I am not sure where you live but here is my current list - you do not need to do all these or any of them - I am just sharing with you to give you ideas how a small investment can pay off big time if you are willing to work at it.Plowing snow - with a decent truck and a guy who likes to work I have made over 2,000 in one single storm.

As an investor, our time is mostly spent setting up parameters also called structures for our next deal(s).  Now

If I were looking to invest, I would really want to see a projected expense report broken down by category (repairs, maintenance, common area utilities, snow removal, turnover, admin, planned capex).5.

Hello, here is my scenario.For those if you in northern states, for smaller multi-unit (2-6) when it snows, do you tell tenants to shovel their own snow, or pay a maintenance company?

But my calculations areAppraisal 160KLTV 70%Loan 112K (lower than borrower's contribution in the deal so this is what I get)So my total output: 125K (purchase) + 3k (est closing) + 5k (rehab) = 133 Kminus the loan 112k out of pocket left in the deal 21k My monthly cash flowmortgage 600property tax 340expenses: 300 (trash snow sewer insurance)cash flow = 2000 (rent) - 600 (mortgage) - 340 (tax) - 300 (expenses) = 700 (to round it up)cash on cash return = (700*12)/21000 = 40% Which is probably not a great return in many people's mind.

Many years the snow sucks.  

Also, don't forget yard care and snow removal. 

Hi @Robert Phillips ,I use three quick calculations when evaluating buy and holds (1-2 work together, 3 is a verification calc):50% rule (half of all rents go towards the cost of operating the property; management + capex + lawn/snow + ...)$700 per $100k of property will go towards PITI (cost of the loan)1% of the purchase price will be the monthly rent (e.g. $100k property commands $1000/month rents)Assuming you are wanting to make your profits from cashflow, 850 is too slim.

I’m switching them over to my own lease and need to set snow and lawn terms.

This seems low to me.Are your only contracted services for snow removal and trash?