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Answered raw tape
D 5 · C 5 · P 5 · Cm 4 4.85
Q Okay. So I gave you an example, but we're talking about an example. You look at that deal. You can get that deal all day long and you're like, you know what? I'm that deal. I'm passing.
A Correct. So, so basically let's say if it's a 400,000 dollar home market value, right? I gotta buy it. For around two 52 42 60, somewhere around in that neighborhood. It needs a little bit of work. So it depends on the amount of work that it needs, but it's gotta be discounted. I mean, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to go and buy homes at full market value. You'll find them all day. Anybody could sell them to you and it's, you know, anybody could buy them, right? So you gotta find the right deal that have some Upside potential, because if it doesn't have the little bit of an upside, you're buying at a full market value. So what? What, what did you accomplish? Right? So there's gotta be some kind of a discount.
AI assessment note: “if it's a 400,000 dollar home market value... I gotta buy it. For around two 52”
Answered raw tape
D 5 · C 5 · P 3 · Cm 3 4.20
Q You could have retired in 2002, you chose not to. Uh, what is, what are the next, Five years look like? What's motivating you?
A I want to be the quarterback for my sons right now. Um, I think they are set on the right path right now. Um, I would like for them to succeed at a high level just because for the fun of it, because I think they can, and I know they can, and I know I can, um, advise them in a great way, and I think there's so much potential in what they're doing, and they can scale it to a big way. I've learned many years ago, if something you can duplicate, especially in the United States, you could, you could succeed at a super high level. And what they have now is something that they can duplicate and grow it to a high, high, uh, levels that, that it could be extremely rewarding.
AI assessment note: “I want to be the quarterback for my sons right now.”
Answered raw tape
D 5 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 3 4.15
Q So, fire around. And, you know, these, some of these are deep questions. So, you know, I mean, I'm not going to comment. I'll stop myself from commenting because we could go on forever with them. But, um, What's your idea of perfect happiness?
A My father once told me there are three things that are your life's greatest blessings. One, you're blessed with your health, and that's the greatest blessing you could have, because if you have your health, you have everything, right? Two, to be blessed with a great partner, because that makes your life fulfilled. Three, blessed with great kids. So if you have all of those three, you have nothing to complain about. Right? And I truly believe that is very true. And you know, spiritually you have to be connected, uh, as well, which I am. Uh, and I feel that gives me peace inside. So every morning I wake up and I, I, I really, truly count how blessed I am, um, with friends like you, you know, so many friends, so many people that they, I think they love me and care about me. And so many people that I love and care about, uh, it's, it's reciprocated. It's what you hold in your heart. That's what people have for you. And I, I truly have nothing but love in my heart.
AI assessment note: “three things that are your life's greatest blessings. One, you're blessed with your health”
Answered raw tape
D 4 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.00
Q Yeah, I mean, certainly. And, and you look at when, when especially you go into a nicer neighborhood, and then the cap rate, the return on capital goes down. But then, you know, you go into a terrible neighborhood, your cap rate's much higher. How do you balance that?
A Well, for example, I'll give you an example on the, uh, Palmdale area, because that's the area that I'm quite familiar with. Although we have few properties outside of Palmdale, but Palmdale has given us the best return. Why? Because you're buying it for a lower price and rental value. It's decent in Palmdale. Entry level is very affordable in Palmdale. So for a new investment, or I'm talking about Palmdale, Lancaster Valley. So the entry level for an investor Is easy in the Palmdale Lancaster area versus other areas. Like if you were to invest in a house in, in the valley or, you know, the west side, or, I mean, you're going to put in a lot of money, a lot of down payment, and when the house is vacant, there is a heavy mortgage that you have to carry.
AI assessment note: “Palmdale has given us the best return. Why? Because you're buying it for a lower price”
Answered raw tape
D 3 · C 4 · P 3 · Cm 3 3.30
Q Right. One of the things that, uh, it's a question I answer all the time because I get it all the time. And that is, you know, when's a good time to buy? Are you looking at like, what's the market like now? You know, did you buy consistently? Let me put it this way. Do you buy consistently over time?
A Well, Any purchase you make, it's got to make sense. So you look at the best case scenario and the worst case scenario, for example. So let's say if you, if you're planning to hold a property, what's the return on your, on your investment? If it's going to be a rental, if it's going to be a flip with, you know, how much money you're going to put into it and what's the return on, on your investment as well. So, so if, if, if it's going to be a long-term investment and it's going to be a rental, it's going to have a nice yield You know, in, in, um, cash flow, uh, each year. So you gotta take all of those into consideration before you buy, uh, the property. It's gonna make, it's gonna make financial sense and it's gonna put money in your pocket if it's a rental.
AI assessment note: “Any purchase you make, it's got to make sense.”
Partly raw tape
D 2 · C 4 · P 3 · Cm 3 3.00
Q This is the money, you know, how, How can we tell other people other than you? This is where you, this is how you find that deal. How do we find the deals?
A There are some motivated sellers that they get a sell, right? They get a move for whatever reason. And that's the, uh, the buyer, the seller that you want to go after. Not the one that, you know, it doesn't matter when they sell it. Oh, they, you know, no rush. I'm taking my time, uh, this and that. So, so that's not the seller that you want to do business with. You want to do business with somebody that has some urgency, Uh, they've had some financial problems. You may think, oh, well, you know, take an advantage of some people that they have some financial problems. They got themselves in that financial problem. Not me. I had nothing to do with it. Sure. I'm trying to help them out and get them out of, out of their financial problem. Now, yes, they may have to discount the property some to, you know, to get to where they want to get or they, to sell what they want to sell. So it's, it's a win for them. They're getting out of their, The situation that they're in. And also, you know, it's a win for you because then it gives you a little bit of profits.
AI assessment note: “that's the, uh, the buyer, the seller that you want to go after.”
