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12 June 2018 | 28 replies
Some people also include Capital Expenditure or CapEx expenses in their monthly calculations as well (which means the cost of big-ticket items like a new boiler or new roof).
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17 June 2018 | 6 replies
SF is much more sensitive to vacancy risk and CapEx expenditures.
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16 June 2018 | 19 replies
Or do you really need to impress your friends and/or parents with your expenditures?
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22 June 2018 | 7 replies
I only want to put 15% down, due to the 30k rehab expenditure (25% down plus the 30k makes it less attractive).
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17 June 2018 | 4 replies
If you have a couple properties I would personally feel comfortable thinking what the worst case scenario is for an emergency expenditure?
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18 June 2018 | 26 replies
Syndicators usually have a significant rehab budget up front when they buy, but then only keep some reserves for capital expenditures after that, say $300/unit/year.
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22 June 2018 | 15 replies
Each LLC has costs associated with it, so unless its necessary, my preference is to minimize expenditure.
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5 July 2018 | 1 reply
I have very low paid expenditures, currently the property tax is $1,100 annually, I pay 65$ in insurance and I am setting aside 7% in capital expenditures, best of all no mortgage.
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5 August 2018 | 9 replies
I'm also calculating 20% of the rent in capital expenditures and maintenance ($440 per month).I did run the rents through rentometer.com and the average is $950.
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7 July 2018 | 7 replies
View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.My capital expenditures seems quite a bit low.