited transaction.  


Thank you! I should have clarified- They'll be combining it with other SD IRA's and are in the process of setting this up with their attorney. The just had some questions specific to an accountant.

Post: SD IRA Friendly Accountant- NE PA

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Hi All, 

I'm helping some clients get into their first investment purchase and they'll be using SD IRA's for a portion of the purchase. Anyone have good recommendations on CPA or group we can connect them with?

NE Pennsylvania area but remote work is possible.

Thanks!

Post: First Major Deal Update

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Quote from @Kyle Vogeler:
Quote from @Matthew Morrow:

@Kyle Vogeler nice job man! This is awesome. Was this an on-market deal? 
We've had several in similar fashion where they finance some, pay all closing costs, and a case of Yuengling is not joke. That holds a special value in many hearts...lol


 Yes, it was on market. They had other similar offers but accepted ours. Then, after inspection, we managed to work in the seller financing and closing costs!


 Awesome!  On market opportunities can still be great deals if you find the value add or other opportunities to push equity. 
very nicely done. 

Post: How to split heat and hot water amongst tenants?

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Quote from @Anwar H.:

Thanks @Matthew Morrow for the reply.

I just closed on a 4-plex in Allentown, PA, which has single boiler+heating system for all 4 units. If we were to install 3 more high efficiency heaters that also boil water. Will the price be $7.5k*3=$22.5k? I guess that'll be a big upfront expense, to save on $200-300/month savings


 Awesome! Congrats!

It would be a big job, but you could do it. These combi-boilers are very common and super efficient. Also they remove the need for a chimney and individual water heaters since the exhaust is essentially moisture. our HVAC does most of their work in the city if you want contact info- He's installed 3 for us just this last year lol 

In basic terms It would involve:

-Permits / approval

-Additional Meters X 3 (all thru UGI, they coordinate with contractor)

-3 additional units to accommodate each apartment. Existing boiler can still serve one

-Additional Thermostats

-Tenants willing to add Gas to their lease terms. May be a tough pitch but can happen

This is also pending sufficient space exists to add them. Each is about the size of a large plastic container or shopping cart, and they mount right to the wall.
Here is a picture of a recent install. Super clean. And UGI will even give a $1500 rebate / unit with new installation after all the work is done.

Post: How to split heat and hot water amongst tenants?

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Quote from @Anwar H.:

I'm curious, how much does it cost to divide up the heating system so the tenants pay for their own heat bill? There must be cost efficient way to do that.


 Check this out from above: Duplex is in Whitehall.

@Darrick Lowe, We just had a situation nearly identical to this- Eastern PA. Single boiler serving a duplex- landlord paid water / natural gas because there's no way to split it accurately.

We added a second high efficiency boiler that also heats water- Brute Combi-boiler, had the HVAC contractor add lines and a new Natural gas service. In our area, the utility company will not allow water / sewer to be placed in tenants name, however natural gas, power, and everything else can be as long as its sub metered. The new boiler, all associated work, and extra items were around 7500 including permits and inspection. A 1-2 day project at most for a good contractor. This allowed us to take the heat and hot water for both units out of the landlord expenses, and into the tenants.

Post: How to split heat and hot water amongst tenants?

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@Darrick Lowe, We just had a situation nearly identical to this-  Eastern PA. Single boiler serving a duplex- landlord paid water / natural gas because there's no way to split it accurately. 

We added a second high efficiency boiler that also heats water- Brute Combi-boiler, had the HVAC contractor add lines and a new Natural gas service. In our area, the utility company will not allow water / sewer to be placed in tenants name, however natural gas, power, and everything else can be as long as its sub metered. The new boiler, all associated work, and extra items were around 7500 including permits and inspection. A 1-2 day project at most for a good contractor. This allowed us to take the heat and hot water for both units out of the landlord expenses, and into the tenants. 

Post: First Major Deal Update

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@Kyle Vogeler nice job man! This is awesome. Was this an on-market deal? 
We've had several in similar fashion where they finance some, pay all closing costs, and a case of Yuengling is not joke. That holds a special value in many hearts...lol