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Updated about 7 years ago,
Apartment complex seems too good to be true. What am I missing?
Hi! I'm looking for my first investment property! I found a 6 unit apartment complex that consists of a building with 2 units next to a building with 4 units. All 6 units are rented out already for a total of $3545 per month. Here's what I'm looking at to analyze the property:
Price of Property
- Asking Price: $225,000
- Negotiated Price: $195,000
- This is the value I'd try to negotiate for the property since it's been on the market for well over a year and the county assessor has assessed the property to have a value of $172,400.
Upfront Cost
- Estimated Closing Costs: $5,000
- Estimated Repairs/Rehab Cost: $1,000
- Down Payment: $195,000 x 20% = $39,000
- Total Initial Investment: $45,000
- This is equal to Estimated Closing Costs +
Estimated Repairs/Rehab Cost +
Down Payment. I use this to calculate COCR.
- This is equal to Estimated Closing Costs +
Mortgage
- Mortgage Amount: $156,000
- Mortgage Period: 30 years
- Estimated Mortgage Interest Rate: 4.5%
- Monthly Payment: $790.43
Monthly Expenses
- Taxes: $331
- Insurance: $100
- This is just a guess but doesn't affect the final numbers very much
- Vacancy: 3% of rent ($76.35)
- Repairs: 5% of rent ($127.25)
- CapEx: 10% of rent ($254.50)
- Total Monthly Expenses: $1679.53
The problem is that with that much monthly cash flow, my COCR is close to 45%, and I'd allegedly be bringing in almost $2,000 per month in profit. I feel like I must be missing something because this property has been on the market for so long and not bought up yet. Let me know if you'd like more information.
I have two questions:
- Am I missing anything obvious with my numbers here? Anything else I should take into account or that looks wildly off?
- What reasons might there be for this property to have stayed on the market for so long that I'm not seeing?
P.S. This is my first post - am I allowed to directly post the realtor.com ad for reference?