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Alexa Sands
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  • Newtown, PA
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newbie in need of help - 3bed/1.5bath property for $139,900

Alexa Sands
  • New to Real Estate
  • Newtown, PA
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Hi there! My name's Alexa and my family has been buying rental properties for about 7 years now. I'm in college and recently have been learning more about rental properties and everything it takes to run them, find deals, etc. I found another property near the ones we own and wanted to analyze it using an excel spreadsheet. I found a few different templates on the internet but settled on a semi-simplistic one that I think (emphasis on think) I've filled out correctly. I wanted to see if the deal was good before bringing it to my father, but I just reconstructed the spreadsheet, and the questions I asked confused him a bit which confused me. He tends to group insurance and taxes into escrow(?) but I placed them in an expense/cost section along with water/sewer, trash, heat, electric, vacancy, management, maintenance, and capex. Here is the information I entered on the property: 

Purchase Price $139,900.00
Closing Costs $8,000.00 (number came from my father - i originally put 3,000 but apparently 8k was his average closing cost for past properties)
Rehab Costs $2,000.00 (really nice property, I just added this in as a buffer but im also inexperienced in estimating rehab costs...:/)
Down Payment $27,980.00 (20%)
Total Investment $37,980.00
Amount Borrowed $111,920.00
Unit 1 (3 bed/1.5 bath) $525.00 (rent we charge for our other properties) 3 $1,575.00

there's also a garage that I didn't know how to work into the numbers, or if it even should be worked in

Total Investment Loan Investment Interest Rate(%) # of Payments Monthly Payment Notes
$37,980.00 $111,920.00 4.88% 360 (30 yrs) ($592.29) Amortized Loan
Total $671.25 (month) $8,055.00 (annual)
Water/Sewer $40.00 $480.00
Trash $62.50 $750.00 every 6 months (750/2)
Taxes (iffy on these #s) $267.50 $3,210.00
Insurance (iffy here too) $65.00 $780.00
Heat $- $- tenants pay
Electric $- $- tenants pay
Vacancy  $78.75 $945.00 (5% of Income)
Management (we manage) $- $- (10% of income)
Maintenance $78.75 $945.00 5% of Income
Capex (roof, etc.) $78.75 $945.00 5% of Income
Income Expense Mortgage Monthly Cashflow Yearly Cashflow ROI
$1,575.00 $671.25 $(592.29) $311.46 $3,737.52 9.84%

This ROI seems low. In some bigger pockets videos I've heard it should be above 10% and some will only move forward if the percentage is up near 20. I'm hoping all my numbers are right. It was difficult figuring out the property tax and insurance - there were different numbers listed so I got confused. I'd be super grateful for any help on this, or just someone to confirm I ran my numbers correctly or am headed in the right direction:)

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