I have a colleague looking to interview agents in various cities who focus on or do multiple rentals a year for an article she's publishing. No more than 5-10 min of your time needed.

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Fixing things that break aka maintenance and also replacing things that are at end of life like a roof replacement also called cap ex (capital expenditures).

Know a lot of experienced investors also have rules of thumb they have developed (like $250/door for cap ex per year) or other round figures to help quickly underwrite.

Our goal now is to look at non-monster house 5+ units that we can raise revenue/decrease expenses and take advantage of cap rate when we refinance.

I am interested in buying a commercial property (office, retail) and was wondering at what point I receive information on income and expenses such as rent roll, leases, maintenance cost to calculate NOI and cap rates.

I didn't include Cap Ex, Vacancy allowance, or management fees so I've had a lesser return because of that. 2.

I looked into buying a cash-flowing multi in places like Lowell, Worcester and Brockton, places where you can get a solid cap rate and I think are ripe for organic rent growth and appreciation (though markets like Worcester have gone up quite a bit recently).Places in Boston hold value and tend to appreciate, and the rental market is great.

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