Hello,
I am interested in 1031 exchanging four of my duplexes in California into an apartment building in Idaho. I am having a hard time running the numbers to determine if the apartment is a good investment. I have all the 2018 income and expense worksheets, but they seem to make things more complicated and confusing to compare. I would like to use a simple cash flow vs investment to make an apples to apples comparison. It is reasonable to say:
Apartment Annual Income = $491k
Apartment Annual Expense = $188k
Apartment Annual Net Income = $303k
Apartment Cost = $4M
Apartment Downpayment = $3.2M
Apartment ROI = $303k/$3.2M = 9.5%
Then I can do the same thing with the duplexes but dividing my (Annual Net Income) / (Duplex Equity) to get the ROI on my current investment.
Is this simple approach a reasonable way to assess this purchase?
I didn't include the mortgage expense yet because I am not sure how to account for it. Do I subtract out only the annual interest payment, or the entire payment including principal and interest?
Thank you for any input.