As you may have surmised from reading my blogs, I believe in investment real estate. I have personally invested in Northern Virginia and in markets outside this area. When I went to new markets it took me quite a bit of work to find an investor-friendly Realtor in that town. I thought others may be […]
We are all familiar with traditional mortgages. There are fixed rate and adjustable rate loan modifications typically running 30 years. Most of these are sold to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or are backed by FHA or VA. The requirements of these are fairly standard and the application process quite painful. The applicant and the […]
I recently had a investor client call saying they would need my services to help rent out their property in Vienna VA. This is a property they bought for $225,000 and is now worth $325,000. They are blessed to have been able to pay off the home and own it free and clear.
This client has called a few times over the past two years and asked about buying another property but even though they were able to pay off the existing rental, there is not much cash available now to purchase a new investment and for various reasons (mainly being that they recently purchased a principal residence with me) the numbers never seemed to work for that next investment. So when I heard that their long term tenant had left and they wanted to rent it again, I proposed they sell it instead and here is why.
