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Updated almost 10 years ago,
Cap Rate Question
How to properly figure out cap rate on an owner finance deal? All my houses are owner finance. It's pretty simple to figure out so I thought....
My first property I bought, I figured it like this:
purchase price: $51,000
rehab: none
taxes: 1215 annually
ins: paid by owner finance buyer
total revenue per year: $9672
So total revenue after taxes is $8457.
8452/51000 = 16.6%. Seems simple.
But then someone was asking me about other expenses. I don't have any....but, what about if the property ever goes vacant? Say in 4 years, she defaults? Then I have to spend 500-1000 dollars to foreclose, and it may sit empty for a month or two until I get a new buyer.
Also, it DID take me two months to find a buyer. So it was vacant for that period.
I don't know how to figure those into it. Vacancy rate is part of the rental equation but I wasn't sure on these deals I do. Thanks for any feedback.