I work with a couple and there is a maintenance fee they charge, its built into my price and they subtract that when I get paid.

When you subtract the costs for the repairs/rehab , where does the money for the repairs come from....

At that point, it becomes pretty easy to add up all of your positive cashflow, subtract off all of the negative (including commissions and sales costs) and get a net number that you can use to calculate ROI/CoC.

However they just asked if they put all the labor could they subtract materials from rent?

I will then look at 65%-70%for a possible offer price.I start with 100% of ARV and subtract 6% commission, 1% for other selling costs, 2% margin for not selling at ARV, and 3% for seller consessions.

The tenant got a family member to fix it for $60, so I told her I would subtract that from her rent.

Add in all those other costs, subtract off the costs of selling that house and, in many cases, the best you can say is that it was cheaper than renting.

See how many that brings you and add or subtract if needed.

If you are living in it you need to allocate the expenses to the rental vs yourself and the Maintenance that is on the house associated with the rental needs to be subtracted from the profit you list.

When the outlay occurs, owners will often think of this as an investment in the property and not subtract it from their returns when doing their calculations.