Unless your property is below average, or already rented above market, raising rents to keep up with the market shouldn't result in a vacancy.

For my underwriting I use a fixed percentage for replacement & repair reserves as well as vacancy / credit losses so this helps me to envision what the property will do in the event of a downturn.

With the way the house fell into disrepair it sounds like you didn’t have to go over much for maintenance and had no vacancy.  

Further, you'd be better off increasing your vacancy and repairs %s to 7-10%.

You're going to lose some short term money and have a few vacancies, but i'd up all of them to market rent.

Even with the significant vacancy and low rents, our DSCR is ok.

We plan to sell one unit at the next vacancy.

After 2 years, refi and pay the investor their initial investment + 10%.  4-unit apartment building (all units 2 bd/ 1 ba)3472 Sq FtRent: $740/unit/mo Price $ 195,000.00 Down Payment(%) 20.00% Down Payment($) $ 39,000.00 Closing Cost $ 9,750.00 5.0% Estimated Rehab $ 10,000.00 Total Invested $ 58,750.00 Principal $ 156,000.00 Int Rate(%) 4.50% Loan Term (Years) 30 Mortgage $790.43 $ 9,485.15 70% Rule ARV $ 292,857.14 Income Rent ($) $ 2,960.00 $ 35,520.00 Estimated Expenses Expense Monthly Annual Vacancy (5%) $ 148.00 $ 1,776.00 Prop Manager (10%) $ 296.00 $ 3,552.00 Utilities (100/mo) $ 100.00 $ 1,200.00 Prop Tax (3%) $ 487.50 $ 5,850.00 Insurance (100/mo) $ 100.00 $ 1,200.00 Repair/Maint/CapEx (100/unit/mo) $ 400.00 $ 4,800.00 Landscape (60/mo) $ 60.00 $ 720.00 TOTAL $ 1,591.50 $ 19,098.00 Cash Flow Tot.

After 2 years, refi and pay the investor their initial investment + 10%.6 unit (all 1bd/1ba) Property - 3950 Sq Ft  Price $ 190,000.00 Down Payment(%) 20.00% Down Payment($) $ 38,000.00 Closing Cost $ 9,500.00 5.0% Estimated Rehab $ 5,000.00 Total Invested $ 52,500.00 Principal $ 152,000.00 Int Rate(%) 4.50% Loan Term (Years) 30 Mortgage $770.16 $ 9,241.94 70% Rule $ 278,571.43 Income Rent ($) $ 3,300.00 $ 39,600.00 TOTAL $ 3,300.00 $ 39,600.00 Estimated Expenses Expense Monthly Annual Vacancy (5%) $ 165.00 $ 1,980.00 Prop Manager (10%) Self Manage Self Manage Utilities (100/mo) Tenant Pays Tenant Pays Prop Tax (3%) $ 475.00 $ 5,700.00 Insurance (100/mo) $ 120.00 $ 1,440.00 Repair/Maint/CapEx (15%) $ 400.00 $ 4,800.00 Landscape (60/mo) $ 60.00 $ 720.00 TOTAL $ 1,220.00 $ 14,640.00 Cash Flow Tot.

Vacancy and repairs All you can do is guess .