When evaluating cap rates I'm taking out taxes, insurance, 8% vacancy, 10% repairs, 8% cap ex, and 10% property management fees; however, if I lower all of those percentages then my cap rate is higher - is everyone using lower percentages and that's how they're finding cap rates of 10%, or am I truly looking at a lot of overpriced MLS properties?

Lincolnville is way over priced now that the hipsters have discovered it and of course it was flooded during hurricane Matthew...now the city might make you bring the buildings up to code which can include lifting the houses up ....I would be very careful about any "deals" that suddenly pop up ...here is an article that explains ithttp://staugustine.com/news-local-news/2016-10-28/hurricane-repairs-st-augustine-flood-elevation-standards-could-be-concern

 If a sell/owner was to carry a loan through the sale of real estate property, can that seller take out mortgage insurance on the buyer?

My insurance agent told me the vacant home policy is applicable if I go the first route and builders risk if I go the second route (tear down to basement foundation).

@Alexis Guini You're an agent, I assume you're familiar with standard inspection and financing contingency clauses?

You buy it and fix up the renter's side first, and let's say you manage to rent it for $1000/monthly, but $750 of that goes to expenses - mortgage, loans to fix it, insurance, etc - so you have $250/month to go along with your $20k/annual, so by year 3 you have enough to buy a second unit. 

There's a healthy investment to get certified, insurance, etc so wanted to get a temperature gauge before diving in. 

In my analysis, I'm assuming a 30 year loan with 25% down, 10% for vacancy, 10% for property management, 10% for repairs, and 5% capex (+ water/sewer, garbage, lawn care, and insurance).

The business seems much larger, since there is 17 locations in the area and was told there are thousands of offices nationwide...Commission:level 1: $0-$25k 60%level 2: $25k-50k 65%level 3: 50k-70k 70%level 4: 70k-100k 75%level 5: 100k-150k 80%level 6: 150k-175k 85%Level 7: 175k +     90%Fees:$300/yr, E/O insurance$100, new agent setup fee$75/mth, marketing fee$72/per 1000 business cards$18/per name badge$225, FAR/NAR Membership initiation fee$460/yr FAR/NAR annual membership dues$90, MLS setup fee$350/yr MLS annual membership dues$50, supra key setup fee$275/yr, Supra key annual membership dues$110, lockbox purchaseFlorida Luxury Realty from the beginning was kinda hidden off the road, the office is hidden in the back of a business complex in regards to the one office i specifically went to, its very clean and professional looking, just the office overall is not very lit up or fresh looking...and when i dropped in there was noone at the location outside of the clerical person at the front desk from what i could tell, most of the office was completely dark...

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