
3 April 2016 | 5 replies
There is also HOA of $353/month that covers ext. insurance, water, sewer, ext. maintenance including snow removal, trash, and some shared amenities like pool and BBQ area.

20 November 2015 | 3 replies
Here are the high level numbers – mostly based on my own estimates being a recent owner next door:$119K Scheduled Rent$93K Actual Rental income$9K Mgmt Fees (9%)$20K RE taxes $15K ($50/unit/mo + $200/mo. exterior lawn/snow)$9K Insurance (This is an est based on my 7-unit costing $3.5K)$15K Utilities $5K CapEx/reserves$20K NOI (of course they provided a much higher NOI estimate)Feel free to question my assumptions, but the real difficulty I’m having is assessing what vacancy rate I should assume in valuing the building.

21 July 2018 | 2 replies
Proforma of increasing all rents to $475 would show gross income of $364,800Income:Gross Rents - $342,180Vacancy (5%) - -$17,109Laundry - $7,246Total Income - $332,317Expenses:Taxes - $37,482Insurance - $11,906Gas - $1,250Water - $42,983Electric - $2,492Trash - $2,192Maintenance and Supplies - $33,302Lawn and Snow - $4,855Cleaning - $1,688Misc. - $1,735Professional Fees - $2,191Total Expenses - $142,076Net Operating Income - $190,241This shows a 9% cap rate.Had a few questions.

14 October 2017 | 7 replies
Warm as in no hint of winter or snow?

17 January 2008 | 12 replies
When I bought my first home I decided that I didn't want to cut grass or shovel snow so we bought a townhome.It took me 6 mos of hunting to find my first rehab project and it was really hard to pull the trigger and take the plunge into investing.

14 September 2015 | 7 replies
First forget what we did back then, it was the 70's. Now

11 July 2013 | 4 replies
I and my brother started investing in real estate part time when we were in our early 20's. Now

22 January 2014 | 14 replies
The rain just makes everything green in the summer, and beautiful snow in the mountains in the winter!

29 July 2015 | 38 replies
I thought you guys always get 10 feet of snow and a foot of ice every winter LOL :D

9 November 2015 | 12 replies
which gives us a 4.65% APR (30 yrs.)You also did not include other expense items: utilities, sewer, garbage, snow removal, lawn care.