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All Forum Posts by: Michael Le

Michael Le has started 14 posts and replied 1605 times.

Post: Syndications - how many passive investors required?

Michael LePosted
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  • Houston, TX
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If they're a passive investor then it is considered a security and you will have to to treat it as such. The number of investors does not matter.

Post: $9M Ground Up On Very First Deal - Here's how we did it

Michael LePosted
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  • Houston, TX
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Congratulations. Keep us updated on the progress.

Post: Show a drivers license to get property address, is this normal?

Michael LePosted
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Make sure the NDA only covers this specific property. Too many scammers have broad NDAs that state anything they send you you will have to pay them a fee and then they proceed to send you every deal (on and off-market) to your inbox.

Post: Cardone Capital...anyone looked into this?

Michael LePosted
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Originally posted by @John Stanley:

Could you guys help me clear up GC (or syndicators in general) fees? When they say 1% each for acquisition, management, and disposal, what is that 1% of? Is it of the total invested by each person? Or just of profits? Or...?

It should be detailed out in the PPM but generally acquisition fee is based on purchase price, asset and property management fees are based on total collected income (monthly), and disposition fee is based on sale price or, if a refinance, the new loan amount. 

Post: TODAY - Lender Panel Discussion on Federal AID Programs

Michael LePosted
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Thanks, Vijaianand

Post: Do small (50 unit) new build apartments need amenities?

Michael LePosted
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I wouldn't say it's needed but it's nice to have and if it doesn't cost much then throw something up, if anything just for your marketing. 

I have a 50-unit townhome in a nice area. It had no amenities when I bought it other than the units themselves do have washer & dryer hookups. But there was a small area near one of our buildings and we put up a nice little picnic area with a pergola, picnic bench, and grill. We had another small area in the back we put a fence around and made into a dog park. 

Post: Corona Virus Covad-19 spread through "Central" HVAC Chillers??

Michael LePosted
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  • Houston, TX
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I'm not HVAC specialist but from my understanding the chiller systems have shared water pipes but not necessarily shared duct work. For multifamily apartments each unit is likely it's own zone and thus has it's own ductwork. In this case it shouldn't be able to spread between apartment units.

Post: Making money after debt services???

Michael LePosted
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Originally posted by @Adam Philpot:

@Michael Le thanks. So if I was doing amortization of 20 years on a 20 year term you think the interest on the loan would be a lower percentage?

Sheesh, 20 year term at 5.8% interest? No wonder you're not cash flowing. lol

I'm not sure your financial situation and what lender you're working with but Fannie/Freddie agency loans are around 3.5% right now on 30-year amortization. 

Post: Making money after debt services???

Michael LePosted
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Is it going to be 6% cap forever? Are you not doing any value add to the property that would push that up? If it's a stabilized yield play then you should be getting much better interest rates than you're showing. That 5.8% rate would be a bridge rate (a bad one even for this current market), which would imply you should be able to make money by pushing rents, etc.