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Shakthi Kamal Is a min of 2% rent to price ratio needed for positive cashflow in today's market?
6 January 2025 | 2 replies
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?
Raul Velazquez REI in Vancouver, BC
17 January 2025 | 9 replies
We saw huge appreciation in the 2018-2022 inflation run up, but that has significantly slowed these days in my opinion.From a rental perspective your monthly income per unit after all expenses with a typical 20% down payment is likely $100-300 when you find a property that will cash flow.
Luke Tetreault 2 years in, Growing Pains! What's the Strategy?
14 January 2025 | 9 replies
That being said real estate investing is typically a long game and with just 2 years under your belt you’ve just started.
Joseph Pisano Billboard Easement Multiples
8 January 2025 | 0 replies
Whats a typical multiple for such asset?
Mead Vest looking for particulars about how partnerships work
10 January 2025 | 2 replies
And then also do you typically repay each partner their upfront costs from the profits before then distributing profits?
Alyssa Dinson What has been your experience with out of state investing?
16 January 2025 | 78 replies
Companies typically last only ten years on average.
Ivan Castanon I need to change strategies. What should I do?
3 February 2025 | 47 replies
Deduct NEW property taxes after you buyDeduct home insurance costsDeduct maintenance percentage, typically 10%Deduct vacancy+tenant nonperformance percentage(we recommend 5% for Class A, 10% Class B, 20% Class C, good luck with Class D)Deduct whatever dollar/percentage of cashflow you wantNow, what you have left over is the amount for debt service.Enter it into a mortgage calculator, with current interest rate for an investment property, to determine your maximum mortgage amount.Divide the mortgage amount by either 75% or 80%, depending on the required down payment percentage - this is your tentative price to offer.If the property needs repairs, you'll want to deduct 110%-120% of the estimated repairs from this amount.Be sure to also research the ARV and make sure it's 10-20% higher than your tentative purchase price.As long as the ARV checks out, this is the purchase price to offer.It is probably significantly below the asking price.
Melody R. Thoughts about the virtual CPA firm The Real Estate CPA?
16 January 2025 | 18 replies
Typically they will have referrals to local accountants you can interview. 
Arron Paulino Potential Garage ADU
6 January 2025 | 5 replies
Issues 1) even garage conversion ADUs in single family zoned areas typically cost more to build than the value that they add.  
Bethany Merlucci Help this newbie investor to decide if this is a good first property
10 January 2025 | 4 replies
Without accounting for management fees (I have not yet decided if I will try to self manage), and with planning to raise rents to typical market of $825 for each of the smaller units, and $1200 for the larger unit, does this seem like a worthy first investment?