Archive for February, 2008

$85K Discount, $836.97 Positive Cash Flow Orange Park Deal

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

We have analyzed this deal to see how this particular house in Orange Park would be as a rental property.

Where is this property?

It is located in Orange Park, FL. The property address is kept private to preserve the deals for our members. To work with our preferred investor friendly real estate agent/broker for this deal, contact us about Deal #315 and they can give you the full details about this property and help you in purchasing it.

How did we find this property?

We found this property from one of our real estate investor friendly agents/brokers or one of the real estate investor wholesalers we know in the Orange Park area.

Learn to find motivated sellers using marketing in Buying Houses using Broadcast Media. This CD is included as part of the 68 CD Ultimate Real Estate Investor Package that you get when you purchase any house we promote on the website through our recommended real estate agent or broker. To work with our preferred investor friendly real estate agent/broker for this deal, contact us about real estate Deal #315 and they can give you the full details about this property and help you in purchasing it.

Property Details

  • Bedrooms: 5
  • Baths: 4.00
  • Square Footage: 3,001 (see square footage estimates for info)
  • All information is deemed reliable, but is pulled from tax records, real estate agent, zillow or the seller.

Income

  • Gross Rent: $2,800/month (see Rent Estimates for more info)
  • 4.00% Vacancy Adjustment: $112/month (see Vacancy Estimates for more info)
  • Net Rent: $2,688/month
  • NOTE: These numbers are for traditional rental income and NOT a rent-to-own. Rent-to-own analysis follows below.

Expenses

  • Management (10.00%): $269/month (or manage it yourself and keep this money)
  • Maintenance: $108/month (see maintenance estimates for info)
  • Utilities: $0/month (tenant pays)
  • Taxes: $333/month based on $4,000 per year
  • Insurance: $158/month (based on an estimate of $1,900 per year)
  • Other Expenses: $75/month

Net Operating Income: $1,745.01/month

For more info on how I use Net Operating Income in my analysis, read the article, Real Estate Investing for Cash Flow on my blog.

Repairs Needed

The estimated repairs are $1,500 for:

  • Carpet ($1,500)

All repairs are merely speculative estimates based on what the seller (or agent) has told us at this point. Before buying this house you should have it inspected and get quotes for actual repairs found.

Most We Can Pay For This House Based On NOI

  • Investor Interest Rate: about 6.500% (see Interest Rate Estimates)
  • 30 Year Amortization Fixed Interest Rate
  • Principal and Interest Payment = NOI = $1,745.01
  • Max loan for 100% financing with that payment: $276,080 minus closing costs and any repairs

Estimating Value

  • Seller claims the value of the property is $450,000.
  • Zillow claims the value of the property is $402,000. See Zillow Estimates for more information on why this can be misleadingly high or low.
  • Seller is asking $364,900.
  • You should analyze the property to determine your offer, but we will use the full asking price for our analysis.

Purchasing The House

Based on getting our full price offer accepted, that would be our purchase price. We will use that in our calculations below.

When buying with traditional financing, I have used just the purchase price (not the estimated repairs in the loan amount) because few loan programs allow you to borrow the purchase price and the repair money. To borrow the purchase price with repair money, you would need to use a hard money loan. So, realize that in my calculations, you still need to pay for repairs.

Nothing Down

  • 100% Financing
    • 100% financing for investment property is very difficult in our current credit market. There are ways to purchase property with no money down, but you will want to discuss these more creative methods with your lender and the real estate professional we can refer you to when you request information about this deal.
    • Hard Money Then Rate and Term Refinance
      • We can sometimes buy a house with a hard money loan and then immediately do a rate and term refinance to eliminate the really ugly 20% second mortgage that we describe above on the 100% financing analysis.
      • To do this, we need to buy the property well below 80% loan to value.
      • When you factor in our offer price of $364,900 (plus $1,500 in estimated repairs) I do not think this property would work for this, but you can learn about this strategy from Collect $8,000 Buying Real Estate Rentals. This particular house with estimated repairs would be at about 81.42% of what the seller estimates value to be.

10% Down

  • If we purchase it for $364,900, then a 10% down payment would be $36,490.
  • Likely, we would then be financing 80% (that’s $291,920) on a first mortgage and then 10% (that’s $36,490) with a second mortgage with a higher interest rate.
    • Principal and interest payments on a $291,920 30 year fixed rate loan at 6.500% are: $1,845 per month
    • Principal and interest payments on a $36,490 30 year fixed rate loan at 9.000% are: $294 per month
    • That would leave us with a negative cash flow of -$394/month when we subtract it from our Net Operating Income calculation which takes into account a reserve for maintenance and a 4.00% vacancy rate.
  • Return on Investment Estimates
    • IMPORTANT NOTE: These can change if any assumptions change.
    • For putting up $36,490 as a down payment you’d see the following returns from the following benefits:
      • Cash Flow
        • -$394/month times 12 months = -$4,725 per year
        • -$4,725 per year/$36,490 invested = -13% return on investment from estimated Cash Flow
      • Depreciation
        • $364,900 purchase price with 10% estimated land value leaves $328,410 for the value of the structures that we can depreciate
        • $328,410/27.5 years = $11,942 per year
        • Assuming a tax rate of about 33%, then a third is the benefit from depreciation
        • $3,981 per year/$36,490 invested = 10.91% return on investment from Depreciation
      • Principal Paydown
        • $291,920 loan pays down about $2,627 in the first year
        • $36,490 loan pays down about $328 in the first year
        • ($2,627 per year + $328)/$36,490 invested = 8.10% return on investment from Principal Paydown
      • Appreciation
        • Assuming a 5% appreciation rate. How did we come with that number? See Appreciation Rate Estimates for more info.
        • Assuming the property is worth exactly what we paid for it $364,900. If the appraisal comes in lower then we will be forced to go back to the seller since it will affect our ability to get a loan on the property. If it is higher than our numbers will likely be much better.
        • $18,245 per year/$36,490 invested = 50.00% return on investment from Appreciation
      • Total from Cash Flow, Depreciation, Principal Paydown (first and second mortgages) and Appreciation
        • (-$4,725 + $3,981 + $2,627 + $328 + $18,245)/$36,490 = 56.06% return on investment

20% Down

  • If we purchase it for $364,900, then a 20% down payment would be $72,980.
  • We would then be financing the balance of $291,920
    • Principal and interest payments on a $291,920 30 year fixed rate loan at 6.500% are: $1,845 per month
    • That would leave us with a negative cash flow of -$100 when we subtract it from our Net Operating Income calculation which takes into account a reserve for maintenance and a 4.00% vacancy rate.
  • Return on Investment Estimates
    • IMPORTANT NOTE: These can change if any assumptions change.
    • For putting up $72,980 as a down payment you’d see the following returns from the following benefits:
      • Cash Flow
        • -$100/month times 12 months = -$1,201 per year
        • -$1,201 per year/$72,980 invested = -1.65% return on investment from estimated Cash Flow
      • Depreciation
        • $364,900 purchase price with 10% estimated land value leaves $328,410 for the value of the structures that we can depreciate
        • $328,410/27.5 years = $11,942 per year
        • Assuming a tax rate of about 33%, then a third is the benefit from depreciation
        • $3,981 per year/$72,980 invested = 5.45% return on investment from Depreciation
      • Principal Paydown
        • $291,920 loan pays down about $2,627 in the first year
        • $2,627 per year/$72,980 invested = 3.60% return on investment from Principal Paydown
      • Appreciation
        • Assuming a 5% appreciation rate. How did we come with that number? See Appreciation Rate Estimates for more info.
        • Assuming the property is worth exactly what we paid for it $364,900. If the appraisal comes in lower then we will be forced to go back to the seller since it will affect our ability to get a loan on the property. If it is higher than our numbers would be much better.
        • $18,245 per year/$72,980 invested = 25.00% return on investment from Appreciation
      • Total from Cash Flow, Depreciation, Principal Paydown and Appreciation
        • (-$1,201 + $3,981 + $2,627 + $18,245)/$72,980 = 32.41% return on investment

Rent-To-Own Analysis

  • If you purchase the property and instead of renting it, offer the property for sale on a rent-to-own basis, you can further improve your returns.
  • Offering flexible financing like a rent-to-own program is an amazing way to eliminate negative cash flow especially when rents are low compared to actual property values like it is in the this analysis.
  • Here’s an overview of how you might structure this property:
    • Purchase the property for $364,900 (what the seller is asking) at the investor interest rate of 6.500%
    • Sell the property for full market price, $450,000 on a rent-to-own.
    • Ask the seller to make payments that would resemble what they would pay on a mortgage for their purchase price with an interest rate that would be accurate for their credit situation and not the lower rent amount of $2,800.
    • For example, if the interest rate for an investor with good credit is 6.500%, then their interest rate might be 7.490%.
    • Your payments, if you could finance 100% of $364,900 (the seller’s asking price) at 6.500%, would be: $2,306.42/month
    • Their payments, if they could finance 100% of $450,000 (what it’s worth) at 7.490%, would be: $3,143.38/month
    • Since they will be buying the house, they would be expected to cover taxes, insurance and maintenance as well, so you have a positive cash flow of:
      • (Their Payment To You) - (Your Loan Payment) = Cash Flow
      • ($3,143.38) - ($2,306.42) = $836.97/month
    • By structuring your exit strategy in this way, you can essentially eliminate negative cash flow and find a buyer for your properties that will be closing in the next year, two or three.
    • You’d be collecting $836.97 per month in cash flow and $85,100 when you actually sell it by utilizing this strategy.
    • For more details on how I personally structure these when I do them, I can send you an audio download once you’ve gone out and seen this house. Contact me about Deal #315 to get more information and to schedule a showing and I will put you in touch with a local real estate professional who can assist you with your investing purchase.

For more information on this particular deal, please contact us about real estate Deal #315.

Until my next post…

James

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Joshua Real Estate Deal: Zillow Says $200,000 - Seller Asking $99,900

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

We have analyzed this deal to see how this particular house in Joshua would be as a rental property.

Where is this property?

It is located in Joshua, TX. The property address is kept private to preserve the deals for our members. To work with our preferred investor friendly real estate agent/broker for this deal, contact us about Deal #314 and they can give you the full details about this property and help you in purchasing it.

How did we find this property?

We found this property from one of our real estate investor friendly agents/brokers or one of the real estate investor wholesalers we know in the Joshua area.

Learn to find motivated sellers using marketing in Buying Houses with Hand Written Letters. This CD is included as part of the 68 CD Ultimate Real Estate Investor Package that you get when you purchase any house we promote on the website through our recommended real estate agent or broker. To work with our preferred investor friendly real estate agent/broker for this deal, contact us about real estate Deal #314 and they can give you the full details about this property and help you in purchasing it.

The Story

Before we get into our full analysis, here is some of the interesting story for this particular deal: Home plus Garage Apt Plus 3.25 acres…land along almost worth the price of this property–Mineral rights not know but if the bank ownes them you will own them when you buy this property Great Cash on Cash Return—it is hard to find any property with 3.25 acres in this market Bank owned–forecloser–bank ready to look at offers–today–there is always renters for property with a little land–horses OK–trees–Joahua ISD–great schoold system–Jushua just S. of Ft Worth-in Johnson Cty-Bk just reduced 20K

Property Details

  • Bedrooms: 3
  • Baths: 1.50
  • Square Footage: 2,362 (see square footage estimates for info)
  • All information is deemed reliable, but is pulled from tax records, real estate agent, zillow or the seller.

Income

  • Gross Rent: $1,400/month (see Rent Estimates for more info)
  • 6.00% Vacancy Adjustment: $84/month (see Vacancy Estimates for more info)
  • Net Rent: $1,316/month
  • NOTE: These numbers are for traditional rental income and NOT a rent-to-own. Rent-to-own analysis follows below.

Expenses

  • Management (8.00%): $105/month (or manage it yourself and keep this money)
  • Maintenance: $66/month (see maintenance estimates for info)
  • Utilities: $0/month (tenant pays)
  • Taxes: $292/month based on $3,500 per year
  • Insurance: $67/month (based on an estimate of $800 per year)
  • Other Expenses: $0/month

Net Operating Income: $786.59/month

Repairs Needed

The estimated repairs are $3,000 for:

  • Needs TLC to get the Moved in Ready ($3,000)

All repairs are merely speculative estimates based on what the seller (or agent) has told us at this point. Before buying this house you should have it inspected and get quotes for actual repairs found.

Most We Can Pay For This House Based On NOI

  • Investor Interest Rate: about 7.000% (see Interest Rate Estimates)
  • 30 Year Amortization Fixed Interest Rate
  • Principal and Interest Payment = NOI = $786.59
  • Max loan for 100% financing with that payment: $118,230 minus closing costs and any repairs

Estimating Value

  • Seller claims the value of the property is $135,000.
  • Zillow claims the value of the property is $200,000. See Zillow Estimates for more information on why this can be misleadingly high or low.
  • Seller is asking $99,900.
  • You should analyze the property to determine your offer, but we will use the full asking price for our analysis.

Purchasing The House

Based on getting our full price offer accepted, that would be our purchase price. We will use that in our calculations below.

When buying with traditional financing, I have used just the purchase price (not the estimated repairs in the loan amount) because few loan programs allow you to borrow the purchase price and the repair money. To borrow the purchase price with repair money, you would need to use a hard money loan. So, realize that in my calculations, you still need to pay for repairs.

Nothing Down

  • 100% Financing
    • 100% financing for investment property is very difficult in our current credit market. There are ways to purchase property with no money down, but you will want to discuss these more creative methods with your lender and the real estate professional we can refer you to when you request information about this deal.
    • Hard Money Then Rate and Term Refinance
      • We can sometimes buy a house with a hard money loan and then immediately do a rate and term refinance to eliminate the really ugly 20% second mortgage that we describe above on the 100% financing analysis.
      • To do this, we need to buy the property well below 80% loan to value.
      • It would be close, but it might work for this house. If we really can buy the house for $99,900 (plus $3,000 in estimated repairs) and it does appraise for more than $135,000, then we are at 76.22% of value. I prefer to be well under 75% when trying to do these and the lower the better.

10% Down

  • If we purchase it for $99,900, then a 10% down payment would be $9,990.
  • Likely, we would then be financing 80% (that’s $79,920) on a first mortgage and then 10% (that’s $9,990) with a second mortgage with a higher interest rate.
    • Principal and interest payments on a $79,920 30 year fixed rate loan at 7.000% are: $532 per month
    • Principal and interest payments on a $9,990 30 year fixed rate loan at 9.000% are: $80 per month
    • That would leave us with a positive cash flow of $174/month when we subtract it from our Net Operating Income calculation which takes into account a reserve for maintenance and a 6.00% vacancy rate.
  • Return on Investment Estimates
    • IMPORTANT NOTE: These can change if any assumptions change.
    • For putting up $9,990 as a down payment you’d see the following returns from the following benefits:
      • Cash Flow
        • $174/month times 12 months = $2,094 per year
        • $2,094 per year/$9,990 invested = 21% return on investment from estimated Cash Flow
      • Depreciation
        • $99,900 purchase price with 10% estimated land value leaves $89,910 for the value of the structures that we can depreciate
        • $89,910/27.5 years = $3,269 per year
        • Assuming a tax rate of about 33%, then a third is the benefit from depreciation
        • $1,090 per year/$9,990 invested = 10.91% return on investment from Depreciation
      • Principal Paydown
        • $79,920 loan pays down about $719 in the first year
        • $9,990 loan pays down about $90 in the first year
        • ($719 per year + $90)/$9,990 invested = 8.10% return on investment from Principal Paydown
      • Appreciation
        • Assuming a 5% appreciation rate. How did we come with that number? See Appreciation Rate Estimates for more info.
        • Assuming the property is worth exactly what we paid for it $99,900. If the appraisal comes in lower then we will be forced to go back to the seller since it will affect our ability to get a loan on the property. If it is higher than our numbers will likely be much better.
        • $4,995 per year/$9,990 invested = 50.00% return on investment from Appreciation
      • Total from Cash Flow, Depreciation, Principal Paydown (first and second mortgages) and Appreciation
        • ($2,094 + $1,090 + $719 + $90 + $4,995)/$9,990 = 89.97% return on investment

20% Down

  • If we purchase it for $99,900, then a 20% down payment would be $19,980.
  • We would then be financing the balance of $79,920
    • Principal and interest payments on a $79,920 30 year fixed rate loan at 7.000% are: $532 per month
    • That would leave us with a positive cash flow of $255 when we subtract it from our Net Operating Income calculation which takes into account a reserve for maintenance and a 6.00% vacancy rate.
  • Return on Investment Estimates
    • IMPORTANT NOTE: These can change if any assumptions change.
    • For putting up $19,980 as a down payment you’d see the following returns from the following benefits:
      • Cash Flow
        • $255/month times 12 months = $3,059 per year
        • $3,059 per year/$19,980 invested = 15.31% return on investment from estimated Cash Flow
      • Depreciation
        • $99,900 purchase price with 10% estimated land value leaves $89,910 for the value of the structures that we can depreciate
        • $89,910/27.5 years = $3,269 per year
        • Assuming a tax rate of about 33%, then a third is the benefit from depreciation
        • $1,090 per year/$19,980 invested = 5.45% return on investment from Depreciation
      • Principal Paydown
        • $79,920 loan pays down about $719 in the first year
        • $719 per year/$19,980 invested = 3.60% return on investment from Principal Paydown
      • Appreciation
        • Assuming a 5% appreciation rate. How did we come with that number? See Appreciation Rate Estimates for more info.
        • Assuming the property is worth exactly what we paid for it $99,900. If the appraisal comes in lower then we will be forced to go back to the seller since it will affect our ability to get a loan on the property. If it is higher than our numbers would be much better.
        • $4,995 per year/$19,980 invested = 25.00% return on investment from Appreciation
      • Total from Cash Flow, Depreciation, Principal Paydown and Appreciation
        • ($3,059 + $1,090 + $719 + $4,995)/$19,980 = 49.36% return on investment

Rent-To-Own Analysis

  • If you purchase the property and instead of renting it, offer the property for sale on a rent-to-own basis, you can further improve your returns.
  • Offering flexible financing like a rent-to-own program is an amazing way to eliminate negative cash flow especially when rents are low compared to actual property values like it is in the this analysis.
  • Here’s an overview of how you might structure this property:
    • Purchase the property for $99,900 (what the seller is asking) at the investor interest rate of 7.000%
    • Sell the property for full market price, $135,000 on a rent-to-own.
    • Ask the seller to make payments that would resemble what they would pay on a mortgage for their purchase price with an interest rate that would be accurate for their credit situation and not the lower rent amount of $1,400.
    • For example, if the interest rate for an investor with good credit is 7.000%, then their interest rate might be 7.990%.
    • Your payments, if you could finance 100% of $99,900 (the seller’s asking price) at 7.000%, would be: $664.64/month
    • Their payments, if they could finance 100% of $135,000 (what it’s worth) at 7.990%, would be: $989.64/month
    • Since they will be buying the house, they would be expected to cover taxes, insurance and maintenance as well, so you have a positive cash flow of:
      • (Their Payment To You) - (Your Loan Payment) = Cash Flow
      • ($989.64) - ($664.64) = $325.00/month
    • By structuring your exit strategy in this way, you can essentially eliminate negative cash flow and find a buyer for your properties that will be closing in the next year, two or three.
    • You’d be collecting $325.00 per month in cash flow and $35,100 when you actually sell it by utilizing this strategy.
    • Important Note: The Zillow.com value for this property, of $200,000, is higher than the seller’s estimated value of $135,000 we are using. While Zillow’s values can be off, it is something to note and would boost profits by $65,000.
    • For more details on how I personally structure these when I do them, I can send you an audio download once you’ve gone out and seen this house. Contact me about Deal #314 to get more information and to schedule a showing and I will put you in touch with a local real estate professional who can assist you with your investing purchase.

For more information on this particular deal, please contact us about real estate Deal #314.

Until my next post…

James

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Fort Worth Fixer Upper Deal Analyzed

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

We have analyzed this deal to see how this particular house in Fort Worth would be as a rental property.

Where is this property?

It is located in Fort Worth, TX. The property address is kept private to preserve the deals for our members. To work with our preferred investor friendly real estate agent/broker for this deal, contact us about Deal #313 and they can give you the full details about this property and help you in purchasing it.

How did we find this property?

We found this property from one of our real estate investor friendly agents/brokers or one of the real estate investor wholesalers we know in the Fort Worth area.

Learn to find motivated sellers using marketing in Buying Houses with Flyers. This CD is included as part of the 68 CD Ultimate Real Estate Investor Package that you get when you purchase any house we promote on the website through our recommended real estate agent or broker. To work with our preferred investor friendly real estate agent/broker for this deal, contact us about real estate Deal #313 and they can give you the full details about this property and help you in purchasing it.

The Story

Before we get into our full analysis, here is some of the interesting story for this particular deal: Nice home with lots of curb appeal–Great rental area and great price range for quick rental–can walk to school–5 blocks from Inter State 35W–12 miles from Down town Will love the landscaping—this is home that will rent fast and give a great Cash on Cash return–every investment porfolio needs a few of this type of home.. Good area lots on home ownershave been here 20 plus years Short street –good for kids–not much traffic. Bank Owned–Forecloser Under $40 per foot. will not last–the best buy in area

Property Details

  • Bedrooms: 3
  • Baths: 2.00
  • Square Footage: 1,332 (see square footage estimates for info)
  • All information is deemed reliable, but is pulled from tax records, real estate agent, zillow or the seller.

Income

  • Gross Rent: $800/month (see Rent Estimates for more info)
  • 6.00% Vacancy Adjustment: $48/month (see Vacancy Estimates for more info)
  • Net Rent: $752/month
  • NOTE: These numbers are for traditional rental income and NOT a rent-to-own. Rent-to-own analysis follows below.

Expenses

  • Management (8.00%): $60/month (or manage it yourself and keep this money)
  • Maintenance: $38/month (see maintenance estimates for info)
  • Utilities: $0/month (tenant pays)
  • Taxes: $152/month based on $1,822 per year
  • Insurance: $67/month (based on an estimate of $800 per year)
  • Other Expenses: $0/month

Net Operating Income: $435.74/month

Repairs Needed

The estimated repairs are $2,500 for:

  • Paint and touch up ($800)
  • Carpet ($1,200)
  • other ($500)

All repairs are merely speculative estimates based on what the seller (or agent) has told us at this point. Before buying this house you should have it inspected and get quotes for actual repairs found.

Most We Can Pay For This House Based On NOI

  • Investor Interest Rate: about 6.500% (see Interest Rate Estimates)
  • 30 Year Amortization Fixed Interest Rate
  • Principal and Interest Payment = NOI = $435.74
  • Max loan for 100% financing with that payment: $68,939 minus closing costs and any repairs

Estimating Value

  • Seller claims the value of the property is $75,000.
  • Zillow claims the value of the property is $80,500. See Zillow Estimates for more information on why this can be misleadingly high or low.
  • Seller is asking $52,500.
  • You should analyze the property to determine your offer, but we will use the full asking price for our analysis.

Purchasing The House

Based on getting our full price offer accepted, that would be our purchase price. We will use that in our calculations below.

When buying with traditional financing, I have used just the purchase price (not the estimated repairs in the loan amount) because few loan programs allow you to borrow the purchase price and the repair money. To borrow the purchase price with repair money, you would need to use a hard money loan. So, realize that in my calculations, you still need to pay for repairs.

Nothing Down

  • 100% Financing
    • 100% financing for investment property is very difficult in our current credit market. There are ways to purchase property with no money down, but you will want to discuss these more creative methods with your lender and the real estate professional we can refer you to when you request information about this deal.
    • Hard Money Then Rate and Term Refinance
      • We can sometimes buy a house with a hard money loan and then immediately do a rate and term refinance to eliminate the really ugly 20% second mortgage that we describe above on the 100% financing analysis.
      • To do this, we need to buy the property well below 80% loan to value.
      • It would be close, but it might work for this house. If we really can buy the house for $52,500 (plus $2,500 in estimated repairs) and it does appraise for more than $75,000, then we are at 73.33% of value. I prefer to be well under 75% when trying to do these and the lower the better.

10% Down

  • If we purchase it for $52,500, then a 10% down payment would be $5,250.
  • Likely, we would then be financing 80% (that’s $42,000) on a first mortgage and then 10% (that’s $5,250) with a second mortgage with a higher interest rate.
    • Principal and interest payments on a $42,000 30 year fixed rate loan at 6.500% are: $265 per month
    • Principal and interest payments on a $5,250 30 year fixed rate loan at 9.000% are: $42 per month
    • That would leave us with a positive cash flow of $128/month when we subtract it from our Net Operating Income calculation which takes into account a reserve for maintenance and a 6.00% vacancy rate.
  • Return on Investment Estimates
    • IMPORTANT NOTE: These can change if any assumptions change.
    • For putting up $5,250 as a down payment you’d see the following returns from the following benefits:
      • Cash Flow
        • $128/month times 12 months = $1,536 per year
        • $1,536 per year/$5,250 invested = 29% return on investment from estimated Cash Flow
      • Depreciation
        • $52,500 purchase price with 10% estimated land value leaves $47,250 for the value of the structures that we can depreciate
        • $47,250/27.5 years = $1,718 per year
        • Assuming a tax rate of about 33%, then a third is the benefit from depreciation
        • $573 per year/$5,250 invested = 10.91% return on investment from Depreciation
      • Principal Paydown
        • $42,000 loan pays down about $378 in the first year
        • $5,250 loan pays down about $47 in the first year
        • ($378 per year + $47)/$5,250 invested = 8.10% return on investment from Principal Paydown
      • Appreciation
        • Assuming a 5% appreciation rate. How did we come with that number? See Appreciation Rate Estimates for more info.
        • Assuming the property is worth exactly what we paid for it $52,500. If the appraisal comes in lower then we will be forced to go back to the seller since it will affect our ability to get a loan on the property. If it is higher than our numbers will likely be much better.
        • $2,625 per year/$5,250 invested = 50.00% return on investment from Appreciation
      • Total from Cash Flow, Depreciation, Principal Paydown (first and second mortgages) and Appreciation
        • ($1,536 + $573 + $378 + $47 + $2,625)/$5,250 = 98.27% return on investment

20% Down

  • If we purchase it for $52,500, then a 20% down payment would be $10,500.
  • We would then be financing the balance of $42,000
    • Principal and interest payments on a $42,000 30 year fixed rate loan at 6.500% are: $265 per month
    • That would leave us with a positive cash flow of $170 when we subtract it from our Net Operating Income calculation which takes into account a reserve for maintenance and a 6.00% vacancy rate.
  • Return on Investment Estimates
    • IMPORTANT NOTE: These can change if any assumptions change.
    • For putting up $10,500 as a down payment you’d see the following returns from the following benefits:
      • Cash Flow
        • $170/month times 12 months = $2,043 per year
        • $2,043 per year/$10,500 invested = 19.46% return on investment from estimated Cash Flow
      • Depreciation
        • $52,500 purchase price with 10% estimated land value leaves $47,250 for the value of the structures that we can depreciate
        • $47,250/27.5 years = $1,718 per year
        • Assuming a tax rate of about 33%, then a third is the benefit from depreciation
        • $573 per year/$10,500 invested = 5.45% return on investment from Depreciation
      • Principal Paydown
        • $42,000 loan pays down about $378 in the first year
        • $378 per year/$10,500 invested = 3.60% return on investment from Principal Paydown
      • Appreciation
        • Assuming a 5% appreciation rate. How did we come with that number? See Appreciation Rate Estimates for more info.
        • Assuming the property is worth exactly what we paid for it $52,500. If the appraisal comes in lower then we will be forced to go back to the seller since it will affect our ability to get a loan on the property. If it is higher than our numbers would be much better.
        • $2,625 per year/$10,500 invested = 25.00% return on investment from Appreciation
      • Total from Cash Flow, Depreciation, Principal Paydown and Appreciation
        • ($2,043 + $573 + $378 + $2,625)/$10,500 = 53.51% return on investment

Rent-To-Own Analysis

  • If you purchase the property and instead of renting it, offer the property for sale on a rent-to-own basis, you can further improve your returns.
  • Offering flexible financing like a rent-to-own program is an amazing way to eliminate negative cash flow especially when rents are low compared to actual property values like it is in the this analysis.
  • Here’s an overview of how you might structure this property:
    • Purchase the property for $52,500 (what the seller is asking) at the investor interest rate of 6.500%
    • Sell the property for full market price, $75,000 on a rent-to-own.
    • Ask the seller to make payments that would resemble what they would pay on a mortgage for their purchase price with an interest rate that would be accurate for their credit situation and not the lower rent amount of $800.
    • For example, if the interest rate for an investor with good credit is 6.500%, then their interest rate might be 7.490%.
    • Your payments, if you could finance 100% of $52,500 (the seller’s asking price) at 6.500%, would be: $331.84/month
    • Their payments, if they could finance 100% of $75,000 (what it’s worth) at 7.490%, would be: $523.90/month
    • Since they will be buying the house, they would be expected to cover taxes, insurance and maintenance as well, so you have a positive cash flow of:
      • (Their Payment To You) - (Your Loan Payment) = Cash Flow
      • ($523.90) - ($331.84) = $192.06/month
    • By structuring your exit strategy in this way, you can essentially eliminate negative cash flow and find a buyer for your properties that will be closing in the next year, two or three.
    • You’d be collecting $192.06 per month in cash flow and $22,500 when you actually sell it by utilizing this strategy.
    • Important Note: The Zillow.com value for this property, of $80,500, is higher than the seller’s estimated value of $75,000 we are using. While Zillow’s values can be off, it is something to note and would boost profits by $5,500.
    • For more details on how I personally structure these when I do them, I can send you an audio download once you’ve gone out and seen this house. Contact me about Deal #313 to get more information and to schedule a showing and I will put you in touch with a local real estate professional who can assist you with your investing purchase.

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Until my next post…

James

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