With a 30 year mortgage at 4.25%, after actual expenses (incl house utilities, landscaping, repairs&maint, insurance, taxes), a vacancy allowance of 6%, and CapEx allocations are subtracted, you could be taking home $17k in free cash flow yearly - 6.8% on that $250k.So, the question is: Is that $250k best allocated to this investment?  

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Most companies have at least one upcharge, but often many more, for multi-family properties and you'll want to know how much to allocate for insurance before you purchase, and the standard real estate calculators won't give you an accurate number for a 4-plex.You cannot underestimate how strategic it is to work with a skilled agent and lender in this pursuit!

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This is double your allocation and I bet more accurate over a long term hold than your forecast.  

Have  an attorney draft a contract for the deal then your CPA should easily be able to allocate your 50% and back out his.

There are two companies in Tampa who currently build these container homes and they are all code complaint.The Tampa housing authority has payment standards that show how much rent is allocated to a given unit .

That being said, they do not count as my real estate investment allocation.

For example: Purchase Price: 255,000DP: 12,750 (5%) Interest: 5.05% (also, with this specific product the bank covers the PMI) Total Monthly Payment (mortgage and insurance): 1,584 Market Rent: 1,200 ------------- Total monthly income = (1,200/unit * 2 units) = 2,400 If 50% (1,200) is allocated towards operating expenses (non-mortgage/insurance), then only 1,200 remains for the mortgage expenses. 

It doesn't mean, however, that real estate is not the best asset for someone else's retirement account given their risk tolerance, investment knowledge, and total asset allocations between retirement and non-retirement accounts.