If you have little money to play with, then this is a good way to look at it.Finally, my measuring stick is ALWAYS the NOI and CAP rate.

There are several sticky threads in the Rental Property forum about expenses.

Hello everyone,I'm in a sticky situation with a seller.

I’ve been reading through sticky threads and the local forum on here to eventually develop contacts.

They can get a little sticky (especially if you own them in an LLC). 

@Monte Rice if you have 20% equity and lived in the property for one year,  you should be able to refinance your FHA into a conventional  owner occupied loan.

Scott that had been posted many times and is stickied in this form, but it didn't go into much detail about what percent people tend to set aside for maintenance and/or CapEx. 

Thanks for the positive feedback... so I suppose that this would be a good message to make sticky?

My wife and I have been reflecting on how this sticky issue may be a blessing as I would have defaulted to a standard retail sale of the home. 

This makes the tenant/buyer more "sticky", gives them pride of ownership which improves the Park and it eliminates all the management/maintenance brain-damage of the home rental side of the business.Your goal is not just to have a business that pays you a good rate of return, it needs to be one that can take advantage of financing while also being structured for future resale/trade.