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All Forum Posts by: Wendell De Guzman

Wendell De Guzman has started 284 posts and replied 2096 times.

Post: Worth $100,000, Must Sell $35,000; Can Rent for $1,400/mo

Wendell De GuzmanPosted
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My real estate agent did a CMA on this and she said it's ARV (After Repair Value) is around $100,000 (ultra conservative).

This 5 bed/ 2.5 bath home is yours for only $35,000.

Repairs: $20,000.

The median rent for a 4 bed house in the neighourhood is $1400/month.

Property taxes: $5,125/year. You might be able to appeal and get the taxes lowered.

Anyway you look at it, the house is an awesome deal. You can fix-n-flip it and have $45,000 equity or fix-n-rent it and make awesome cashflow.

Here are the pictures:

http://3012eshcolavezion.blogspot.com/

If you're interested in the deal, give David, our SALES guy a call at 708-408-9006.

Post: Worth $120,000, Must Sell $35,000 (Why Am I Giving This Away!)

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Do you want to be like Brandon Turner when you grow up and have cashflow coming out of your ears? Do you want MASSIVE, PASSIVE INCOME?

Acquiring this property is your first step. This house is a cash cow.

Here are the details:

Address: 3012 Eschol Ave, Zion IL.

Median rent for 4 bedroom homes is $1375/month.

Property taxes is high at $5,125/year (but may be appealed).

You can have this house for a mere $35,000. It needs about $20,000 in repairs. See below for the pictures (Redfin and Zillow had this wrong at 4 bed/ 1 bath. This house is really 5 bed/2.5 bath).

PICTURES of 3012 Eschol Ave, Zion IL

Despite the high property taxes, this house can give you a TRUE 12% cash-on-cash return (it's "TRUE return" because we factor in all the expenses). See screenshot of the Cashflow Analyzer:

If you want to LOCK-IN this deal before someone else makes a KILLING on this property, call my Marketing & Sales VP - David Perez at 708-408-9006. $1500 earnest money and POF required to lock in this deal TODAY!

Post: Housing Prices To Collapse Now That The Feds Increased Rates?

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Originally posted by @Mehran K.:

Sorry about the delayed response @Wendell De Guzman. I agree with everything Brian Burke said about the California market. It has been showing signs of plateauing for a while now. 

The slight increase might give some people a sense of urgency (that were on the fence before) to buy a home before rates go up further, not sure. If they continue to increase, and people aren't making more and more $ to qualify for the higher priced homes, I could see prices dropping a bit. 

I'll continue to buy homes as well. In 2016, I'm planning on blanket refinancing a lot of my balloon loans (5 year balloons) into a 30 year fixed portfolio loan before rates rise higher. Feeling uneasy about the whole balloon/rate increase environment and I want to lock in something fixed :) 

Thanks Mehran for responding. I know you have become very busy nowadays. Which markets do you invest in right now? Still doing deals in WI?

Post: Is this type of hard money loan possible?

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Thanks for the mention @Jerry Stanford

The only 0% interest for 6 months that I know of is Business Line of Credit. The cheapest BLOC provider I have charges 8% success fee. Let me know if that will help you.

Post: I WANT PROPERTIES - Have $900,000 That I Need to Use By Dec 31st

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Originally posted by @Tricia O'Brien:
Originally posted by @Wendell De Guzman:

I have a money partner and he has $900,000 left to invest and need to use in the next 15 days.

I am looking for several houses we can rehab and then rent to own.

I am willing to pay a wholesaler a $5,000 or $10,000 wholesale or assignment fee if you can bring me the following property:

ARV - between $150,000 to $250,000

Repairs - below $20,000

Acquisition  Price (including your wholesale fee): my formula for my maximum offer is 80% x ARV - repairs - $15,000

So for a $200,000 property (ARV) that needs $20,000 in repairs, I am willing to pay $125,000. That's higher than what rehabbers are willing to pay.

Property has to be in A or B areas of Chicagoland (Cook, Dupage, Will, Lake, Mchenry and Kendall counties)

Below is my definition of A or B areas:

If you have a property that does NOT fit the above criteria, I have 247 buyers asking me for properties every single day. We can co-wholesale your deals. You bring me the deal, I bring you the buyer. By the way, please fill up this calculator when sending me your deal. By doing this, I will know if you have a good wholesale deal or not and if it's a good wholesale deal to whom we can wholesale it to:

https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/Mister4closure/file/wholesale-calculator---is-it-a-good-deal

Email me your wholesale deal at [email protected].

Thanks and I look forward to working with you.

Are you still looking for deals in Chicagoland to purchase by Dec 31 at : 80% x ARV - repairs - $15,000 or better?

 Yes I am. Only $700,000 left but that's plenty for several properties.

Post: Wanna Be A Wholesaler But Not Sure If You Have a Good Deal?

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Originally posted by @John Ching:

Hey guys, as primarily a house-flipper, I have had the opportunity to wholesale properties. One of the things I notice many wholesalers lack are either accurate ARV's (comps), repair estimates, or both. Do you guys have the same experience?

Obviously, as a flipper, I take it upon myself to run my numbers for both.  And I do the same if I'm going to wholesale the property. I incorporate actual examples of SOLD comps as evidence.

I haven't used it yet, personally, but I think you've put together a great tool here, Wendell.

Yes John , a lot of wholesalers inflate their values. We didn't go through with a HUD property today when we found ARVs there to be $260k but another wholesaler picked it up. He is now selling for $260k and claims the ARV is $360k. Argh!

Post: Wanna Be A Wholesaler But Not Sure If You Have a Good Deal?

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The assumed wholesale fee is $10k

Post: Can You Fix-n-Flip a Fannie Mae Homepath Property?

Wendell De GuzmanPosted
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Originally posted by @Greg H.:

@Wendell De Guzman

The deed restriction for investor purchases is only 90 days where you cannot sell the property for more than 120% of the purchase price during that period.  The 1 year restriction is for owner occupants only

 Greg, thanks. I know the 120% of purchase price restriction is for 90 days. I didn't realize the 1 year restriction is good for owner occupants only. My attorney did not mention this. If this is not a restriction for investors like us then that's awesome.

Post: Can You Fix-n-Flip a Fannie Mae Homepath Property?

Wendell De GuzmanPosted
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Originally posted by @Joshua D.:

@Wendell De Guzman

I know you are like a million times smarter than me but... Why not just hold it for the 12 months.  if there is 150k+ in equity after rehab, it would be worth it to hold and resell. Especially for a "Mr. Money Bags"like yourself :) 

Its seems a bit shady to try to skirt around the intent of the rules. Don't you think?

Just my thoughts

 No  - not shady. Just wondering if people have figured a creative and legal workaround. Also, holding for 12 months just to wait for a buyer (and not getting paid any return on that money) is not good for my investors' money.

Post: Can You Fix-n-Flip a Fannie Mae Homepath Property?

Wendell De GuzmanPosted
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I have a question for you smart ones of Biggerpockets.

Fannie Mae has this program called Homepath.

They're selling CHEAP but the main issue is they impose a DEED RESTRICTION so much so that you are NOT ALLOWED to sell the house within 12 months of purchase. 

One solution we have around this issue is RENT TO OWN - buy the house, fix it and then sell it rent to own. It will take 12-18 months for the title to transfer since the tenant/buyer will take about that time for him or her to qualify for a mortgage.

However, today, I encountered a Homepath house that is ideal for FIX-N-FLIP. My sweet spot for rent to own in my market is the ARV range of $150K to $250K. Above $250K, I get less tenant/buyers but more buyers. The house I am looking at right now has an ARV of $450K but I can get it cheap - only $250K (it needs about $20K repairs).

I know and have heard of selling the LLC but this really does not work for end buyers who need a traditional mortgage.

I am stumped.

Any creative work around this deed restriction of Fannie Mae Homepath?

Thanks in advance BP Nation!