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First Rental Property Deal - Do I have my calculations correct?
Hello Everyone,
I'm very close to closing on my first deal for a SF rental property in Providence, Rhode Island - 4 rooms, 1.5 bath. I've listed my calculations below and am hoping that some of you could chime in to confirm my results and let me know if I may be overlooking anything. Thank you in advance!
Purchase Price: $250,000
Closing Costs: $2,500
Repairs: N/A (Turnkey)
Expense/Income/Prop Value Increase: 2% increase/year
Monthly Income (Rent): $2,600
Assumed Cap Rate: 9%
Total Monthly Expenses (Including PIMI): $2,028
- Mortgage: $955 (assumed 30 year/4.0%)
- Taxes: $415
- Vacancy (5%): $130
- CapEx (5%): $130
- Insurance: $100
- Repairs (10%): $260
- Water/Sewer Bill: $38
Assumed Monthly Cash Flow: $570/month
Cash/Cash ROI Year 1: 13.05%
Total Return Year 1: 14.81%
Thank you in advance for taking the time to answer my questions! Best of luck to everyone out there!
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Originally posted by @Stephen Torti:
Hey @Jason Hirko, can you just write out a sample one for me? Or just take what Casey had and modify it?
Sure. So Casey is cashflowing $570/month or $6,840 a year. Figure the first year of his mortgage he paid $3000 towards principle. I'd add that to his cash, $9840, then divde into $252,500. Or 3.9% annual return. That's just how'd I'd Look at it.