All Forum Posts by: Andrew Jones

@Joel Owens 

My ratio might not be very high in the rent to sales price ratio but as an investment isn't it still making me more than my 2% at the bank?

@Joel Owens 

Thanks for your input. I'd like to ask you a question on your post.

Let's pretend we don't have to worry about any refinancing. If I was guaranteed that 600$ rent each month that would pay my mortgage of 480$. I'd be making 120$ a month. It isn't a lot of money but it is a property which has a tenant paying down my mortgage and giving me an extra 100 dollars to save to put into the property if need be. Wouldn't that be a good start for someone who is just starting out?

@Michael Seeker 

Would it be a bad investment because the numbers are so low?

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for someone else's opinion on a rental property

Some of the numbers of the property look like this:

Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms:1
Lot Assessment:$66,400.00
Building Assessment:$76,300.00
Total Assessment:$142,700.00
Annual Municipal Taxes: 3400

Built in 1961

It's a one story home with a crawl space as a basement. It sits on a piece of land close to 5000 square feet.

I'm going to try and get the property for 139,000.

I did some numbers and if I amortized the property over 25 years at a 3.5% (at the moment it's 2.79 for a 2 year fixed mortgage but I'm playing it safe) mortgage rate with a 30% down payment (41,000$) it would be a $480 monthly payment.

I'd put the property up for rent as is for $600 a month. I'd let the tenant pay for the electricity. Snow removal and grass cutting will be offered to them as a extra and will not be included within the rent.

Exit Strategy

Land in the area is going for around 38$ a square foot (kind of high but it's a suburban area with close access to a major city).

The way I see it I can't go wrong, I could always sell the land for basically what I would have paid for it.

This would be my first property. I'm open to opinions, thoughts and please tell me if there is anything I over looked.