30 April 2019 | 4 replies
. - By this point wifey is in the tail end of her 3rd trimester, obviously no one is moving anywhere at this point except onto a hospital bed once in labor.- They rent out House A to cover the mortgage, 12 month lease. - Wife has baby, apartment too small, no fault evictions in Oakland are a pain in the butt.- They purchased another home with an owner occupant loan and 5% down a few months after closing on their first, about a half mile away (job transfer to other side of the country = that exception is granted on a routine basis, it being the exact same neighborhood makes this unusual).- Underwriter would have been within reason to ask for a birth certificate to line the date of that up with the rest, but in this case elected not to.Note the unusual circumstances surrounding this.
2 May 2019 | 3 replies
However over the last year she convinced me and then I caught the real estate bug.
2 May 2019 | 5 replies
Also, I think they are mostly 1 bed, 1 bath but it doesnt say that.
1 May 2019 | 2 replies
On the conservative side I'm looking at negative cash flow, but on the higher end I'm looking at ~$600/month cash flow (based on converting the 2x 1-bed units to 2-bed units.
10 May 2019 | 1 reply
If you get a MF property with all 1 bed units, I think you'll attract less families, so local schools won't matter as much but proximity to jobs and bus lines and restaurants etc will matter.
3 May 2019 | 13 replies
80 Yr. old duplex priced at ~$110,000 (reduced twice since December of last year, initial price listed at $135,000)Each unit is 1 bed/1 bath, total square feet living is about 970Taxes in 2018 were $515On the website it shows property tax as $43/mo and home insurance as $52/moAssessment was about $4,500 (why is the difference so large from listed price?)
1 May 2019 | 3 replies
@William Gillette one of the people I asked yesterday has a 4 bed 3.5 bath property available.
2 May 2019 | 1 reply
It says theres a microwave but there isnt.2 - It says both the kitchen and baths were updated in the last 11-15 years.....try more like 40-50 years. 3 - Comps pulled are two 2bed/1bath houses and a 4bed/1bath house where this is a 4 bed/2 bath house.So I'm not super familiar with appraisers or the process and its not like I want to contest their numbers (I just made 30k) but this confuses me and I dont want it to bite me in the butt later.
1 May 2019 | 0 replies
One is a side by side duplex, great condition, 4 beds and two baths on either side, asking $270,000, current income: $2600/m.
5 May 2019 | 47 replies
Having a similar year to yours: suicide/OD last week, ugly eviction earlier this year, 5 other turnovers of longterm tenants (which as you know means addressing lots of deferred maintenance issues/full-blown rehab during make-ready) and several unexpected cap ex issues ($30k roof that hemorrhaged several leaks into the building after a hail storm, sewer line that blew up under a newly remodeled kitchen, furnace that crapped the bed on the coldest night of the year, etc.).