Determining your in-place expenses 🫰

[Jorge Abreu]

A property's operating expenses are those that it incurs on a monthly or annual basis and are considered regular and continuing. Expenses like this include things like property taxes, insurance, maintenance, administrative and office costs, payroll, marketing expenses, and property management fees. Examining the T-12 operating statement is necessary for this purpose, since it gives comprehensive details on previous expenditures and aids in estimating future expenditures as the new owner.

Verify that there are no omissions or contradictions in the statement. It is important for multifamily owners to keep in mind that renters cannot be charged more for running expenditures, and property tax is a substantial expenditure to think about. If you want to be sure you don't underestimate costs during underwriting, you should find out if the property's worth will be evaluated after you buy it. This is because several states in the US do this.

We look at ways to increase revenue as well as ways to save costs. You may add income streams to the home by offering internet and tenants insurance, for instance. In fact, we have a bulk package plan on all of our homes that allows us to earn a tidy profit simply by providing internet service. We can increase our income and benefit our renters at the same time by capitalizing on services that are currently in demand.

[Michael Hill]

Quote from @Jorge Abreu:

A property's operating expenses are those that it incurs on a monthly or annual basis and are considered regular and continuing. Expenses like this include things like property taxes, insurance, maintenance, administrative and office costs, payroll, marketing expenses, and property management fees. Examining the T-12 operating statement is necessary for this purpose, since it gives comprehensive details on previous expenditures and aids in estimating future expenditures as the new owner.

Verify that there are no omissions or contradictions in the statement. It is important for multifamily owners to keep in mind that renters cannot be charged more for running expenditures, and property tax is a substantial expenditure to think about. If you want to be sure you don't underestimate costs during underwriting, you should find out if the property's worth will be evaluated after you buy it. This is because several states in the US do this.

We look at ways to increase revenue as well as ways to save costs. You may add income streams to the home by offering internet and tenants insurance, for instance. In fact, we have a bulk package plan on all of our homes that allows us to earn a tidy profit simply by providing internet service. We can increase our income and benefit our renters at the same time by capitalizing on services that are currently in demand.

 This is a great write up. 

Can you offer some additional details about the internet that you provide to the tenants, and how you create a revenue stream from that?  I'm very interested. 

[Jorge Abreu]

@Michael Hill 
We negotiate a bulk plan with the provider where we get the Internet for let's say $20 per unit then we turn around and offer it to the residents at $40 which is still less than let's say the retail cost of $50. So the resident gets the internet cheaper than they could on their own and the property profits for offering that to its residents. It's a win win for all. On top of that you should also negotiate a per door bonus with the provider for signing up with them on the front end. That is usually around $100 per door.