Cashflow Options and Decisions

Cashflow Options and Decisions

Milwaukee, WI · Member since 2016 · 45 posts · 19 votes

Hi Everyone,

What is everyone's strategy for their cashflow?  

Are you saving up for the next rental property? Are you paying down your primary residence giving you an option for a HELOC if you want down the line? Are you paying off student loans? Are you saving for a new truck or something personal? Are you paying down your highest interest rate mortgage? Are you diversifying into stocks, REITs, bonds, or other investments?

I'm struggling because I think I might be getting stretched a little thin.  All my properties require at least a 10% return so if I pay down my highest interest mortgage, that would be 5.75% "return" so why would I pay that down when I could always make a 10% return on the next property.  

Also what does everyone keep in reserves?  If you had 5 units what would you keep in reserves?  If you have 15 units what would you keep in reserves and how do you calculate that?  

Brandon

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  • Rental Property Investor · Greenwich, CT · Member since 2015 · 4k+ posts · 2k+ votes
    7y

    hey, @Brandon V. the real question is what are your goals? Cash flow? Long-term appreciation? FIRE?

    How much monthly income do you want to generate from RE? How many units will it take to get there? Now you can start to map out a timeline and plan. All of the ideas you mention are legitimate, just depends on what you're after.

    With regard to "Reserves," for me this means "how much cash do I have access to, if I need it?" It doesn't have to be all in cash. If I have access to $100k from a HELOC, I wouldn't stress out about not having a ton of "cash in the bank." Of course, your properties need to be self-sufficient, so putting aside that money for CapEx, repairs, and vacancy each month is critical.

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