What will your monthly expenses be for:Any utilities you have to payYour maintenance costsYour vacancy costsYour CAPEX costsYour property management costsAny other costs I may have missedWhat net return are you looking to make on this property?

After this person pays their debt service, taxes, insurance, sets money aside for CAPEX, vacancy, maintenance...will they make money?

I need to always trust but verify in everything I work with others on.BEFORE PHOTOS:SNIPPETS FROM MY CONTRACTOR QUOTES:POST-REHAB PHOTOS:ANALYSIS NUMBERS (ANNUAL):Down Payment: $23,700Closing Costs: $1,455.80Rehab Budget: $8,500TOTAL CASH INVESTED: $33,655Gross Income: $15,600Insurance: $811.32Property Taxes: $1254.50Vacancy @ 7.5%: $1,170CapEx/Repairs @ 5% total: $780Management Fee @ 10%: $1,560NET OPERATING INCOME: $10,024.18PURCHASE CAP RATE: 8.45%Debt Service: $6,638.76NET CASH FLOW: $3,385.42CASH ON CASH RETURN: 10.06%NET CASH FLOW (w/out mgmt fee): $4,945.42CASH ON CASH RETURN (w/out mgmt fee): 14.69%

Most accurate way is to inventory any capex/maintenance items you are responsible for as opposed to hoa, then calculate expected life and replacement costs.

I suggest you post there and sign up for the % deal and as soon as you start getting hits, switch to the annual fixed price.

we are in the Southern California área and thinking in putting either artificial turf or natural sod grass( the one is already grown) in the frontyard , it’s arpund 312 sf and estimates are like 440 dlls natural sod grass and 3400 dlls artificial turf with 0% financing options ( about 258 dlls monthly payments for a year)... some advise based on your experience(how about children’s, pets , maintenance, water bills, heat etc) and info you would know also... thanks blessings!!

I have searched up and down the forums but I am only finding topics that discuss reserve amounts for "PITI" and some other smaller maintenance items.

Annual Gross rents: $63,600; Annual Expenses (insur, utils, repairs/maint, city fees, management fees, prop tax): $17,483; 20% down pmt: $140k, mortgage: $560k, estimated pmt: $3650 (includes taxes, insur);  Based on this, the NOI = $46,117 - total exp of $17,483 - debt svc of $43,800 makes for a DSCR of 1.05.

How can I find an onsite property manager (or a married couple) who would live on site, do the leasing and manage the maintenance and unit turns? 

Steve Ferguson is another highly recommended but he doesn't have his own people to do maintenance and repairs so hes paying top market prices for that stuff and he charges half months rent for new tenants.