People are attached to their pets. They love their finned, feathered, and furry friends. Pets are a part of the family, and pet-owners wouldn’t dream of being separated from Buster, Cleo, Fido, or Max. Two-thirds of the households in the U.S. own a pet, according to the 2019-2020 National Pet Owners Survey conducted by the American Pet Products Association (APPA). That’s 85 million families, and some of these families might want to rent from you! How will you respond to tenants with pets?
Hard Money Blog: Invest, Revitalize, Create, Prosper
DC-Area Housing Market: Summer Update
If you have been closely watching the DC-area housing market, you cannot help but be in awe of both its performance and its future potential. The home prices in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC more than doubled in the last twenty areas. Since 2000, our local area has enjoyed steady appreciation rates of close to 4% annually. For real estate investors, the DMV real estate market offers plentiful opportunities of making money by flipping homes and accumulating long-term wealth by building a portfolio of rental properties.
Earnest Money: What-Ifs and How Much
Earnest money is money the buyer puts down before closing on a property. Some consider it a “good faith” deposit, showing the buyer’s intention to purchase a home or multi-family housing. The buyer makes an offer more enticing for the seller by including earnest money in the agreement. The seller gains protection if the buyer backs out and the property has to return to the market. The seller can use the money to start all over again and relist the property.
Rental Property Maintenance: Helping Tenants Do Their Part
As soon as you’ve closed on your rental property, you are saddled with the responsibility to maintain it. Since many of our borrowers extensively renovate their properties before renting them out (that’s what our buy-and-hold loans are for), the first five years following the renovation are typically relatively easy. You might need to fix a broken faucet or repaint some rooms when switching the tenants, but chances are you would find it easy to manage your maintenance responsibilities. However, time marches on.
Late Payments on Hard Money Loans: How to Mitigate and Avoid Default
No one takes a hard money loan with a goal to default. In the ideal world, every fix-and-flip transaction would result in a profit for a rehabber and a performing loan for a private lender. At New Funding Resources, the majority of our borrowers never miss a payment, and less than 1% default on their hard money loan. That is not to say that problems do not arise from time to time. This is why borrowers need to know what it takes to stay current on their loan, what happens when the payment on your hard money loan is late, and how to avoid defaulting on your hard money loan.
Landlord’s Toolbox: Must-Have Tools for Rental Properties
Every rental property requires maintenance to keep things in good order. Some landlords prefer to hire licensed and insured contractors for maintenance and repairs. Other landlords take a do-it-yourself approach, especially for minor repairs and basic maintenance. For landlords in the Greater Washington, DC area, a well-stocked landlord’s toolbox will come in handy to: