In my opinion 10% is quite dear. I try negotiate all of mine to around 6.5%. I think 7% is the average. Tell your PM that your happy with them but to reduce to at least 8%.
Well Qlds007 and JacM it seems like you guys have done very well for yourselfs with property investing. Thanks for your comments and I definetly see things the same way you guys do so hopefully I can follow in your footsteps . Im just settling on my 5th property and all purchased within the last 6 months. Bought all below market value and refinanced the first 2 to pull out some equity. If i need more cash for other purchases ill just refinance the latter properties and keep pumping. Im currently looking for something really sexy so that after I reno and refinance its at minimum neutral. Not too many of them around haha
Thanks Xdrew for ur comment, so you have 530k pooring in? <moderator: delete language> man those are some sexy figures hahaha. Does there come a time when you will say this is enough money? I kind of think when I reach a certain '' active income'' haha I will stop and enjoy from then on. Other more experienced investor friends of mine say I probably wont cause I will then set new milestones haha
Buy good property at under market (tick for that engelo10). Buy neglected .. buy poorly presented .. buy debtor sales .. buy bank sales or fire sales. There is no point in buying a pretty property that has both NO upside .. and no potential for extension or improvement. Think of that next time someone offers you an 'off the plan' proposition.
Thats it mate, im trying to find the biggest ruins out there, no one wants them and you can always snagg a bargain. Due to poor marketing and tenant having boxes stacked up to the ceiling I managed to pick one up 30k below comparables in the block. I dont believe the saying '' its only worth what you payed as thats the markets current appraisal of the property''. I believe there are many price indescrepencies everywere they just have to be found.
Im sure you clients wouldnt be happy if you pumped up the numbers and they wornt true so I agree with your honesty. I have herd about the C class suburbs having good cashflow with no capital growth. Personally I wouldnt buy in the US unless I could get as close as possible to the 20% net yield as I already mentioned I can find 8%-10% yielders here in AUS. Thanks for your comments.
@ Paullie thats awesome mate, im buying $1 scratchies and trying to win big so far no success.
@wisepearl sounds good, if not a secret how much do you spend per property and how much profit do you expect to get from every deal? Also, do you sell the property after the reno or hold and rent?
What caught my eye was the vacancy rates both of you mentioned. So you guys think when crunching the numbers to only take half of the annual rent as serious income. So that means you would only get a 10% yield. I have 10% yielders here in Aus falling out of tree's hahahaha. Out of 10 properties how many would be vacant for a period of 6 months. I Dont mean to be sarcastic or anything like that but what would be the point of purchasing the in the states then? You are definetly correct about all of the spriukers pumping there figures at 20% + yields. Thanks for your time.
Have a look at Mildura, rental market is very hot at the moment. Cheap housing with decent yields. Fantastic facilities and market there hasnt moved for 8 years, some might think of it as bad but in my opinion its positive. Check out previous posts on Mildura I think its definetly worth going there to have a look.
I dont wanna blow wind up Nathans bum but I personally think its a good buy. Whatever it is: studio, motel room, 1 bedder, same products on the market are currently selling for around $50-$60k and there are people out there buying them. I dont know what Nathan is going to do with it but if he was to flip it he should be able to walk it out the door for atleast $40k. I personally would keep it vacant and holiday in Cairns 2-3 tims a year for something that cheap hahaha. Also, went to the National Achievers Congress seminar where Kiyosaki, Robbins and Trump spoke and u might be on to something with the whole world crisis thingy about to happen again. All of the speakers were not too confident with the future outlook on things. They said the share market will tank in the next few weeks. It already has in the last couple of days. I know you will disagree but I see it as a good buying opportunity in shares or property.