Part of the costs are modest management fee (5% in leasing I think), an asset mgt fee of 9,000/year (1.3%), 5,000 / year acct/legal/organization, vacancy/repair/maint/misc util/ tax/insurance.. then the loan which refinances 24-36 mo which hurts cash flow but returns all capital**[I think you should achieve a 11.3% CAGR by initially investing 630K (615 initial + 110 year 2 minus cash flow), getting that money back and investing it in the market @7% and adding 35k each year till year 10 from teh cashflow.

As I am getting organized to meet with my CPA at end of the month, I have realized I could have done this more efficiently.

Steve - This depends on how the entity that the profits are being retained in was organized.

Congratulation on your organization and goal setting skills.

@Anthony Dooley comment +1Also... if you plan on starting a business with anyone (especial friends or family) make sure you create an LLC and have extremely thorough articles of organization that outlines what you will all do when poop hits the fan (getting sued, one person is working more than the others, one person has put in more money than the others, someone wants out, you go into bankruptcy, etc).

If it's a larger organization, feel free to inquire about their different staff qualifications.2.

@Reggie Bullock you could partner with local organizations who need the housing for first time buyers, on top of that if you have a lender who won't redline the area and streamline the process it makes selling homes in the urban areas more appealing to middle income owners.

You could also look into volunteering with Habitat for Humanity - that would be a great way to start building knowledge about home construction that will definitely come in handy.  

We are simply trying to see about setting up an LLC for the property in the simple from of going through the state (va) online and just paying the online fee to register our business instead of going through a Lawyer to draw up a the articles of organizations...and paying more.

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