05/18/2021
Bought this property from facebook groups during COVID. A realtor posted about an off market deal that needs to get sold asap. I believe I replied to the post in 5mins since he posted and got in contact with him immediately. After getting all the details of the property, price and the reason for selling, I was able to negotiate the price and got it under contract the same day on the condition to see the property once before closing.
Few lessons learned while getting this deal at a good price are:
* I was ready to take up the problematic tenants as-is. they werenāt paying rent for the last 6 months and doesnāt want to move out of the property. seller already had a paralegal working with him and lot of that process has already been in the works during the purchase.
* Being flexible goes a long way in negotiation - I was able to give ~20k directly to help him pay off arrears with the bank.
* Be ready to spend some extra dollars for small things - I was ready to clean up the whole house myself. we threw away two 16 yard bins of garbage. tenants were storing their garbage bags, food waste in the basement for more than 3 months at least.
Purchase price : $330,000
Renovations: $15,000
ARV: $500,000
with the crazy appreciation of Kitchener market in the last year, I got it appraised for refinance at $650,000 last week. overall, with little compromises and work, was able to get all the down payment and was able to take out another 120K from the house in ~8 months.