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Raffae: Palmdale houses cost $400k and rent for $2.5k–$3k
“So you could still buy a house for 400,000. And you could rent it for between 2500 to 3000 dollars.”
Sam Raffae Jun 9, 2025 ▶ 12:44 How to Tell if a Property Will Actually Make You Money
Disclosure
Raffae: Targets 10% gross yield to achieve 6–7% net ROI
“I, I'd like to get 10% gross. So I can end up with six to seven percent return on my investment.”
Sam Raffae Jun 9, 2025 ▶ 13:19 How to Tell if a Property Will Actually Make You Money
Disclosure
Raffae buys properties sight unseen based on local market familiarity
“Being familiar with the area and the neighborhood, I bought houses without even seeing them.”
Sam Raffae Jun 9, 2025 ▶ 23:51 How to Tell if a Property Will Actually Make You Money
Insight
Raffae: Working with friend realtors can cost deals due to over-caution
“When you're dealing with a realtor that is a friend, right? He's extra cautious. And sometimes that extra cautiousness could cost you a property. Like it's hard for me to, for example, to tell my friend, oh, this is a great investment because in case something…”
Sam Raffae Jun 9, 2025 ▶ 46:41 How to Tell if a Property Will Actually Make You Money
Insight
Raffae: Real estate beats businesses through leverage despite lower cash flow
“I mean, businesses is another way to invest, and businesses usually gives you much more cash flow than real estate does, but the business, in 99% of the cases, you gotta pay cash for the business. Real estate, you put five, 10, 15, 20% down, and the rest is th…”
Sam Raffae Jun 9, 2025 ▶ 1:02:41 How to Tell if a Property Will Actually Make You Money
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Raffae: Storage facility brokers favor established operators over new investors
“What I mean by specialty is that even the realtors that they deal with storage units. They have their own clientele of storage unit owners, and they work together. And sometimes for you to come in, they, they'd rather deal with somebody that is familiar with t…”
Sam Raffae Jun 9, 2025 ▶ 1:09:25 How to Tell if a Property Will Actually Make You Money
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Title companies provide free owner data in exchange for future business
“The title company can give you that information, providing that if, when you buy The property use them. For the service. So, so it's a win-win.”
Sam Raffae Jun 9, 2025 ▶ 23:18 How to Tell if a Property Will Actually Make You Money
Assertion Supported
Raffae: California zoning permits adding both an ADU and junior ADU
“In California nowadays, you can add an ADU. So if you have a, you know, large enough lot. You can add an edu to it. And then again, now that you can add a junior ad.”
Sam Raffae Jun 9, 2025 ▶ 52:02 How to Tell if a Property Will Actually Make You Money
Disclosure
Raffae details his first flip: bought for $32K, sold for $75K
“The first home I bought. It was a 32,000 dollar home... And I bought it for 32, fixed it up. Sold it for 75... It was 17,000 I put into it because it had major repairs.”
Sam Raffae Jun 9, 2025 ▶ 5:29 How to Tell if a Property Will Actually Make You Money
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