Changing Horses in the middle... - Posted by singledad

import · August 16, 2001, 1:16pm

Posted by singledad on August 17, 2001 at 11:45:57:

Thanks Ed:

You are right, I forgot to include the real estate commission in my calculations.

Based upon my dealings with the seller, I don’t think he is too worried about qualifying for another mortgage down the road, his son was living in the house with his girlfriend and the couple has split up and moved out.

I hope my prediction proves to be correct. If not, I will just sell the property as quickly as possible and if I just break even, so be it.

Thanks a bunch for your input. Everything you said has been helpful.

import · August 16, 2001, 1:16pm

Changing Horses in the middle… - Posted by singledad

Posted by singledad on August 16, 2001 at 13:16:03:

I came back from the Atlanta convention charged up and ready to do some deals. In late April I entered into an agreement to lease/option a property starting in August of this year.

At the time the property looked to be in fairly good shape but when the seller vacated, I discovered to my horror that the place is going to need at least 5K to make it look decent (painting, flooring, new kitchen counter, new bathroom sink, bathroom tiles and floor need to be repaired etc. The work is currently being done now.

To make matters worse, I gave the seller $1500 at the time I took possession.

The numbers?

Mtg balance 94K
to seller 3K 1500 at possession, 1500 when prop is sold
rehabs costs 5K
carrying costs 2k

Total = $110,000

Monthly mtg payments are $890.00.

The ARV on this hummer is around 115,000 give or take a few thousand. I can clearly see, that this deal was too skinny to do a lease option. First off, the method that I used to determine the ARV was flawed in my first analysis, I thought the ARV was 125 when in fact it is really 115. (Rookie mistake) and these repairs that I didn’t factor in makes a bad situation worse.

Last night when the reality set in that I may not make any money at all on this deal or just make a few dollars, I thought,

“hey the seller has a VA loan why don’t I get him to agree to void the L/o, and enter into a Contract for Deed, (per Bronchick, taking a CFD on a VA loan will not trigger the DOS) then offer owner financing where I could get most of my cash back and get some type of monthly spread and sell this property at 125,000 or so instead of $115,000.”

I am sure that the seller would go for the conversion from l/o to cfd but when you take a property cfd do you have to actually do a closing and pay closing costs? The repairs should be completed by early next week and I have to start paying the note in September, (yes, I know, I screwed that up too, should have gotten the seller to pay for August and Sept and maybe Oct. too).

I would appreciate any thoughts from those expereinced in these matters. As tempting as it may be for some to insult or riducule me for my mistakes, I ask you to please refraim and just submit useful info be it critical or not.

Thank you.

import · August 16, 2001, 7:07pm

Re: Welcome to the real world - Posted by Ed Copp (OH)

Posted by Ed Copp (OH) on August 16, 2001 at 19:07:33:

You forgot to figure in a real estate commission here too. That is the first thing that I figure so that if I sell the property myself then I have something to keep $6,900 on $115,000. Looks like you might not make that much…nuff said.

Now I am curious as to why you seem to think that the seller will be happy with a contract for deed situation. You see he will still be on the original note and mortgage until it is paid off (not you). This just might stop him from purchasing another house down the road. So, yes it can be done but he may not want to do it. All that said if you can get him to do the CFD, and move the house with a minimul down as a fixer, or needs a little TLC, then you might be able to pass part or all of the fix up cost to the new buyer. Do it real fast and you may be able to save some of the holding costs.

About closing cost, yes someons will have to pay for the preparation of the contract, and in my state there is a conveyance fee (a tax) of $4 per $1,000. There will also be a few other minor costs to close.

Get it done. It’s good experience, and you can learn a lot without actually suffering a loss.