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GreaterNYCDude says

For me personally the price of entry has always been too high for me to dip my toe into the waters of real estate investing.

This is what I’ve learned. The barrier of entry is always too high. This is to keep most people out of the game. Once you got it figured out, real estate is a great vehicle to build wealth. Your kids will get a stepped up in basis and walk away with millions tax-free. If your kids can manage the assets and build on top of it, it can become generational wealth.

If it were easy, everyone would be doing it.

FJB says

If you want rental property do it in a red state.

Yeah, not to own rental property, but as a landing spot if he or his family changes their minds. Rental SFH in California at today's prices is a horribly sucky value. But if a tenant can pay the carrying cost while they settle in (or not) then they won't be locked into the relocation as soon as they set foot on the ground in Idaho.

WineHorror1 says

zzyzzx says

Are We Headed Into Another Real Estate Collapse?

Is there really any doubt in your mind?

When? How?

This year when the printing finally catches up to the criminals and the economy implodes.

Fiat currency economies operate on bullshit, because if they were honest, they'd die. So diving head first into the details doesn't help you to understand, just makes you smell like shit. You have to look at the big picture, separate the truth from the lies. Only then will you understand probable outcomes.

WineHorror1 says

When? How?

IMO, the combination of the ending of the foreclosure and eviction moratoriums and higher interest rates is going to be the catalyst for a housing downturn at some point. This is going to free up a lot of units, but it will take time.

B.A.C.A.H. says

But if a tenant can pay the carrying cost

As long as they don't tear out your walls to get pipe and copper wire or blow up the garage with a meth lab.

But you can always buzz down from Idaho and take care of business. If your neighborhood is getting as bad as you say, sell now and cash out on the stupid prices.

You don't want to move back anyway.

NuttBoxer says

probable outcomes.

We're all going to die and all have to pay taxes.

I agree that the system has to implode. I'm surprised it has gone on this long. Without making any definite predictions I don't think it can last more than a couple more centuries.

Eman says

Fortwaynemobile says

Why take equity out vs just getting a loan?

Take equity out = do a cash out refinance aka getting a new loan with cash (equity) out.

With single units, like a condo or SFH, the rent/price ratio is not favorable. Duplex to 4plex get a little better ratio. To get more favorable ratio, one has to look at 5+ unit apartment. In fact, the more units/building, the better the ratio. I’m looking to scale up to 20 units rather than staying at 6-12 units.

Congrats on the house in Idaho. 🚀🚀

Thank you

Booger says

WineHorror1 says

When? How?

IMO, the combination of the ending of the foreclosure and eviction moratoriums and higher interest rates is going to be the catalyst for a housing downturn at some point. This is going to free up a lot of units, but it will take time.

I thought the moratorium were over. If not, why not?

WineHorror1 says

I thought the moratorium were over. If not, why not?

LA just extended it to 2023.
Otherwise mostly ended, but will take forever to hear all those court cases. And that is just for rentals. The people that haven't paid their mortgage are to take longer to kick out. But if housing values start dropping, some are going to sell as quickly as they can before their equity disappears.

Eman says

As a real estate flipper

If I were flipping, I wouldnt be using that calc either. At least not using it conventionally.

But the calc isn't meant to aid flipping decisions - it's meant to compare renting vs buying for typical cases where the owner stays put for multiple years, and to also help you understand how heavily each of the factors influence the result. I think it works pretty well for that.

Maybe you haven't looked at it lately, but it has many inputs, and all are adjustable, so using local market parameters is not only possible, but a centerpiece of the calc.

Hircus says

Eman says

As a real estate flipper

If I were flipping, I wouldnt be using that calc either. At least not using it conventionally.

But the calc isn't meant to aid flipping decisions - it's meant to compare renting vs buying for typical cases where the owner stays put for multiple years, and to also help you understand how heavily each of the factors influence the result. I think it works pretty well for that.

Maybe you haven't looked at it lately, but it has many inputs, and all are adjustable, so using local market parameters is not only possible, but a centerpiece of the calc.

Someone posted a house in Sunnyvale sold for $2.8M. The guesstimate is the house rents for around $4.2k/month. Let’s say the seller came to you and said he’d sell it to you for $1.8M, what would you say? Also, if the housing market were to drop/crash, do you, or anyone here, think this house would drop below $1.8M?

Eman says

Someone posted a house in Sunnyvale sold for $2.8M. The guesstimate is the house rents for around $4.2k/month. Let’s say the seller came to you and said he’d sell it to you for $1.8M, what would you say? Also, if the housing market were to drop/crash, do you, or anyone here, think this house would drop below $1.8M?

I'd consider 1.8 a big discount, and would buy it. If this weren't a hypothetical, I would be very suspicious that something was very wrong to warrant the fire sale price when other houses aren't also on sale.

I think it's easily possible a crash could take its value under 1.8, especially since values jumped so far so fast recently. But, I also think such a crash would likely be fairly temporary, and so the banking cartel would push govt very hard to reinflate RE, at least partly, within some short years. I think some serious SHTF would need to happen to make it fall far, and stay down.

Given the out of control gov. spending, its hard to expect downturn in prices for longer periods.

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Home prices should continue to rise in many markets

Investors will probably swoop in and buy SFHs then rent them out as the market tanks.

You'll own nothing and you'll be happy.

Onvacation says

As long as they don't tear out your walls to get pipe and copper wire or blow up the garage with a meth lab.

Hmmm..... you may have a point there, bro:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/How-a-San-Francisco-remodel-turned-into-an-epic-nightmare-involving-city-red-tape-squatters-and-cops-shrugging-off-crime/ss-AAVglyq?ocid=msedgntp&fullscreen=true&parent-ns=ar&parent-title=How-a-San-Francisco-remodel-turned-into-an-epic-nightmare-involving-city-red-tape-squatters-and-cops-shrugging-off-crime&parent-content-id=AAVgrQn&source=patrick.net

I found this site a little over 10 years ago when I was homeless saving money from my $30hr job in order to have a down-payment for a roach infested dog house someday. But, in march/2012 I bought my 2-bedroom townhome for 45.8k which was the amount I had saved (actually 50k) and it's now hovering in the 275k range. I never trusted the stock market and have been waiting 10 years for another opportunity while saving more $$$. I'm hoping to buy one more and eventually have 2 rentals with a monthly income of around 3k after taxes. I'm in California so every move you make here you could end up stepping in dog shit so if nothing else I want to buy another property before the dollar becomes worthless.

Eman says

Yes, this issue was discussed on the board last week. Let’s see how it goes.

More crazy shiite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjpuRxK_AO4&source=patrick.net

"Wall street getting rid of appraisers"

B.A.C.A.H. says

Yeah, not to own rental property, but as a landing spot if he or his family changes their minds.

But in California once you start renting out your place your disposition changes and you lose all sorts of rights. Like who you can sell it to for instance if you ever want to do that.

I believe a new law was just passed (or is about to) where in multi-family your tenants can ban together and say, "The rent is too damn high", and the state will simply take it the fuck away from you. Oh, here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQfSwHgwJsQ&source=patrick.net

"San Francisco to seize all rental property"

As bad as recent shit is just think how bad it will become. I don't see any long term future for investing in real estate in California. Short term sure...

FJB says

I believe a new law was just passed (or is about to) where in multi-family your tenants can ban together and say, "The rent is too damn high", and the state will simply take it the fuck away from you. Oh, here it is:

Somehow, this law will not apply to Blackrock.

HeadSet says

Somehow, this law will not apply to Blackrock.

Can't agree with that any more strongly. I'm evacuating CA this year and fortunately my rentals are out of state. I think Ft Wayne should just go and not look back - except to watch the news in amazement when several years from now there are enough illegals to overturn prop-13.

People will lose their shit.

FJB says

But in California once you start renting out your place your disposition changes and you lose all sorts of rights. Like who you can sell it to for instance if you ever want to do that.

And that are where opportunities come. People see problems and they run away. In real estate, the more problems you can solve/navigate, the more money you make.

There are a ton of opportunities in San Francisco. That’s why the big money has been moving in and scooping up these apartments at deep discount prices. They let time do the heavy lifting.

Big money has deep pockets, and they can win by appeal to higher courts on stupid rules established by crazy SF lefties.

Hircus says

I'd consider 1.8 a big discount, and would buy it.

This is what I do on a daily basis. For single family homes, I’ll flip to put food on the table. For apartments, I let time do the heavy lifting. Since I buy at a discount, I do a cash out refinance, get all my equity out of the building, and let the tenants pay-off the building. Rinse and repeat.

It’s not easy. It requires patience, great network, and it’s a full-time job to hunt for these deals. However, it pays much better than a W2, and the stress is much less. You also get an opportunity to build multigenerational wealth. Look at John Sobrato’s family, Trump’s family, Barry Swenson Builder, Todd Spieker’s family to name a few.

Eman says

Big money has deep pockets, and they can win by appeal to higher courts on stupid rules established by crazy SF lefties.

Well, your history is impressive and if you can keep it going congrats!

I personally don't see that strategy lasting though. We're seeing tons of crazy shit at the Federal level these past few years I never would have imagined would happen.

Now if we're talking Black Rock sort of deep pockets then yeah.

FJB says

I personally don't see that strategy lasting though. We're seeing tons of crazy shit at the Federal level these past few years I never would have imagined would happen.

Said Casey Serin.

FJB says

"San Francisco to seize all rental property"

Yeah, you have a point.

The article I linked to a couple of comments above, was about an SF house that was vacant because the Hipster owners were waiting on permits for remodeling. Squatters took over and trashed the place. Neighbors called the police to complain. The police only arrested one of the squatters, for an outstanding warrant. The other squatters were released because the new DA in SF will not prosecute squatters.

So, even if the city doesn't seize the property, the conditions the city created with super-long permitting process and a Progressive DA, have created a certain set of facts on the ground.

On a side note, because of the high cost of living in SF, most of the recent hires in civil servant jobs (like police) are Super Commuters from very far away where housing is less expensive. Those mercenary cops have no connection to the community, - they don't care.

FJB says

I personally don't see that strategy lasting though.

I don’t know either. It’s a formula that has been working for my partner and I. We’re up over $10M in equity in the last 8 years, not including the stuff we own by ourselves. We go at our own pace and not trying to force deals that don’t pencil out. We only take on deals where we can get our equity out in 5-7 years. It was 3-5 years in the early years, but the market has taken off since. Haven’t been able to buy any apartments in the last 2.5 years.

It’s not stress free due to homelessness in downtown San Jose. However, I’d rather deal with these issues than a W2 and the politics. I work 2-3 hours/day and can take off anytime I want. No boss to report to. I can pay others to make the headaches go away. Can’t do that with a W2.

With commercial real estate, banks don’t over lend. If a building brings in $10k/mo with $4k/mo in expenses, the maximum the bank will lend is $5k/mo in debt service out of the $6k/mo net cash flow. It’s called 1.2 DSCR (debt service coverage ratio). Bank underwrites with 5% vacancy so the break even is 15% vacancy, and investors lose money after that. In our case, we under-leverage a little so our break even is around 25% vacancy.

In 2020 during the pandemic year, our actual vacancy was 1.2%. In 2021, 2% vacancy. Rentability is strong in San Jose.

My partner and I have a $25M real estate portfolio together. We owe $14M on it. At an average annual appreciation for Bay Area real estate, how much does our net worth increase each year? Also, the tenants pay down $250k/year in principal. Net cash flow is around $200k/year, $100k for each guy.

Every year, we make an effort to convert $500-$800k in equity from our buildings, and use the proceeds for new acquisitions. If there’s nothing to buy, I use the money to pay down debt on the stuff I own at 3.5-4% interest. Then obtain a HELOC on them so the liquidity is there if I ever need it. The plan has been working…..until it doesn’t of course.

Eman says

I do a cash out refinance, get all my equity out of the building, and let the tenants pay-off the building. Rinse and repeat.

A tip of the hat to you. Around here, it is very difficult to get banks to loan on rental property.

Blue says

Given the out of control gov. spending, its hard to expect downturn in prices for longer periods.

https://realwealth.com/learn/housing-market-predictions/?source=patrick.net

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Looking for a real estate forecast for the next 5 years? You’re in luck. This is the only article on the web that includes real estate market predictions beyond 2022. And we go even further than that, outlining our predictions through the year 2025!

Here are my top 11 predictions for the housing market for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025:

Low mortgage interest rates through 2021
Home prices should continue to rise in many markets

This is Kathy Fettke of Realwealth Network. Unlike what she claimed in the article, she got hurt pretty bad during the last housing bust. However, she was able to pivot and does quite well for herself so more credit to her. To me, she’s nothing more than a glorified used house salesperson, who collects her commissions by connecting clients with out of state (OOS) turnkey providers.

With respect to her predictions, she basically stole those talking points from Bruce Norris. Bruce is considered “the oracle of real estate” in the real estate investing community.

Thanks for sharing the article. It brought back old memories of Geraldine Barry, who was the president/founder of SJREI. She tragically passed away. Lori Greymont, who took over SJREI, let’s just say be careful taking her advice.

Good luck.

Eman says

by connecting clients with out of state (OOS) turnkey providers.

What is a turnkey provider?

Eman says

The plan has been working…..until it doesn’t of course.

Those are fantastic numbers!

Well, if CA goes from Facist to full Commie with your skills you could make that work in any state in the union. For that matter, from what I've read that strategy works in virtually every nation on the planet.

WineHorror1 says

Eman says

by connecting clients with out of state (OOS) turnkey providers.

What is a turnkey provider?

Turnkey providers are people who sell old housing stocks in rough and declining neighborhoods to the naive, unsuspected folks in the expensive markets, who are chasing faux cash flow.

In general, there are more bad turnkey providers than good ones. Turnkey houses tend to sell above appraised value so investors are in the hole from the get go, but they’re buying for cash flow so who cares right? Well, the tenant profiles are bad to begin with and they don’t treat your property with respect so every time they move out or getting evicted, your property is destroyed. You would spend so much money fixing it up. All your faux cash flow is gone and more.

There are a ton of them on Biggerpockets looking for fresh meet. There are a few brokers in the Bay Area as well as SoCal who would throw you to these turnkey shysters and collect their outrageous commissions. We’re taking about 5-8% a pop.

FJB says

Eman says

The plan has been working…..until it doesn’t of course.

Those are fantastic numbers!

Well, if CA goes from Facist to full Commie with your skills you could make that work in any state in the union. For that matter, from what I've read that strategy works in virtually every nation on the planet.

FJB says

Those are fantastic numbers!

Well, if CA goes from Facist to full Commie with your skills you could make that work in any state in the union. For that matter, from what I've read that strategy works in virtually every nation on the planet.

Thanks. Anything is possible. We all make bets and live with the consequences.

People actually told me that. If I could make it in the Bay Area, I should be able to make it elsewhere. I hope I don’t have to move from the Bay Area. Life is great…except the politics, intolerance and homelessness are getting crazy around here.

Eman says

Turnkey providers are people who sell old housing stocks in rough and declining neighborhoods to the naive, unsuspected folks in the expensive markets, who are chasing faux cash flow.

Caveat emptor

The formula for the Bay Area is pretty good. Once you got it figured out, you no longer wanted to go out of state and chase the faux cash flow.

We’re grossing $1.7M on our apartments. An average 3% annual rent increase = $51k/year. Let’s say $15k goes to pay for the increase in expenses, we net $36k/year. $3k/mo can service $600k. We also get $250k/year in principal pay down. This is how we have been able to extract $500-$800k/year in cash out refinance (tax-free) and use the proceeds however we see fit. Then rinse and repeat.

Onvacation says

We're all going to die and all have to pay taxes.

That second part is made up by government. There was not direct tax on income for over half our countries existence.

Onvacation says

Without making any definite predictions I don't think it can last more than a couple more centuries.

You are aware the world used Silver until the late 1800's, and gold until the early 1900's to back it currencies. With some small regulation between banks extending to the 70's. So the current system has existed for less than 100 years. Feel free to look back in history for any 100% unbacked fiat system that's lasted longer.

The arrogance or ignorance in assuming things have always been as they are in our time is the biggest reason people are caught in catastrophe. Not intending to insult anyone, but this is fact, something we must always be on guard against.

CA is driving me out of the flipping biz. It’s always someone else’s fault, not theirs. What a loser mindset.

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/new-ca-bill-would-impose-25-gain-tax-house-flippers-sell-within-3-years/509-557ac4de-8125-422e-beb3-8162972ef5e0?source=patrick.net