Be sure to include all the transaction costs.Commercial and small residential properties are driven by different factors.

So if the budgeted or actual expenses for the year were at $4.95 per sf, the tenant would be responsible for $1.20 per sf or $0.10 per sf per month.If you are an out-of-area investor and do not invest the time to monitor your investment property, you are going to lose in the long run and may lose in the short term.Reason being, even if the property is a Net lease, whether it is single, double or triple net, who is to say that tenant will actualy maintain the property to the same standard that you desire.Secondly, most tenants are not in the real estate business and as such, depend on either the owner personally or his property manager to take care of the issues relating to the ongoing maintenance of the property.Who are you going to call at 2 am in the morning when someone finds water all over the floors and flowing into the streets?

I know one of the major factors are the credit balances and how much available credit there is.

You must buy the ticket, and get on the plane. e)To get past the resistance that many actions may have, focus on the end result not the activity itself.6th Review your goals every morning and evening.

I know the "GURUS" talk about being there for the BPO and influencing it if possible.Well, the BPO is the most important factor.

The market has had negative growth for the past 8 years if you factor in inflation, real wage growth, stability of our market, consumption vs. production, spending vs. savings, and many other factors.

The vacancy rate is only one of a large number of operating expenses and many of these expenses are constantly changing due to a number of factors.

If you factor those into the amount that was paid off for them when the house was sold from them to the buyer (your realtor?)

at that level of investment, your renters could buy cheaper than you could rent it to them after you factor in your profits and operating expenses....

More work, but better ROI.How do you factor in the transaction costs and the tax impact when you compute the IRR?