All Forum Posts by: Nicholas Mann

Hey Mark, I have purchased 2 mixed use properties similar to the one you mentioned. Make sure wherever you are purchasing this is in a good location (downtown area) as some stand alone mixed use properties can be awkward and if the commercial space is not in a great location you may have some extended vacancies. Financing will most likely be viewed as commercial but you should be able to get a DSCR loan at a slightly higher rate that purely multifamily. Feel free to reach out for any other questions.

Read BP Books, listen to podcasts, start looking and analyzing properties on Zillow. If you have money for a down payment reach out to a Realtor and start looking at properties that fit your criteria. Make offers get rejected and eventually something will come up. 

Great post!! One small step forward each day! Love it! 

Replying to this thread that’s 6 years old to see if anyone has seen an update in the law? 

I am experiencing similar issues with time of year being the main culprit. From what I am told, hoping the next few weeks really pick up and I can get my vacancies rented. Best of luck 

Just to add to this thread. I have a brand new renovated unit that hit the market mid-November and it has been brutal trying to rent it. I have always heard this time of year was toughest to rent (especially in the northeast). I am experiencing the same issue and I have professional photos, using a reputable real estate broker, and in a very rental friendly market. Hoping the next month January-February we can get it rented. This was a new purchase with a few vacant units so I couldn’t prevent the vacancy at this time of year but going forward I will make sure none of my leases are expire in NOV-DEC. Best of luck and keep us posted when it is rented! 

I think if newer investors want to learn the ropes of Property Management it would be wise to try and self manage their first few units.  Obviously property management is not for everyone but for those who treat it as a separate business venture, it could become beneficial in the long run.  As for myself I have been self managing for a few years and continue to learn the processes that go with management.  Later on in my investing career when I have less time to deal with the day to day I will hire a PM and have a good understanding if they are running my property in an efficient manner. 

Hey James,

I think as investors/builders/syndications/and developers build new properties they have to put up significant capital. They build and invest to help improve the area, bring in better tenant pool, improve the economy and hopefully at the end of the day make a profit on the hard work, time, and money spent on that new development.  There is no hard grading system on investment properties so “Class D” would be a subjective term but ideally it would refer to the “state/condition” of the property, “quality/affordability” of the tenant base and the “rent/income” it could provide.  Class A would be all good/great categories in this regard and Class D would refer to the worst/bad properties in those neighborhoods.  Simply said the development of a lower income area is not too make that new construction “Class D” but to improve the overall area for everyone that lives nearby. 

Hey thanks @Gino Barbaro! Listened to the podcast with you guys on BP, great stuff! I’m a newer investor in the Westchester/Rockland, Tri state market. Thanks again for the input! 

Maybe set up the LLC as a property management account and use that to operate your rental business. My rental LLCs with my bank dot necessarily tie into the property being purchased under that LLC name. It's really just a rent/expense account to keep track do BOOKEEPING.