Purchase price: $420,000 Cash invested: $15,000 This buy-and-hold property generates a steady cash flow, with a gross monthly rent of $3,900.

If I did my math correctly, on a 3,600 SF triplex where you buy the land for $150k, you generate a gross profit of about $84k (based on a $140/sf build cost and sale price of $205/sf), before you pay interest on any borrowed funds or closing/commission costs.

I bought my house in NJ, but looking in the North Eastern Region of PA where I can gross 2k a month on a 4 unit property.

.$8kish / year or so on routine and reactive maintenance combined which should include your cleanings, lawn care, maintenance calls ect. 12% per month of gross rents should be a good estimate if you want to look at it like that!

@Dennis GallagherIt's my understanding that the "Income-Expense Ratio" primarily use operating expenses as the expense variable, which includes costs like utilities, property taxes, insurance, maintenance, repairs, property management fees, and trash removal, all of which are considered when calculating a property's operating expense ratio (OER).You calculate OER by dividing the total operating expenses by the gross operating income of a property.

After the property is acquired, during any 30-month period, the additions to the basis need to exceed the adjusted basis at the start of the 30-month period.What is the 50% of gross income test?

Rent is of $2600 a month gross.

A couple expense assumptions:Insurance: .6% of market value per year ($1300 to $1700 for garden variety SFH)Repair buffer: $50/moPM: 8% of gross rent + 80% of first months rent HOA: Ranges from $0 to $50/mo.

Furnishings and outfitting run about $20/ft professional but if you DIY at $15 and its 1,500 sq ft $22,500.AirDNA has the property at $65,000 Annual Gross.

But cat pee soaking into the floor is damage, failure to clean up liquids or other gross things, I'd rather not go into.