20 May 2011 | 13 replies
Things like fire extingushers on each exterior floor.
14 May 2011 | 16 replies
My entry doors are always a neutral color to compliment the exterior.
24 May 2011 | 12 replies
This to me is reasonable, as opposed to investing all your wealth, or something 50%+ of your net worth, into a higher risk strategy.
6 June 2011 | 17 replies
From the exterior it doesn't look too bad and there are tenants living there, but these are factors I will look into.
31 May 2011 | 15 replies
The closing costs are much less on a per unit basis on your MFRs, as opposed to a package of SFRs needing individual appraisals, title work, etc.So you can buy a nicer B-class MFR property with moderate 75% financing, and enjoy higher ROI than your unleveraged SFRs.Or you can buy a C-rated MFR with high enough occupancy to get financing, and really capture a huge ROI.You can also lock in 30 year fixed rate financing on larger MFR properties that is totally unavailable on SFR packages.And obviously you can take down a bunch of units at once and get your capital to work.
25 May 2011 | 2 replies
I plan to do a move-in inspection with the wife when I meet her, as opposed to leaving the move-in form with her and having them send it back to me later.
14 June 2011 | 25 replies
I found out in high school that I remember things much easier when I write them myself, as opposed to listening or reading and it helped me through college and again with the real estate test.
3 June 2011 | 29 replies
Thanks in advance for taking time to read this through.Here it is:EXTERIOR:1.Replace Window Shutters2.Paint Exterior of Garage3.Repair Concrete Steps going into the Kitchen4.Landscape whole backyard as discussed.
3 June 2011 | 8 replies
The last one we did was pretty darn similar, although we kept the exterior envelope to a greater extent.
9 June 2011 | 26 replies
That being said, I'm not opposed to a little hard work and "payment of dues" to learn what we need to learn to be successful.