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All Forum Posts by: Tom Wagner

Tom Wagner has started 34 posts and replied 324 times.

Post: Good cash flow, cap rate & CoC return - top of market price

Tom WagnerPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Minneapolis
  • Posts 338
  • Votes 218

Are you looking in up-and-coming neighborhoods? Or D class neighborhoods? I would be cautious about the neighborhoods you are looking at, as 8% cap properties generally are found in worse neighborhoods, which could cause you headaches as a landlord.

Post: ALOHA! Big island real-estate

Tom WagnerPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Minneapolis
  • Posts 338
  • Votes 218
Originally posted by @Duc Ong:

@Tom Wagner While it's possible, I think it's difficult for most people, since the purchasing power is still constrained by the debt to income ratio. Also, FHA offers are not as favorable as conventional ones, especially if you're competing in a seller's market.

Do you know of anyone successfully pushed above $2mm on a fourplex in Hawaii? I just want to meet the person in the USA with the largest FHA 1-4 unit mortgage!

Post: Seeking Advice: Which option is the better investment?

Tom WagnerPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Minneapolis
  • Posts 338
  • Votes 218
Originally posted by @Marcus Auerbach:
Originally posted by @Tom Wagner:
Originally posted by @Marcus Auerbach:

FHA is tough to get an AO in this market, go 5% down conventional.

I disagree with this. FHA buyer offers are still getting accepted daily across the country on 3-4 unit homes. I close on one in Jersey City in the fall and hear about people taking down homes with FHA all the time.

Sure, your FHA offer might get ignored on an SFH, but the buyer pool is smaller and there is less competition for tri's and quad's.

 Congratulations on your 4plex Tom! I guess it depends on the market and if you have to compete.

Milwaukee has so much demand that good deals sell with multiple offers in 2 days. And as soon as you have multiple offers the order of preference is usually cash-conventional-FHA/VA. Sellers don't want to deal with the secondary FHA inspection, and then have to do for example exterior paint in the middle of the winter, having to delay the closing.

If you are the only offer and the property has been sitting, by all means, go with FHA!

The only other diadvantage is that you have to pay PMI for the life of the loan. With a conventional you can apprasie out of PMI when you have reached 20% equity; I even have a couple lenders that do 5% with no PMI.

Fourplexes are going under contract in two days? I thought my market was hot... 

Post: Seeking Advice: Which option is the better investment?

Tom WagnerPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Minneapolis
  • Posts 338
  • Votes 218
Originally posted by @Marcus Auerbach:

FHA is tough to get an AO in this market, go 5% down conventional.

I disagree with this. FHA buyer offers are still getting accepted daily across the country on 3-4 unit homes. I close on one in Jersey City in the fall and hear about people taking down homes with FHA all the time.

Sure, your FHA offer might get ignored on an SFH, but the buyer pool is smaller and there is less competition for tri's and quad's.

Post: Buying in Las Vegas

Tom WagnerPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Minneapolis
  • Posts 338
  • Votes 218

Following! Would love to see more concrete details on what numbers are looking like in various Las Vegas neighborhoods.

Post: Triplex's are headaches...

Tom WagnerPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Minneapolis
  • Posts 338
  • Votes 218

Just to clarify, this could happen with any property. It's not a problem that you bought a triplex -- the problem is that you bought a presumably old house with electrical issues.

Post: Nashville Property - Airbnb vs. Long Term Rental

Tom WagnerPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Minneapolis
  • Posts 338
  • Votes 218

Airbnb is 100% the right choice if you are able to get a permit. Once things get back to normal in a few months your returns will exceed long term rental returns by a wide margin and more than make up for the lack of revenue now!

Post: ALOHA! Big island real-estate

Tom WagnerPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Minneapolis
  • Posts 338
  • Votes 218

The FHA limit in Hawaii on fourplex is over $2mm!! Has anyone in Hawaii successfully landed a fourplex for $2mm+ with just $70k down? Do such properties exist?

Post: Seeking Advice: Which option is the better investment?

Tom WagnerPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Minneapolis
  • Posts 338
  • Votes 218

The ~800k fourplex in Chicago is a slam dunk. For less than $50k down you'll likely be generating massive wealth via four avenues: cash flow, appreciation, debt paydown and tax benefits.

The cash flow will exceed anything you can generate in Milwaukee with a similar down payment, the debt paydown will total $15k+ per year and 2% appreciation would come out to ~$15k. A total net worth increase of $30k+ per year, and a Net Worth ROI of ~60%.

A good FHA investment will always blow any alternative out of the water.

Post: My First Investment and I want to do more!

Tom WagnerPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Minneapolis
  • Posts 338
  • Votes 218

Congrats!