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Charles Evans New House Hacker, Need Tips/Reassurance Please!
29 December 2024 | 15 replies
.), and also need to consider the cost of vacancies or bad tenants.I also recommend you charge market rate, for yourself and the tenant.
Daniel Reed Strategies for Transitioning to Multifamily Properties with Positive Cash Flow?
25 December 2024 | 11 replies
Longer tenancies mean lower turnover and vacancy costs, so two single-family homes usually generate more reliable income and higher net cash flow than a fourplex.Vacancy risk: A fourplex has four times the vacancy risk of a single-family home.
Grant Francke Buildium Users: Buildium Public Site vs Personal Website
19 December 2024 | 6 replies
I'm currently using a website that I created 4 years ago, posting vacancies by creating a page and cross linking it to a form in my website for applications.  
Mackay Oakey What are your Real Estate Investing goals in 2025?
27 December 2024 | 22 replies
Hence, the decision was to make the flight using a single-engine plane.The same logic applies to multi-family properties: a fourplex has four times the vacancy risk of a single-family.
Alex Bockey AirBnB; what's better, condo or house?
27 December 2024 | 8 replies
Vacancy is the biggest killer with AirBnb (or any) rentals.  
Alex R. Southern Impression Homes
14 January 2025 | 27 replies
With an extra vacancy or a maintenance issue or an extra turnover, this is definitely a negative cash flow producing investment.So when you say the rent growth and value growth have exceeded your expectations, I would love to have you respond as to how that is possibly the case. 
Timothy Franklin STR sub-to/ portfolio
1 January 2025 | 26 replies
A new owner with more capital can easily come in and decrease vacancy rates and increase supply to realize a 2-3x revenue.
Jeff Ryan Mobile home purchase (on rented lot) for single family home investment
6 January 2025 | 14 replies
See the chart from Fair Isaac Company (FICO) below: FICO Score Pct of Population Default Probability 800 or more 13.00% 1.00% 750-799 27.00% 1.00% 700-749 18.00% 4.40% 650-699 15.00% 8.90% 600-649 12.00% 15.80% 550-599 8.00% 22.50% 500-549 5.00% 28.40% Less than 499 2.00% 41.00% Source: Fair Isaac CompanyAccording to this chart, investors should use corresponding vacancy+tenant-nonperformance factors of approximately 5% for Class A rentals, 10% for Class B and 20% for Class C.To address Class C payment challenges, many industry "experts" are now selling programs to newbie investors about how Section 8 tenants are the cure.
Joel Oh One platform strategy
2 January 2025 | 30 replies
these tenant friendly laws seldom matter because the vacancy is so low the tenants want to stay in their units and realize an eviction will make it challenging to ever find a quality rental in this market.  
Jonathan S. Passive Real Estate Investing
15 January 2025 | 10 replies
My target ROI from cash flow is 10% or higher (after factoring in maintenance, capex, vacancy) and I usually aim for a rent to price ratio of 1% or better.