investing 300,000 cash

Depends what you want to achieve

Invest in 2 Class 'B' properties, make about 6-8% yield in an area with good upside potential.  Safest thing going right now.  The Class 'C' market has been struggling if you can find honest property managers that can post their 12 month ACTUAL yields instead of their double digit yields on paper.  Over the last month, I have analyzed a C property in Florida, Georgia and Arizona.  The one in Florida, I sold with an estimated yield on pro forma of 12.5% and then stated a "best guess" yield at 10%.  The property yielded 8.7%, and I was personally involved in this, met the tenants, background checks, etc. 

The property in Georgia had a pro forma yield of 16% that actually yielded 4.6%.  The property in Arizona had a pro forma yield of 12% and it yielded less then 3% (maintenance issues and 3 turnovers in 1 year!). 

Class B is where its at. 

Thats an easy one… My new short term foreclosure fund  

WI,

I think what your seeing is the stock move back to more of historic norms.. Properties just could not stay that low that long.

And of course we have talked in depth about the very large money players moving into certain markets were 6% yield is fine for them as they are counting on CG to bring their yields into the low teens.

The attraction to the US is simply such a low entry point to play… this also leads to very risky investing behavior. Which is well documented on the site here.

We need to realize up until 07 08.. If a property was neutral geared here in the states or slight negative with 20% cash down investors were flocking to them.

I was making loans in Atlanta in 06 and 07 at 75 to 90k  WHOLESALE  REhab added to it.. Who was to know or guess that that area and properties would devalue by 75%… Rents have stayed static basically for all these years as well.

So thats were your seeing the prices creep up as the US investor jumps back in with both feet and is trying to get better than the .05% they get in the bank..

JLH

Agree, that's what diversity is all about. Ups and downs of one currency spells opportunity for someone who's got more than one, not disaster. Yen goes up, money comes home, yen goes down, buy more property.

if you had $300,000 cash…how would you invest it in USA property? what strategy would you use?

I would set back 100,000 for flipping.  Proceed to buy properties with that liquid and average a quick wholesale deals. 

Would then buy A class for about 50,000 in the new Google fiber hoods (That's what there calling them, trying to be very urban)  Rents thousand plus each month, kill two months for insurance and taxes.  Would really just like to sell them for 100,000 each to first time home buyer.  Would it be to gready to sell them for 200,000 to a nice guy from Cali that is used to San Fran bay area real estate.  I don't

go to vegas play black jack ? 150k  and drink and enjoy vegas for a few weeks other $150k not sure ..LOL

Love these post the problem is

Zig

For example when some one comes to us as a client. We need to know short term or long term goals are . Then we see what they are trying to accomplish . Cash does not mean anything with out a plan of attack for the client and the person building a portfolio.

Just my two cents

Alex

You could buy an apartment complex. If you buy commercial property you will have your $300,000 and can then use that as a deposit to borrow around 60% of the value of the property. In other words you can buy a property around $800,000

kylermrice wrote:

Bet it all on the black!  I always do

Depends upon which state you're in

Nigel I am jumping in with both feet for commercial deals near me in Charlotte. 

WI is correct most people here commercial is not for them. I think after buying and selling houses for years commercial is the way to go.

We are working on large unfinished developments. Slowly looking at setting up to build when time is right.

talk soon

Alex