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Updated almost 10 years ago, 01/19/2015
First investment rental property
I have recently graduated college and thanks to to all of the great people on here I am convinced real estate is the answer to a better life for me, meaning I could live comfortably from rental income when I have around 10 properties. I would like to start out by purchasing a single family home in the 100k-120k price range. As of now I am trying to save around $20k for a down-payment on a house in this price range. I am 25% of the way there and I feel that in a year I will have saved enough to place a down-payment. I have found a 3 bedroom home which is about 8 minutes from Cornell University and close to other schools. The seller is asking for $110k. I dont know the condition of the house but from the pictures it looks like it is in good condition. Three bedrooms homes rent for around $1500 a month in Ithaca, so that is the number I think I will be able to rent it out for. Because of a very large college student population the area has a vacancy rate of close to 0%. Below are some numbers I quickly estimated to see if this is a good investment. I realize that the property is going to be sold by the time I have enough saved to put a down-payment but I am just doing my research for now and trying to become good at analysis. What do you guys think?. Is this a good investment?. Also is it accurate to assume that as a first time home buyer I will need to put down 20%?. I wish i could provide more information, but this is all I have as of now. Thank you all and I look forward to getting advice on this investment and any type of rental property advice!
Residential Income Property Analysis
Property Assumptions
Purchase Price$110,000
Down Payment$22,000
Loan Term15 Years
Interest Rate4.00%
Principal & Interest Payment$651
Closing Costs$0
Gross Scheduled Income (GSI)$18,000
Vacancy Rate7.00%
Number of Units1
Pro-forma Income Statement & Cash Flow
Gross Scheduled Income (GSI)$18,000
Less Vacancy$1,260
Total Actual Annual Income$16,740
Other Income (Laundry, Late Fees, etc.)$0
Gross Operating Income (GOI)$16,740
Annual Opertating Expenses
Accounting$300
Admin/Bank Charges$0
Advertising$0
Electricity$0
Elevator$0
Gas$0
Landscaping$0
Legal$200
Maintenance & Repair$2,000
Payroll taxes$0
Permits and licenses$0
Pest control$0
Pool$0
Property Insurance$440
Property Management$0
Real Estate Taxes$3,850
Security$0
Telephone$0
undefined$0
Tenant buyout$0
Trash$0
Water$0
Other$0
Other$0
Total Operating Expenses$6,790
Net Operating Income (NOI)$9,950
Annual Debt Service (mortgage payments)$7,811
Before Tax Cash Flows (BTCF)$2,139
Key Operating Ratios
Capitalization Rate9.05%
Cash on Cash (COC)9.72%
Gross Rent Mulitplier (GRM)6.11
Net Income Mulitplier (NIM)11.06
Debt Coverage Ratio (DCR)1.27
Expense Ratio (ER) Per Unit40.56%
Price Per Unit$110,000
Here is a link to the property:
https://ithaca.craigslist.org/reo/4827978957.html