Eventually, you might hit that number, especially with a lot of units in an area with really low vacancies and you're a marketing guru who can keep your vacancy rate below 3% (almost no one is), but initially, I'd expect it to be quite a bit higher, so it'll take a while before things are in the black.I think the standard number is 10% for vacancies alone and 5% for maintenance if you do your own PM, and an extra 3% if you don't. 

From my understanding it comes from the NOI but I guess you could bring in extra in the beginning to speed up the process?

The extra monthly increase can go toward down payment savings. 

Hello, I am reaching out for advice with an extremely challenging tenant. This person has been our tenant for 3 years now. We inherited the tenant when we bought a 4-plex, this person has always been combative and thr...

It is possible to add the basement onto one of the other units to make the other unit have a den and extra bedrooms?  

There is nothing wrong with side hustles to get extra money but make sure you have verifiable income as well as banks will want to see this to get a loan.  

I am new too and we are in the same boat, trying to find that home that will bring some extra cash flow :)

I live with my grandfather expense free and I just received about 10k of extra money. 

If you’re in a good market, you could easily be making an extra six figures with your license, just helping people in your sphere with their transactions.

I am able to afford the extra payments and was primarily wanting to use this capital to scale my real estate portfolio via BRRRR.