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        <Name>Case Study: A Central Phoenix Condo From Lender Owned To Long Term Investment</Name>
        <Summary>A look at how an investor purchased a condo and turned it into a cash flow rental property.</Summary>
        <Description>&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;A few months ago we did a similar story on an &lt;a href="item/234949" title="investment real estate in phoenix"&gt;investment home&lt;/a&gt; that went through our 4 step investment process.&amp;nbsp; We've done quite a few of them before and since, but this time it's a condo in Central Phoenix.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;It is good time to buy real estate for the long run, rental real estate that is.&amp;nbsp; I have no doubt on that.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; It's an extraordinary time and when the market improves so people will&amp;nbsp;desaturate living space: now many families are doubled or tripled up and they won't be once the economy increases in momentum.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;We've always worked with many investor, probably, because we are ones as well, it's no different now.&amp;nbsp; The evolution of our &lt;a href="item/208631" title="Buyers service"&gt;brokerage service&lt;/a&gt; led to our &amp;quot;4 point investment process - many times utilized in 3 parts&amp;quot; Read more about it the &lt;a href="item/227990"&gt;Four Course Process.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Basically it involves the entire process from locating an investment property to preparation/consultation, finding a tenant helping find management.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;The subject property is a condo in Central Phoenix, specifically along the Camelback Corridor a major artery in Phoenix with easy access most everything desirable to residents, and especially those who will occupy a condo: more mobile persons preferring an urban lifestyle.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;The Central&amp;nbsp;city is one that is developing and evolving despite the slow economy so when it does improve so will the value and the rental rate of this condo.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;It was purchased as a lender owned property.&amp;nbsp; The condo was in decent shape, but it needed new flooring, painting and some customization to make it stand our from the crowd.&amp;nbsp; Most of the expense would have been made anyway so why not do it right.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Please watch the video to see what we did, but in short, carpet was replaced with wood panel floors, the walls were painted with neutral, but attractive colors including some accent walls.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;The kitchen, once a plain boring line of basic cabinets, got juggled around by staggering the cabinets and adding crown molding.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Then of course proper marketing, a sample of which you can see below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3460/3969507736_eb3e74dfba_o.jpg" alt="investment condos in phoenix" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="courier new,courier,monospace" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;( &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.camelbackcorridorcondos.com/"&gt;&lt;font face="courier new,courier,monospace" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;www.CamelbackCorridorCondos.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="courier new,courier,monospace" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;The price of the acquisition was $89,000 with and additional $4,700 for remodeling plus $3,000 in closing costs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;20% down-payment of $89,000 purchase price from original $275,000.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p id="cwav"&gt;&lt;font face="courier new,courier,monospace" size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;So how do the numbers work out?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;It's difficult if not impossible to predict the future so the long term return in the IRR we utilized a below average historic return excluding the quick rise in 2003-2007, but here is a one year APOD (annual property operating data) results and a quick overview of a 10 year hold. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="courier new,courier,monospace" size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;APOD w/debt&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Income $12,600&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/li&gt; 
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Expenses ($3,906)&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/li&gt; 
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Debt ($4,851)&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/li&gt; 
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Cash Flow $2,800 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Principal Payments $959 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;(all first year excluding capital expenses)&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/li&gt; 
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Financial Indicators (2nd year)&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/li&gt; 
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Cap Rate 9.06%&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/li&gt; 
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Cash on Cash 9%&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/li&gt; 
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  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;IRR* (Internal Rate of Return) 26.85% (per year) over 10 year hold with 5% annualized appreciation (before tax)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Our goal is to provide the kind of service you'd expect from Realtors that take this business seriously that make it a profession.&amp;nbsp; We work to fulfill your goals because in life most goals are mutual, so we do our part&amp;nbsp;for all involved parties.&amp;nbsp; Read &lt;a href="item/227683" title="testimonials"&gt;what some of our clients are saying&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;Would you like to discuss options or do you have some questions. We prefer a call to e-mail: Artur 602.628.4349 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"&gt;(*IRR = &amp;quot;is the rate of return produced by each dollar for the amount of time that dollar is in the investment.&amp;quot; = more on &lt;a href="http://http//public/click/~Case%2520Scenario%253A%2520A%2520Real%2520Estate%2520I.../en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_rate_of_return"&gt;IRR at wiki&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</Description>
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