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Updated over 6 years ago on . Most recent reply

Analyzing expenses - include PM leasing fee?
Good day!
When you're all considering calculations.. do you factor in the leasing fee (typically around 100% of a month's rent -so on a monthly calculation it'd be 1/12th of a month's rent assuming 12 month leases) in addition to the PM monthly fee, too?
When analyzing a potential deal, I've been factoring in the following:
leasing fee (1/12th rent per month)
PM Fee + 7.5% CapEx
7.5% Repairs
Principle + Interest
Taxes/month
Insurance/mo
Vacancy (10%)...
going with the thought that tenants in single family rentals will be responsible for mowing the lawn and all utilities written into PM contract. (or should I not do this?)
Is this too strict in terms of analyzing? Or should I also factor in utility costs, too?
Right now, I'm not finding a lot of viable options based on asking prices + market/estimated rents using these numbers... experienced folks...thoughts?
Thank you!!