What would it be like to have an
extra $11,472 a month coming into your life each month. Imagine what you
could do with that extra money!
You could buy a bigger house, travel, and/or give more to your church or a
struggling loved one.
An investor I know is doing just that because he closed on a deal where he
is now pocketing $11,472 in positive cash flow each and every month for the
rest of his life (actually it will get higher and higher) or for as long as
he holds on to the property.
He did this by taking over an apartment complex using a Master Lease Option.
Does that mean he has to deal with a lot of tenant hassles? Absolutely not!
He pays a management company to do that. The only thing he has to manage is
the manager. It sure is easier managing one manager than a bunch of unruly
tenants wouldn’t you say?
This investor found this deal in the local classified section of his
newspaper. The owner had the apartment complex advertised for a quick sale
because he was burnt out (he was managing it himself), had poor cash flow
(it was 62% occupied) and he wanted out.
The investor, being a true investor was looking to get into the property
with no money down and structured the deal the same way you would structure
a lease option for a single family.
He signed a Master Lease for the entire complex and agreed to pay the owner
a certain figure each month. He took over all of the income and expenses on
the property and anything above what his expenses are and the lease amount
is his to pocket.
He also signed an Option To Purchase the property. Anytime with in the next
five years, this investor has the right to buy the property for the stated
amount in the option.
When the investor took over the property, it was cash flowing but not by
much due to the high vacancy. Using a very good management company and a
having them spruce up the outside, he was able to get it at 90% occupancy in
eight months time!
Now remember, every month he owned the complex he had positive cash flow. As
the management company put more and more tenants into the building his cash
flow grew bigger and bigger, to the point where it is now over $11,000 per
month.
A lot of investors don’t realize that you can buy apartment buildings the
same way you buy single family houses. You can do “subject to”, lease
option, wholesale, and pre-foreclosure just as easily and the best part
is…the paydays are much, much bigger!
Starting out as a struggling landscaper with no
experience in construction, David Lindahl has earned well over a million
dollars renovating more than 470 houses for resale. He also owns over 38
apartment buildings with over 628 units with a monthly cash flow equaling
what many people make in a year! And he accomplished all this within an
eight year period starting from scratch.