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13 August 2021 | 28 replies
Your unit should have some sort of laminate floors, ceramic tile and there is some beautiful rubber-type flooring that looks like laminate flooring and this stuff is beautiful and looks like it is indestructable.You have to clean the stove, refrigerator ant bathtub in every unit even when the tenants leave your unit looking spotless because you can't expect your tenants to leave a unit clean and sanitary like a professional cleaning service does.As I just wrote in a recent post, when I sold my 20 properties in Las Vegas last year my wife spent as much as two days cleaning one stove (JUST THE STOVE) and the stove was still filthy.
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13 December 2019 | 12 replies
An older building may have growing infrastructure maintenance and replacement needs for systems such as sanitary sewer lines, water, electric, etc.
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5 December 2014 | 10 replies
@Brandon G.Here is a "back of a napkin analysis":Gross rent: $1395*12 = $16740Less vacancy (8%): effective projected gross rent: $15400Less taxes, insurance, PM (10%), etc. : $15400 - $7164 = $8246Say you financed 100K @4.5%.
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7 November 2018 | 6 replies
I hadn’t planned on doing multifamily so early but the napkin math quickly caught my attention.
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8 June 2019 | 3 replies
Also, make sure that they don't have a "lease" written on a napkin.
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24 August 2022 | 2 replies
Don't do anything on a handshake or napkin agreement.
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30 September 2019 | 9 replies
The reason for this is because running some napkin numbers it appears to cash-flow way better than anything in Florida (which doesn't really at all).My question is as far as getting a loan goes, how difficult would that process be to accomplish with two people?
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13 December 2013 | 15 replies
Some of them can't even fold a napkin to save their lives.
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3 October 2016 | 12 replies
@Labraysha Brickhouse You can use Zillow to find comps for back of napkin calculations, but it will be the least indicative of market value as it won't have complete data, but is often good enough as long as you don't use the Zestimate.
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21 February 2017 | 4 replies
How big of an issue is this and could it trigger the private sanitary system inspection contingency?