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Updated over 6 years ago, 07/25/2018
First Real Deal - check my numbers?
Hello, BiggerPockets people. I'm in Central Texas. I want to see if my second deal looks right.
My first deal was easy, and continues to be. I'm a college professor, renting to college students. I invested because there was a need and ready renters. Buy and hold. Mobile home, new, $39k at 6% for 15 years, no down payment. Annual rental income was $12000. Insurance, taxes, mortgage, and park fee were $8500. Pest control and cleaning, $500. Setting aside 5% for repairs, left me with $2400, or $200/mo. The calculator I'm using shows a Cap Rate of 18.5% and cash-on-cash return of 40.9%.
The new deal is a foreclosure, that I tried to buy from the deceased owner's family before it went to foreclosure, and so I'm buying from a bank at a higher cost probably. $65000 at 6%, no down, for 15 years. $2000 closing costs. $5000 in repairs. Mortgage, taxes, insurance, 5% repairs, at $850/mo. Rent at $1200. The calculator shows a cap rate of 13.7% and Cash-on-cash of 28.9%. Less return, but more equity, and the equity means something because I'm owning the land and the house won't depreciate like a mobile home.
So, what do you think? Good deal? Am I missing expenses that make it not such a great deal?
BTW, long term goals are buy and hold single family or duplex homes within driving distance.