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All Forum Posts by: Stephen Franco

Stephen Franco has started 12 posts and replied 175 times.

Post: Stumbled Upon Some Apartments, Now what?

Stephen Franco
Posted
  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

PM me.

I'll be happy to walk through it with you by phone and maybe call him up as a partner investor and sound out (since I've done this 8 years) what seems real.  I'm not local down there, so geographically I'm a bit out of touch

Post: Turnkey investment value

Stephen Franco
Posted
  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

I love helping people with turnkey rentals with high cash flow...

Post: A lower Cap, but higher appreciation potential or vice versa?

Stephen Franco
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  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

I go for 15-21% cap rates in Scranton / WB pa (after maintenance/vacancy/management) over appreciation.  PM me for info

Post: Fix and Flip Hard Money available

Stephen Franco
Posted
  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

I have a flip in PA. 20k purchase, 40 k rehab. 120k ARV.

Can you help us?

Post: NYers investing out of state, where are your properties located?

Stephen Franco
Posted
  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

Invest in Scranton/Wilkes Barre (Northeastern PA). 1.8 GRM/15-23 Cap rate, lots of tenants, great prices on finished units.

I love the returns, and the communities are easy to work with.

Post: Deal Flow: Anybody else having this issue?

Stephen Franco
Posted
  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

2015 and 16 are WAY slow on wholesale deals.  I concur.  Starting to pick up now, mostly on multifamily and investment property side.  Still struggling to fit my 4-flips-a-year

Post: Invest where I live or invest where I know?

Stephen Franco
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  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

For flip, either go where you know or be a money LENDER (not just equity partner) on a deal with someone in their local area.  Like for my flips, I let people supply the money for a fixed rate of return plus a % of the profit.  That way, they know they're safe.

Post: How Do I Wholesale Out of State (Pennsylvania)

Stephen Franco
Posted
  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

I assign in pa all the time and have yet to double close

Post: New Member in Arizona

Stephen Franco
Posted
  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

consider turnkey rentals in my market of Scranton PA (15-25% cap rates)

Post: Invest where I live or invest where I know?

Stephen Franco
Posted
  • Scranton, PA
  • Posts 201
  • Votes 44

I know my market of Scranton/WB makes such great (15-25%) cap rates I can pay people 10-12% on mortgages and still make money.  I love rentals in this part of PA