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Edward Agadjanian Is this newbie using the rental property calculator wrong?
2 May 2020 | 11 replies
The only thing I can see is you’ve got 20% for capex, management, maintenance and vacancy all together, that might be a little high if it’s a newer SFR.
Kenneth Garrett Are You Nervous About Collecting Rent This Month
1 May 2020 | 14 replies
Not vacancy- But "no rent."
Nick Church Do I need cooling unit?
2 May 2020 | 10 replies
Or just decrease vacancy
Richard Wilson I feel like now is the time ... but am I ready?
7 May 2020 | 17 replies
Even with a 30-year amortization.I prefer 8% Vacancy when underwriting MFR.
Ryan Alexander Just put an offer in: how do my number look?
1 May 2020 | 6 replies
Definitely need some CapEx in there. 7% vacancy is assuming only two months of lost or missed payments.
Aimee Lawrence How has the pandemic changing how you select tenants?
25 May 2020 | 25 replies
Secondly, we have weighted Sec 8 or tenants on disability, SSI or other guaranteed income heavier than previously.Lastly, I have allowed vacancies to go unfilled despite demand from tenants I would have previously accepted.  
Douglas Brown Burglary at tenant turnover
8 May 2020 | 29 replies
When occupied have my agents quote occupied policies as well as a quote from Foremost making sure when a vacancy occurs coverage is available.3.
Brian Van Pelt May 2020 Who has received all or most of their rent this month ?
1 May 2020 | 4 replies
Could have a short vacancy as we are not showing units in person to people until the unit is empty.
Paul D. Besides the calculator how is everyone analyzing their numbers?
4 May 2020 | 28 replies
I'm shopping in Long Island NY and it seems impossible to buy using the 1% rule in this market.I've done some more detailed analysis of deals and it seems like 0.8 might be appropriate here; mMy analysis works like this:Run comps for rent and determine market rentCalculate 85% of market rent and I have my "effective rent" (deduct 5% each for vacancy, management, and CapEx)Calculate PITI (principal, interest, taxes, and insurance)If effective rent > PITI; property cash flows?
Kumar Gaurav Tenant vacating should I find another tenant?
1 May 2020 | 2 replies
I don't know the details of the CARES act as I'm not in the US, but generally speaking vacancies are where you loose a lot of money.