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All Forum Posts by: Richard L Smith

Richard L Smith has started 2 posts and replied 8 times.

I was going based of rentomer and local rent prices 

Quote from @Nathan Murith:

@Richard L Smith what type of property? 2-3-4 plex? more? just curious if you have validated rents? are you also only putting $5k down for a total loan amount of $95k?

I would want to to use a fha loan and it is a 3plex

I’m in the saint Louis area and the price is 99.900

yes and I'm going to try and pay for sewer and waste management and yes it is a multi family

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I do not believe this will be a good house hack also I live in Illinois


Quote from @Sharon Rosendahl:

@Richard L Smith

Is this rent amount confirmed? I don't know your market but that is high compared to the purchase price. Assuming your purchase and rent are accurate I suggest that you include approx. 5% for vacancy. Depending on the market, it could be higher, once in a while a little lower but likely never 0. Even in my hottest market I will have perhaps a month of vacancy between tenants but luckily tenants tend to stay several years too. 

Depending on the condition of the house, I would use at least 5% for repairs. Brand new house you will still have repairs as tenants can do damage or even wear and tear will eventually cost you something for new carpet and paint. 

Depending on the condition of the house, I would use at least 5% for capital improvements, you will someday need a new roof. Brand new house, may need a little less, older house more to a lot more.

You have no other expenses besides your loan amount. Depending on what is customary in your area that may not be the case. I always pay for basic garbage for my tenants because I want them to throw away their trash regularly. I had one property that it was customary to pay water/sewer on. While you can build that into the rent, rent is somewhat driven by the market. HOA or other community fees may come into play too.

Management fee. I self manage but use a 10% fee to make sure I can afford to use that option. Depending on the property, PM's may make your life much easier and since you are new, you will want to ensure you have that option as you may find yourself overwhelmed.

Good Luck!

Sharon

Thank you very much I’m going to add the vacancy and other fees and rerun my numbers 
Quote from @Tim Herman:

@Richard L Smith hard to analyze a deal when so little known about the property. Is this a class d property, approximate size, sfh or multi. Skipping all the soft cost numbers. Each of those are a cost to the business.  No landlord will ever have a 0% vacancy. I use 8% or 1 turnover per year. 


  I apologize I’m fairly new to this whole process 

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