You’re ready to up your game and buy your own apartment complex. It makes sense that owning a place where multiple households are paying rent instead of only one family is going to make more money, right?
You already know your strategy is on point, but what now? How do you get started so you can build your real estate kingdom?
Continue reading this article to find out how to buy your first apartment complex.
Starting Your Own Apartment Complex
It’s time to start making that money off of apartments. Learning how to get your first one going is the pathway to even more apartment complexes and cash.
Find a Complex
The first part of acquiring your new complex is to actually find it. Make sure you know exactly what you’re looking for.
How many units should it have minimum and maximum? What apartments would fit into your budget?
You should focus on buying real estate where you know the area. If you don’t know the area you may buy an apartment complex that is in a less than desirable area which would make it difficult for you to get tenants.
Compare Mortgage Rates
Make sure you shop around for the best rates when you’re making this purchase. You’re borrowing a good deal of money and you want to make sure that you find a bank that you can work with that has good rates for this deal and for future deals.
Get a Thorough Inspection
You don’t have to buy a perfect complex. If there are some renovations that you want to do, you need to know what you’re working with.
Make sure the inspector is thorough so there aren’t any bad surprises that come up after you’ve purchased your shiny new complex.
Hire a Contractor
There’s bound to be something to fix when you purchase your apartment complex. Besides that, you may want to rebrand and spruce up the complex so you can charge higher rates to new tenants.
Make sure the contractor comes highly recommended and gets things done in a timely manner. You don’t want to wait for them to take months on end to get the work you need to be done finished.
Draw Up Contracts
You need a rental agreement contract that protects you and lets the tenants know what they are getting. You may wish to contact legal services online that can help you create these contracts or you may wish to purchase templates to get you started.
Make sure to look at other apartment contracts. If you’ve ever rented an apartment before, see if you can find your old contract and take some notes from it.
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