A common rule of thumb is to budget around 1-2% of the property's value annually for maintenance.Management Fees: If you plan to hire a property manager or use a property management service, factor in their fees as part of your operating costs.Contingency Fund: Always include a contingency fund in your budget to account for unexpected expenses or fluctuations in operating costs.Financial Modeling Tools: Consider using financial modeling tools or spreadsheets designed for real estate investment analysis.

If there's a hole, it may be a red flag.b) sensitivity analysis: I examine all the assumptions, and make sure I can live with the worst case scenarios.c) "Stall and see": if they are getting money over multiple years, and there is no penalty for investing later, I would usually wait so I get some real performance data, versus having to look at theoretical pro forma information.d) Recession stress test: I will not invest in anything, until I subject it to recession level stress and see if I can live with the result.

Here's a good video analysis of the bill I just found: 

Are you seeing properties or just doing online analysis of homes or properties or deals you haven't seen? 

@James Brown I think it's hard to run a calculation for a rehab and a BRRR together as they are really two separate stages.

Real Estate is definitely not just a "numbers analysis" and you are definitely thinking about things the right way - but I think a good next step for you would be to spend some time putting a lot of this stuff into a (very) basic financial model/spreadsheets mapping out all the potential costs and estimates on effect (effect on value, on exit, different scenarios) - I think getting started with that framework should help with these decisions immensely

Cost Side Analysis: Understanding operating expenses, capital expenditures, and strategies for effective cost management.2.

Has anyone here tried and tested the Reventure app for the real estate market analysis?

Hello!I'm interested in knowing what the 1) Townhome (TH) rental market AND 2) room rentals are like in Hyattsville, MD (20781) and College Park (20782), specifically: For TH and Individual rooms rentals:- The demogra...

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