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Updated almost 9 years ago on . Most recent reply

5 minute Look at a property question
I hope this is in the right forum. Apologizes if it's not. I'm looking at my first buy and hold rental. I want to get a multi plex and I found one at random locally on loopnet. I just want to make sure I'm looking at these numbers right for the 5 minute quick analysis talked about in Brandon's videos and blog posts. Can somebody help double check me?
Property is listed at 240k
It is a 4plex that is fully rented out and all units are 2 by 1's and rented out for $500 a month (seller info provided not confirmed)
Using the 50% rule I would get approx. $1000 to pay for mortgage and cash flow in pocket. ($2000 in rent X 50% = $1000) Wanting to cash flow positive for $100 a door that leaves me with about $600 to pay for a mortgage. Playing with a mortgage calculator I would max out a conventional loan at about 110k to get the payments at $600 a month. And that's just the loan amount no counting anything down.
Since the numbers don't jive with out something drastic like a crazy low mortgage with a crazy high down payment or way low balling an offer, or something like raising the rents to $700+ to get a mortgage clearance of 1k a month payments. This is an offer worth passing on because it will negatively cash flow or just barley break even at the end of the day.
Am I applying the rules for the 50% quick test right?