Super Bowl and Duplexes?

In a few hours one of America’s biggest sporting events will take place. Based on the teams i think any football fan may see a great game with lots of offense. But how could the Super Bowl be related to duplexes in any possible way? Well its more an idea for a creative duplex investor more than anything.

If your looking for a niche for your duplex investing, how about having duplexes in areas with high volume events. When the events come along and if you have vacancy in any unit, you could provide a great 1-2 weeks short term home rental for a nice price. There are some companies that provide services with this general idea such as bowlgamerentals. As with anything like this learn the rules that apply to renting out your property for events, but by doing so it could be a very profitable idea.

Duplex.net – New Look with more Duplex Resources

As you can tell duplex.net has undergone a makeover, but this change is more than cosmetic. The new duplex allows you shop for duplex financing and duplex insurance for the entire United States, and has expanded duplex resource sections. We hope this improves your duplex browsing experience and as always we are open to your feedback and comments.

-The Duplex.net Team

Duplex Cash Flow and Duplex Home Repairs

If your duplex has a nice positive cash flow, that’s great, but one thing that should always be deducted from that gross cash flow is a monthly contribution to your repair expense account. Be it a plumbing issue, a roof repair or any other home repair that inconveniently pops up.

The amount deducted from your gross cash flow is a personal preference but your cash reserves should determine your monthly contribution. For example if you have liquid investments unrelated to real estate you may need a smaller cash flow allocation because you have it covered by other means. If you are more leveraged, with a smaller overall cash reserve a higher deduction is recommended.

Your duplex rental can always incur damage and having an appropriate repair fund helps avoid financial burden. The monthly cash flow on your property is not pure profit. It is monthly income that needs to withstand expenses that are unforeseen.

What is a Duplex Specialist?

In almost any field that are generalists and there are specialists. If you have a heart condition then a cardiologist for example will have special insight beyond your family’s general practitioner.

In real estate, it is no different. A duplex specialist is someone who knows the basic mechanics of a real estate transaction but is also someone who understands the issues related to multifamily property and the duplex style in particular.

They will know where the duplex listings are in your local market and most likely will have some insight on the investment viability that they have.

So to define what a duplex specialist is, we would define it as a real estate professional who can explain property cash flow, and rental issues for a duplex investor and someone who can fit the needs of a home buyer to the attributes of a duplex in the case of a owner occupied duplex buyer.

Duplex Homes help to rebuild New Orleans

A chartiable organization “Make It Right” founded by actor Brad Pitt decided to go with with duplex style housing to help rebuild the lower 9th ward in New Orleans.

The foundation enlisted several national and international design firms to submit duplex designs. Some of the designs look very promising:

Duplex Home Style Designs for Make It Right Foundation