From property managers and real estate agents, to handy apps and software, to innovative marketplaces that let
you buy turnkey properties fully online, they all have value to provide.
This can be a rather frightening thing and is certainly one of the bigger risks involved when
buying a turnkey property.
You are correct - you won't
buy a turnkey property and make a ton up front in terms of equity, that's not how the investment works.
Make sure you read this blog post to find out what you need to know before
buying a turnkey property in or the surrounding area.
I'd like to hear from someone who
bought a turnkey property 5 years ago and see how they are doing.
Not exact matches
I
buy turnkey and use
property managers, which makes it much more passive.
Roofstock makes it easy to
buy turnkey rental
properties and transact 100 % online.
In my conversation with Josh Weidman, who is an experienced
property manager,
buy - and - hold and fix - and - flip investor, and currently operates a successful
turnkey real estate company, he provided his best real estate investing advice ever, which comes from the knowledge he has attained through an accumulation of his many experiences, positive and negative: you've got to live and die by the numbers!
Tip: Roofstock makes it easy to
buy and own cash - flowing,
turnkey investment
properties across the nation, regardless of where you live.
As the leading marketplace for
buying and selling investment
properties, Roofstock helps you easily identify quality replacement investment
properties for your 1031 exchange — whether it's a couple
properties to help fill the boot or a
turnkey portfolio of 25 rental investment homes.
One of the investment
properties that you can
buy is a
turnkey rental
property, which is a completely practical option for new real estate investors who do not know how to fix and flip in real estate.
I hear you on being leery of the
turnkey property websites, but I think the best way to deal with your concerns there are just to verify the
turnkey provider's claims and work: before you
buy, have an independent inspection and appraisal report.
I
bought my
turnkey in Kansas City (Raytown) from Timothy Stauffer, and my current
property manager is Voepel Management.
We have one
buy and hold
property that was purchased as a
turnkey with minor upgrades.
One thing I have found from some
turnkey providers (I don't say all because I haven't talked to all obviously) is that they
buy properties for what could be pennies on the dollar, pour money into rehabbing, and then sell at a premium... so they're fix - and - flippers.
I'm currently leaning towards
buying a
property from a
turnkey investor.
Being in a competitive market, I've researched out of state investing a bit and have always been gun shy due to not feeling comfortable
buying property that I don't personally control and having to work with a
turnkey / management company remotely.
We're talking about $ 25k - $ 50 deals here so low barrier to entry, the sales commissions / management fees can't be that great for the
turnkey company and I'd expect a legit company to be capitalized such that they could
buy and hold those
properties themselves.
When that starts happening, it is impossible for an investor new to the passive space to make sense of what it really means to
buy a
property Turnkey.
A lot of
turnkey companies don't have the capacity to keep holding
properties as
buying, renovating, and holding
properties can be capital - intensive and some of these companies manage and sell hundreds of
properties.
There is always someone in our organization who is
buying and / or assigning contracts, selling flips, single family rentals, multi-family rentals,
turnkey properties, looking for joint ventures, looking for money to borrow and for money to lend.
I also am
buying fully rehabbed
turnkey properties, so I will use the 5 % value for repairs.
Looking to
buy turnkey multi-family
properties in the Rochester area.
I'm guessing company names and contact information would be helpful to those of us who can provide
properties to these
turnkey providers and those who would like to
buy from
turnkey providers.
He currently owns 28 personal rental
properties,
buys and sells 100 homes a year through his
Turnkey Company, TexasTurnkeyProperties.com, and manages 700
properties through his Management companies, Real
Property Management Preferred located in Houston, TX and Real
Property Management Albuquerque located in Albuquerque, NM.
Turnkey rentals are a rental that you purchase from a company that has
bought a house, rehabbed it, put a tenant in it and then manages the
property for you so that you are not...
In the 1 year since I
bought my first
turnkey property with Ohio Cashflow I have been extremely satisfied with their service and communication.
A «
turnkey property» is often referred to as a fully renovated apartment building or home that a real estate investor can
buy and immediately rent out.
I hope the information will allow you to make a great decision when
buying a
turnkey real estate
property.
One of the things I love most about
turnkey for the investors I work with is that they don't have do a thing to the
property they
buy.
So on that front,
turnkeys can be excellent, especially for anyone with little time to invest into
buying properties.
After completing hundreds of transactions, I simply want to share the benefits other people have been able to gain and eliminate challenges investors like myself and others have overcome successfully, by simply following this small road map for out of state
turnkey investment
property buying.
I have also fallen victim to having
bought a
turnkey once that had that exact problem of the one year rental guarantee and once that was up, I was told there was no way that rental amount could be obtained, and the worst part of the
turnkeys is if bad
property management is in place to handle the
property after you
buy.
Because of the excellent investment
property buying opportunity in today's market we add new Dover
turnkey properties that are far below market value to our list weekly... and they tend to get snapped up extremely quickly.
He now devotes himself to helping others
buy their first rental
property, build passive income, and achieve financial freedom through his
turnkey rental real estate company, Morris Invest.
Turnkey properties come with their own benefits, namely cash flow and easy to
buy, but they are not completely turn - key.
Good points... another one, not necessarily related to the DIY «ness of multifamily syndications but important none the less: if you are looking for a passive RE investment, the structure of a well crafted syndication deal has better alignment of the interests of the passive investor and the active partner IMO than, say,
buying a
turnkey rental
property.
My goal isn't to throw
turnkey providers under the bus (again, occasionally they will have some great inventory) it's to encourage investors to educate themselves better, think through the business model and use this to your advantage to make sure you're
buying a
property that fits your needs and wants exactly.
Now you may think, this guy is an idiot who did not
buy the right
properties from the right
turnkey providers.
AND most buyers of
turnkey properties aren't factoring in real depreciation into their numbers or the fact that they're
buying into an area that is saturated with rentals (or will be soon.)