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All Forum Posts by: Account Closed

Account Closed has started 91 posts and replied 511 times.

Post: If you could move anywhere in the U.S. to begin RE investing right now, where would you go?

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  • Homeowner
  • Signal Hill, CA
  • Posts 521
  • Votes 70

konichiwa, BS!

i was just in torrance earlier today. i find it too 'industrial' like gardena, for residential living although for commercial or industrial operations, its awesome! 

i moved to los angeles county fairly recently from nyc however my heart is forever in asia, my mom's ancestors' homeland. 

well my dad's a caribbean islander of mostly native amerindian descent but i find the caribbean is heavily europeanized, even with the afro & latino majorities. so, i tend to vacay and expend humanitarian efforts moreso in asia than here in the 'new world'.

so if i could move anywhere within USA it would have to be even more 'West'ward til proximal to the Far East - HAWAII, GUAM AND OR MICRONESIA(!) would do - to feel most comfy.  i'm a 'tropical islander' at heart and apparently it shows thru and thru cuz the local latinos tend to often tell me i must be from somewhere 'tropical' and at the same time i often getting asked if i'm japanese or part japanese. 

but for now i'm luvin socal, and i wouldnt say the LAC market is bad, just its soo comparatively premium priced across the board, even entry level bargains (i posted a thread on BP encompassing yesterday somewhere encompassing LA market) and the inventory is piling up due to sellers affected by the hyperinflation of the US dollar against imported Chinese Japanese and Korean funds galore! and just that OC may be better/more practical for actually finding some deals to INVEST in more affordably rather than splurge in.

Post: Cheap Dishwasher delivery and install $49 at Home Depot!

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  • Homeowner
  • Signal Hill, CA
  • Posts 521
  • Votes 70

i noticed both home depot and lowes are always/often flooded with clearance models of dishwashers for like $75 for the dw.. if only OTHER major appliances would be so deeply discounted!

around here seems nobody wants/uses them... except for china/tupperware storage =D

Post: What to say when knocking on pre-foreclosure doors?

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  • Homeowner
  • Signal Hill, CA
  • Posts 521
  • Votes 70

i love your house man/maam! 

so like.. may i buy it? pretty please? =D

Post: Using credit to purchase a property and then immediately cash-out refinancing to pay it back - is this possible?

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  • Homeowner
  • Signal Hill, CA
  • Posts 521
  • Votes 70
Originally posted by @Stephen Chittenden:
Originally posted by @Account Closed:
Originally posted by @Stephen Chittenden:
Originally posted by @Account Closed:

I screen out cash-savings buyers, from folks hoping to borrow enuf cash last-minute *after* their offer's accepted, by requiring VODs (ie, actual statements as opposed to 'proof fo funds' letters/printouts) which show 30 days of recent activity which led up to the total $ in their account, whatever it is.

I'd be interested in what sort of loan you end up getting to 'refinance' (pay off) the LOC borrowed to purchase the property; would the lender pay off the LOC for you or would they actually give you 'cash out' of your equity?- in which case then underwriting would likely *combine* the LOC monthly payment with the new 'cash out' monthly payment and compare it to your documented income.

I imagine that you might have lender who wants to pay off the LOC, but doing so would be kind of silly, as you could immediately turn around and draw on it again. I imagine most would want to qualify you using both the LOC monthly payment with the payment on the property loan. FirstKey also offers loans that allow you to refinance like this. They're commercial loans, and the property has to be owned by an LLC, but it can be done that way too. They qualify based almost exclusively on the income from the property being financed, so they won't be too concerned about the personal LOC.

Yep great point, as the unsecured LOC could be drawn on again but at least the equity loan would be secured by the lender so I imagine they'd be more concerned with worse case scenario where the borrow is left to carry both the new equity loan and the old LOC together indefinitely. With FirstKey and if a property in this purchase method were that of an LLC, wonder how the income exclusively from the property would carry both the new loan and the LOC amounts total. Must be a pretty darn good rent roll!

I don't think first key would consider the personal LOC at all. They run DTI just on the property.

oh i see. they are assuming the property either carries its own weight as a gud investment to the borrower or sinks as a bad one and they cash in on their secured interest in it, regardless of the LLC's other debts, income, etc

Post: Lot size in Acreage & Sq Ft of this $40M 8-unit Brownstone Property?

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  • Homeowner
  • Signal Hill, CA
  • Posts 521
  • Votes 70

huh Rob why not? i thought BP is comprised of REI's finest! =D

Post: 25% Down Payment Required for Multi-Families? New Fannie/Freddie Rule?

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  • Homeowner
  • Signal Hill, CA
  • Posts 521
  • Votes 70

perhaps nowadays, most 3-4 fams will be jumbo not conventional.

put down 20%+ and avoid mort insurance anyways

Post: Lot size in Acreage & Sq Ft of this $40M 8-unit Brownstone Property?

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  • Homeowner
  • Signal Hill, CA
  • Posts 521
  • Votes 70

it says 17,500-square-foot brownstone, 9,000sf of garden and outdoor space, but what is the total exact lot size of the property?

also what do they mean 'subdivided' into 8 apartments; is it a 8-family dwelling, or not? lol

http://www.wsj.com/articles/brooklyns-most-expensi...

Post: SFH / possible duplex?

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  • Homeowner
  • Signal Hill, CA
  • Posts 521
  • Votes 70

i'd not count dual rents in a sfh until factoring in reinstalling the 2nd meter and possibly pulling permits and lots of $$$ all in all, to get it passed as a 2.

Post: Using credit to purchase a property and then immediately cash-out refinancing to pay it back - is this possible?

Account ClosedPosted
  • Homeowner
  • Signal Hill, CA
  • Posts 521
  • Votes 70
Originally posted by @Stephen Chittenden:
Originally posted by @Account Closed:

I screen out cash-savings buyers, from folks hoping to borrow enuf cash last-minute *after* their offer's accepted, by requiring VODs (ie, actual statements as opposed to 'proof fo funds' letters/printouts) which show 30 days of recent activity which led up to the total $ in their account, whatever it is.

I'd be interested in what sort of loan you end up getting to 'refinance' (pay off) the LOC borrowed to purchase the property; would the lender pay off the LOC for you or would they actually give you 'cash out' of your equity?- in which case then underwriting would likely *combine* the LOC monthly payment with the new 'cash out' monthly payment and compare it to your documented income.

I imagine that you might have lender who wants to pay off the LOC, but doing so would be kind of silly, as you could immediately turn around and draw on it again. I imagine most would want to qualify you using both the LOC monthly payment with the payment on the property loan. FirstKey also offers loans that allow you to refinance like this. They're commercial loans, and the property has to be owned by an LLC, but it can be done that way too. They qualify based almost exclusively on the income from the property being financed, so they won't be too concerned about the personal LOC.

Yep great point, as the unsecured LOC could be drawn on again but at least the equity loan would be secured by the lender so I imagine they'd be more concerned with worse case scenario where the borrow is left to carry both the new equity loan and the old LOC together indefinitely. With FirstKey and if a property in this purchase method were that of an LLC, wonder how the income exclusively from the property would carry both the new loan and the LOC amounts total. Must be a pretty darn good rent roll!

Post: My first SFH is a hell house

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  • Homeowner
  • Signal Hill, CA
  • Posts 521
  • Votes 70

Sounds like u moved away from the east coast away to the west coast rather soon after buying the property in question.

at least its not actually haunted? =D

so, why did the new tenants move out so fast, any clue? were they month to month, or thus did they breach their lease term grossly?