One-time Expenses$1000 - Acquisition Costs (minor rehab, legal, & inspection)Annualized Expenses10% Gross Annual Rent - Vacancy Costs (turnover & lost rent)10% Gross Annual Rent - Property Mgmt (standard)$1176 - Repairs & CapEx ($1 per sq foot for tpical property)$1516.46 - Property Taxes (5 year historical average for typical property + 10%)$1000 - Property Insurance (a nice round number: seller reported that he paid $708/mo for one duplex)$27 - Water & Sewer (average across several properties from last month)$0 - Gas, Electric, HOA, Snow Removal (tenant pays or not applicable)$60 - Lawn Care (I made this number up)COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS:This is my analysis of the five properties that are being negotiated right now, listed from best to worst.Property Alpha (two-flat)$1250 - Income, Monthly (actual)$567.37 - Expenses, Monthly (estimated)$42,000 - Price, Signed Contract36% - Cap Rate (Annualized Income / Price)16.6% - ROI, After Tax (annually, assuming 15% income tax)6.0 Yrs - Until this property pays itself offProperty Bravo (two-flat)$1100 - Income, Monthly (actual)$537.37 - Expenses, Monthly (estimated)$42,500 - Price, Signed Contract31% - Cap Rate (Annualized Income / Price)13.1% - ROI, After Tax (annually, assuming 15% income tax)7.6 Yrs - Until this property pays itself offProperty Charlie (duplex)$1075 - Income, Monthly (actual)$532.37 - Expenses, Monthly (estimated)$55,000 - Price, Informal Discussion23% - Cap Rate (Annualized Income / Price)10.7% - ROI, After Tax (annually, assuming 15% income tax)10.3 Yrs - Until this property pays itself offProperty Delta (SFR)$875 - Income, Monthly (actual)$492.37 - Expenses, Monthly (estimated)$48,000 - Price, Informal Discussion22% - Cap Rate (Annualized Income / Price)8.8% - ROI, After Tax (annually, assuming 15% income tax)13.6 Yrs - Until this property pays itself offProperty Echo (SFR)$770 - Income, Monthly (actual)$471.37 - Expenses, Monthly (estimated)$62,500 - Price, Informal Discussion15% - Cap Rate (Annualized Income / Price)4.1% - ROI, After Tax (annually, assuming 15% income tax)24.4 Yrs - Until this property pays itself offNotice how the price keeps going up?

The rehab was funded by my dad, and he has also paid off unpaid property taxes, a pending lawsuit (lis pendens) and is paying the holding costs.

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@Troy Luster , does the current landlord have pre-occupancy walk through documentation?

She is pre-qualified, and also has cash.She has been a landlord many times, and knows the area is very rough.

If you need 100% of the rents, most guidelines won't let us use the full income on new properties until you have a 1yr lease signed and they have paid their first months rent to you.Last resort, any family or business partners that will co-sign for you?

Actually, if you factor in the ARV it's like we got paid to make more money.

The best is to prepare for the worst, talk to a lender now pre=quality for a refinance ,make sure of your numbers when buying the asset 

Unless the property has phenomenal positive cash flow I would pass on any property that does not already have total seperate tenant paid utilities.

We are a marketing company that has both pre-auction properties (and I can tell you the Indicative Bid) or REO's.