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If You Thought I Had Big Goals Check Out These Investors From FICON 2014

Post on: 8 Май, 2015 No Comment

Last week I went to Santa Monica to attend the FICON Single Family Investment Forum . I was not sure what to expect at the conference and I was blown away by the caliber of the investors present. I have some big goals like buying 100 single family rental properties in the next 9 years and selling 300 houses as an agent this year, but now my goals seem rather meek after attending the conference! I was also able to gather some great info on new financing programs at the conference as well.

Fix and Flip Experts

I did 10 fix and flips last year and my goal is to do 15 this year, which I think is a big goal. On the fix and flip panel at the conference they had a gentleman whose company completed 2,300 fix and flips in 2013! Another panelist had completed 600 and another only 105 fix and flips.

For those of you out there who dont think you can find properties to fix and flip, think again! The gentleman who flipped 2,300 homes works in 13 different states. If you want to buy fix and flips, you may have to make some sacrifices and invest outside your area. For example, J Scott- a popular BiggerPockets Forum member- recently moved his entire fix and flip operation to a new state to find the best deals he could.

Long-Term Hold Investors

The conference had some very impressive rental operators as well.

I met a gentleman in Florida who had 600 single family rentals . I guess my goal to buy 100 is not quite as huge now. There were many other individuals with hundreds of rental properties at the conference. Then there were also hedge funds at the conference and the amount of properties they own is staggering. Blackstone was not there, but their lending ARM B2R Finance was at the conference.

Last I checked Blackstone had over 40,000 single family homes.

There was much talk of securitization for the hedge funds and what the future holds for Blackstone, Colony and America Homes 4 Rent. securitization allows the hedge funds to bring in more money by selling bonds to the public. The hedge funds are looking to get more money, which means they want to buy more homes.

Ratings of the Big Hedge Funds

Gentleman from Moodys, Credit Suisse and Citicorp talked about how they rated the America Homes 4 Rent securitization. They said they assumed 50% vacancy and 40% depreciation of the assets for a worst case scenario. Even in the worst case scenario the hedge fund would still make money according to the experts and that is why it got such a high rating.

It does not look like the hedge funds are going away anytime soon.

New Loan Options for Investors

I believe this topic was covered before on a blog post here at BiggerPockets. but B2R and First Key are offering commercial loans for investors looking to finance multiple properties. There is a huge gap for investors looking to find financing on more than ten mortgages and here are the basics of the loans:

Lend nationwide
Minimum of 5 properties financed
Minimum of 500,000 loan
Maximum $100,000,000 loan
DSCR of 1.2(cash flow must be 1.2 times the mortgage payment)
5-7 % interest rate
Five or ten year term with balloon payment
Prepayment penalties
Must lend to an LLC with no bankruptcy clause non-recourse and recourse loans
Houses need to be worth $50,000

Conclusion

It was interesting being in the company of extremely rich and powerful people. It made me realize my goals arent that big and that I can accomplish them as well.

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