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We have analyzed this deal to see how this particular duplex in Westminster would be as a rental property. These deals can be submitted by a variety of people like real estate wholesalers, investor focused real estate agents and brokers and our researchers. To submit deals, you can login (or register a new account) using our submit a real estate deal interface.

Where is this property?

It is located in Westminster, MD. 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 #2938 and they can give you the full details about this property and help you in purchasing it. This particular property was submitted to the Baltimore Real Estate Resources Website featuring real estate investor articles and local deals.

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 Westminster area.

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The Story

Before we get into our full analysis, here is some of the interesting story for this particular deal:

Grand old brick home presently in two large 3 bedroom apartments. 2400 square feet of living space. Wrap around porch, detached garage/shed could be a possible gift shop. Possibility for commercial in a changing neighborhood. Check with county-not in city. The lot is .69 level acres. Great income potential. Property sold in "as is" condition.

Property Details

• Bedrooms: 6
• Baths: 2.00
• Square Footage: 2,900 (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: $3,500/month (see Rent Estimates for more info)
• 4.00% Vacancy Adjustment: $140/month (see Vacancy Estimates for more info)
• Net Rent: $3,360/month

Follow up:

Expenses

• Management: Self Managed (we have assumed you will manage the property yourself for this analysis)
• Maintenance: $134/month (see maintenance estimates for info)
• Utilities: $0/month (tenant pays)
• Taxes: $192/month based on $2,300 per year
• Insurance: $75/month (based on an estimate of $900 per year)
• Other Expenses: $0/month

Net Operating Income: $2,958.93/month

Repairs Needed

The estimated repairs are unknown for:

• Repairs TBD (cost unknown)

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 = $2,958.93
• Max loan for 100% financing with that payment: $468,135 minus closing costs and any repairs

Estimating Value

• Seller claims the current as-is value is what they are asking.
• Zillow claims the value of the property is $390,000. See Zillow Estimates for more information on why this can be misleadingly high or low.
• Seller is asking $390,000.
• 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.

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 $390,000 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 would be at about 100.00% of what the seller estimates value to be.

10% Down

• If we purchase it for $390,000, then a 10% down payment would be $39,000.
• Likely, we would then be financing 80% (that's $312,000) on a first mortgage and then 10% (that's $39,000) with a second mortgage with a higher interest rate.
• Principal and interest payments on a $312,000 30 year fixed rate loan at 6.500% are: $1,972 per month
• Principal and interest payments on a $39,000 30 year fixed rate loan at 9.000% are: $314 per month
• That would leave us with a positive cash flow of $673/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 $39,000 as a down payment you'd see the following returns from the following benefits:
• Cash Flow
• $673/month times 12 months = $8,077 per year
• $8,077 per year/$39,000 invested = 21% return on investment from estimated Cash Flow
• Depreciation
• $390,000 purchase price with 10% estimated land value leaves $351,000 for the value of the structures that we can depreciate
• $351,000/27.5 years = $12,764 per year
• Assuming a tax rate of about 33%, then a third is the benefit from depreciation
• $4,255 per year/$39,000 invested = 10.91% return on investment from Depreciation
• Principal Paydown
• $312,000 loan pays down about $2,808 in the first year
• $39,000 loan pays down about $351 in the first year
• ($2,808 per year + $351)/$39,000 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 $390,000. 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.
• $19,500 per year/$39,000 invested = 50.00% return on investment from Appreciation
• Total from Cash Flow, Depreciation, Principal Paydown (first and second mortgages) and Appreciation
• ($8,077 + $4,255 + $2,808 + $351 + $19,500)/$39,000 = 89.72% return on investment

20% Down

• If we purchase it for $390,000, then a 20% down payment would be $78,000.
• We would then be financing the balance of $312,000
• Principal and interest payments on a $312,000 30 year fixed rate loan at 6.500% are: $1,972 per month
• That would leave us with a positive cash flow of $987 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 $78,000 as a down payment you'd see the following returns from the following benefits:
• Cash Flow
• $987/month times 12 months = $11,843 per year
• $11,843 per year/$78,000 invested = 15.18% return on investment from estimated Cash Flow
• Depreciation
• $390,000 purchase price with 10% estimated land value leaves $351,000 for the value of the structures that we can depreciate
• $351,000/27.5 years = $12,764 per year
• Assuming a tax rate of about 33%, then a third is the benefit from depreciation
• $4,255 per year/$78,000 invested = 5.45% return on investment from Depreciation
• Principal Paydown
• $312,000 loan pays down about $2,808 in the first year
• $2,808 per year/$78,000 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 $390,000. 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.
• $19,500 per year/$78,000 invested = 25.00% return on investment from Appreciation
• Total from Cash Flow, Depreciation, Principal Paydown and Appreciation
• ($11,843 + $4,255 + $2,808 + $19,500)/$78,000 = 49.24% return on investment

For more information on this particular deal, please contact us about real estate Deal #2938.

Until my next post...

James