Units: Building Size: 6 4,800 SF Price/Unit: $91,500 Property Type: Multifamily Property Sub-type: Garden/Low-Rise Property Use Type: Investment Commission Split: 2.5% Cap Rate: 7.87% Gross Rent Multiplier: 13.37 Occupancy: 100% No.

My yield decreases a small amount but is multiplied buy the amount of deals i can do at one time.  

The goal is to have a multiplier effect by having multiple properties cash flow.Example: I have a free & clear unit that cash flows $550 after taxes/insurance/maintenance.

The vertical line symbolizes "multiplied by".On one side of the vertical line, write "R" (which represents "rate" or "cap rate".

This is probably way over simplified, but I take the ARV multiply by .80 then subtract rehab costs.  

Would you say that holds true in this space, or is there a way to keep the discussion on the level of cap rate discounts and/or rehab costs with a multiplier (1.5x or 2x?)

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So say tenant A consumed 60%, he will end up paying 60% of common area as well.Now, a new tenant came in on 1st of May but his meter wasn't installed until 11th May, we agreed that they will pay on pro rata basis.I am stuck calculating the bills now, and will need some major math work.Here is what i haveTotal Bill Amount 75,256 (don't worry, its not USD)Total units consumed 8752Bill Date 29th April to 29th MayVacant Unit in building - 106 Units consumedTenant A 1717 Units consumedTenant B 3541 Units consumedTenant C 2303 Units consumed for 19 days (11th May to 29th)Total 7667 UnitsCommon area 1085If i take 2303 Units and divide by 19 days, it gives me 121 Units a day and multiply that by 29, i will in total get more money from all tenants than combined bill, which is unfair.Please suggest a best way to calculate.

My best advice from doing several historic rehabs is to take your budget and timeline and multiply by 1.5-2.  

Make a column for each of the following:Task #Task NameDuration  (You can either input the duration and then add it to the start date to calculate the End Date, or you can enter the Start & End dates and then calculate the Duration, which can be hours or days.)Start DateEnd Date% CompleteResource (Who does it or who is responsible for making sure it's done)Dependencies (What has to happen, before this task can happen...use the task #'s to link your dependencies)Cost (how you get this is determined by the type of cost, if it's hourly labor, you can have a rate column and multiply it by the duration, as long as the duration is in hours.