Anchorage Real Estate Investing & Real Estate Financial Planning™ Podcast

Improving Cash Flow on Rental Properties as a Landlord

When real estate prices, mortgage interest rates, and rent rates are high, it can be more challenging to generate great cash flow from a rental property. However, it is also more important than ever to do everything in your power to maximize cash flow.

There are 88 strategies for improving cash flow on rental properties, with some of the best are ones you apply as a landlord managing your rental property. This mini-class covers the cash flow improving strategies when you’re a landlord.

Check out the video of this class here:

Improving Cash Flow on Rental Properties as a Landlord - Video Recording

In this special mini-class for the Real Estate Financial PlannerTM coaching program James covers:

• 88 Ways to Improve Cash Flow from Real Estate Rental Properties including the following...
• Improving cash flow by adding additional services
• Improving cash flow by providing desirable done-for-you services
• Improving cash flow by billing back for things you're paying for on behalf of the tenants
• Improving cash flow by tiering rent by credit score
• Improving cash flow by charging pet rent for pets
• Improving cash flow by changing the billing frequency
• Improving cash flow by utilizing autopay
• Improving cash flow by offering a discount for on-time payments
• Improving cash flow by changing the term of the leasing period (short-term rentals as an example)
• Improving cash flow by requiring 60-90 days notice from existing tenants
• Improving cash flow by starting to market your property early for lease and testing higher rent
• Improving cash flow by renewing during peak rental season
• Improving cash flow by requiring tenant's have renter's insurance to protect their personal belongings
• Plus more...

Free Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet: Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis SpreadsheetTM by going to:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet

Improve Cash Flow: Book a consultation to improve cash flow using our proprietary 88 cash flow improving strategies.

Real Estate Agent & Lender Collaborators: Interested in collaborating with us on the Anchorage real estate investor podcast? Book a free consultation to discuss.

Low Down Payment Financing Options for Real Estate Investors

Real estate investors often believe that minimizing their down payment leads to higher returns. This is partly true since a lower down payment means higher leverage, which amplifies returns. However, returns can be amplified both positively (when returns are positive) and negatively (when returns are negative or things don't go as planned).

Although there may be additional low-down creative financing options available, there are a few traditional financing options that require a "low down payment." In this mini-class, we will cover these options.

Check out the video from this class here:

Low Down Payment Financing Options for Real Estate Investors - Video

In this class, James discusses:

• FHA 3.5% down payment loans (especially for house hackers and NomadsTM)
• Conventional 3% and 5% down payment loans (especially for house hackers and NomadsTM)
• Low down payment financing options
• Creative financing
• Owner financing
• Wrap financing
• Loan assumption
• Rent to own, lease to own, lease-option, lease-purchase
• Installment land contract, contract for deed, etc
• Subject to
• Private money and hard money
• Local banks
• Plus much more...

Free Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet: Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis SpreadsheetTM by going to:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet

Improve Cash Flow: Book a consultation to improve cash flow using our proprietary 88 cash flow improving strategies.

Real Estate Agent & Lender Collaborators: Interested in collaborating with us on the Anchorage real estate investor podcast? Book a free consultation to discuss.

Property prices and interest rates are currently high, while rents are not keeping up. Achieving cash flow has become even more crucial and challenging than ever, despite our 88 strategies to maximize it.

One common question that arises is whether it is better to purchase rental properties with 20% down payments or to invest in stocks. Buying rental properties with 20% down allows you to use leverage, which can significantly magnify both good and bad returns. Therefore, selecting the right investment property is crucial to your success or lack thereof.

To be fair, you could also leverage yourself by investing in stocks to a lesser degree. However, we won’t be discussing this in this particular comparison class.

Owning rentals requires a more active approach than passively investing in stocks. Is the extra work worth the extra effort? How much better or worse is it?

In this special class, James will compare the two strategies across 300 US markets, as the numbers differ depending on local market prices, rents, and income. Which strategy - 20% down or stocks - leads to a higher net worth? Which gets you to financial independence faster? Which is safer, and which carries more risk? And much more.

After attending this class, you should have a clearer understanding of whether you should seriously consider saving up 20% down payments to acquire up to 10 rental properties or take the easier route of passively investing in the stock market.

Check out the video and interactive charts from this class here:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/model/20-down-payment-versus-stocks/

Or, see Anchorage specific, detailed analysis of a variety of strategies here:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/model/AK/Anchorage/

Free Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet: Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis SpreadsheetTM by going to:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet

Improve Cash Flow: Book a consultation to improve cash flow using our proprietary 88 cash flow improving strategies.

Real Estate Agent & Lender Collaborators: Interested in collaborating with us on the Anchorage real estate investor podcast? Book a free consultation to discuss.

Is Creative Financing Really Nothing Down?

Every real estate investor has heard stories of the amazing deals that can be found with creative financing, often involving instant equity from buying significantly below current fair market value with nothing down. While these deals do exist, they are not typical. So, what can an investor reasonably expect when it comes to creative financing deals that require no money up-front?

In this mini-class, James tackles this question head-on and examines whether lease-option, subject to, owner financing, and other popular creative financing deals are truly nothing down or if they require some money up-front.

Check out the video from this class here:

Is Creative Financing Really Nothing Down? - Video

In this class, James discusses:

• Nothing down financing options
• Creative financing
• Owner financing
• Wrap financing
• Loan assumption
• Rent to own, lease to own, lease-option, lease-purchase
• Installment land contract, contract for deed, etc
• Subject to
• Private money and hard money
• VA Loans and USDA Loans (especially for house hackers and Nomads)
• Local banks
• Plus, why these may be no down payment required, that doesn't mean no money required
• Plus much more...

Free Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet: Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis SpreadsheetTM by going to:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet

Improve Cash Flow: Book a consultation to improve cash flow using our proprietary 88 cash flow improving strategies.

Real Estate Agent & Lender Collaborators: Interested in collaborating with us on the Anchorage real estate investor podcast? Book a free consultation to discuss.

Prices have gone up rapidly in the last few years. And, interest rates are much higher. And even though rents are up, they’re not up enough to counteract the much higher prices and much higher interest rates. That makes it harder to achieve good cash flow with a reasonable down payment.

One way to overcome the impact of higher interest rates is to not use loans to buy rental properties.

In this comparison mini-class James will compare the NomadTM real estate investing strategy to taking the significantly longer extra time to save up and buy rental properties for cash.

With the NomadTM strategy, James will have you put 5% down and buy an owner-occupant property that you live in for at least a year until you’ve saved up the next 5% down payment plus closing costs and reserves. Then, buy another 5% down payment owner-occupant property and move into the new property. Convert the previous property to a rental. Repeat this process until you’ve acquired 10 properties total—9 of them rental properties you purchased with 5% down payments.

When buying properties for cash, you’ll still buy your first property with 5% down payment and move in. But, after that, you’ll take the significantly longer time to save up 100% to buy a rental property all cash. And, free and clear properties without loans have much, much better cash flow than properties financing with 5% down. But, it takes a lot longer to save up to buy the first property. Keep saving until you buy up to 9 rentals all cash.

Which strategy will get you to financial independence fastest? Which will get you the highest net worth? Which is riskiest? We will analyze this comparison for 305 US cities.

Check out the video and interactive charts from this class here:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/model/nomad-versus-1-oo-then-9-all-cash/

Or, see Anchorage specific, detailed analysis of a variety of strategies here:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/model/AK/Anchorage/

Free Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet: Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis SpreadsheetTM by going to:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet

Improve Cash Flow: Book a consultation to improve cash flow using our proprietary 88 cash flow improving strategies.

Real Estate Agent & Lender Collaborators: Interested in collaborating with us on the Anchorage real estate investor podcast? Book a free consultation to discuss.