First property

[Igor Tomic]

Hi all. I already asked a question on the different part of the forum and no response so let me try here.

I'm looking at the property which is listed @ 316k.

It is fourplex with 2 bedrooms/1bath in each unit. No garage or a driveway but is dead end street so parking shouldn't be the problem. Bike trail next to house and no back neighbours (there is a business building behind). It is in very good area of the city B+ for sure. 

Each unit is rented for 625 plus electricity. Owner pays water. No forced air. All electrical heating and cooling. (not a big fan of that). Each unit has laundry on site. All the appliances are staying with some spare ones in the basement. 

Property tax is 4440/year 

insurance 1150/yr

water 2300/yr ( this is the info that we got from agent selling the house. I wanna see actual bills before doing anything.)

We are thinking to offer 250k and 275 should do it. Now we are putting 5% down with 3% interest and 25yr mortgage.

So with 1% rule I should buy a house for 250k or i have to raise my rent.

Also it hard to compare rent because there is no fourplexes or apartments in the area that are renting. There are SF homes but I can't compare those prices. 

[Bram Spiero]

Even with an offer as low as 250k, when I run your numbers I get a negative cashflow of almost 7k running conservative estimates and a possitive cashflow of less than $100 per door (4100 annual) running optimistic estimates.

I would look for something else.