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Spencer Boerup Are most investors calculating Cash on Cash Return wrong?
7 December 2019 | 4 replies
Assumptions:• Purchase Price: $150,000• Down Payment: $30,000• Closing Costs: $2,500• Repair Estimates: $1,500Capital needed: $34,000_____________________________Income: $17,100 ($1,500/mo with 5% vacancy rate)_____________________________Expenses: $12,990.40• Mortgage Interest: $5,360.40 (per annum)• Insurance: $900 ($75/mo)• Taxes: $1,000• Utilities: $420.00 ($35/mo)• Landscaping: $600 ($50/mo)• HOA: $1,200 ($100/mo)• Management: $1,710 (10% of rents received)• CapX/Repairs: $1,800 (10% of anticipated rents received)__________________________________________________________Net Income / ROCE (before depreciation): $4,109.60ROCE: 12.09%Mortgage payment P&I (30yr, 4.5%): $ (608.02)Mortgage principal payments made: $1,935.87Cash on Cash Return:  $ 2,173.73 Cash on Cash Rate of Return: 6.39%
Frank Schaefer Finance example of 1031 echange
4 December 2019 | 4 replies
Ultimately, I would like to take off time from work and have rental income support me.Please tell me if my assumptions seem correct.I have a single family 2,300s.f. 4/2.5 that always leases out to 4 post college guys.
Daivis DeJesus I need help...can’t figure out if I should buy this property..
2 December 2019 | 16 replies
An approximate ROI of 30% based on assumptions of tax and insurance. 20% down is $12600.
Shannon Bullock Any investors in DC?
1 December 2019 | 4 replies
Perhaps some of my assumptions are incorrect. 
Chris Kennedy We love our home too much....
4 December 2019 | 24 replies
With the assumption you are referring to residential lending and not commercial, the number of notes (secured by mortgages) a lender will entertain varies by lender.  
Dylan Legg Very upset tenants during final walkthrough
2 December 2019 | 6 replies
I am making the assumption that they are gone now?
JaMario Price *New Investor Looking for guidance*
1 December 2019 | 6 replies
I summarize the under writing and business plan but I reccomend you read some books on the subject to gain a more in depth understanding which will go a long way in helping you build your portfolio in the future.I start my business plans with market data.You need to find out the following about your market/ sub marketAverge rentsAre rents trending up or downIs it cheaper to rent or own a home What is the median income in your marketWhat is the average occupancy What is average appreciation in your marketWhat are the laws that may apply to your rental investment in your area ie rent control, optional property tax increases.Once you know these thing you can get a good idea as to the supply and demand of rentals in you market and start to make educated assumptions about how yours will perform in the future.Next under writtingFirst understand real estate investment is primarily to things rolled into the same investment firstly an asset( the physical building and the land it sits on) and the business in the building (the tenent/s, cashflow, expenses, and managment.)Not all business make money, and not all investment are winners it's you job to make your business/investment make money.
Harikishore Kandula My first multifamily investment as LP
3 December 2019 | 5 replies
I had a ton of questions around reasonableness of revenue and expense assumption made and the strategy specific to this asset.
Mark Miller Fix n Flip loan questions
1 December 2019 | 1 reply
I have made the assumption that it is better to over estimate rehab costs, than to under estimate them, despite paying interest on them. 
Bud Gaffney Would you do this deal?
3 April 2021 | 51 replies
Some of my best deals are owner financed deals.To answer your question...without any other information, I will have to make some assumptions.