I would like help estimating expenses, I plan to self-manage a multi-family unit and set aside 20% of my profits for vacancies, repairs, maintenance etc.

@Mike BianchiIt won’t let me put the chart up so I’ll try to word it out Rough estimates Purchase 1,300,000Down payment 30% Mortgage $5,838 Income Lot rent - 23 units X $400 = 9,2002bed 2 bath 18 units X $375 = $6,7503bed 2 bath 5 units X $450 = $2,250Vacancy 12% = $2,184 Expenses Insurance $670 Utilities $ 1,121Administration $ 170Managment 10% = $1,602Repairs 13% = $2,100 , $1,000 per unit per year Reserves $500 Taxes $565Other $860 Cash flow - roughly $2,700 Trash is part of the taxes County water Private Septic

He won't give a bid on the entire project... he just gives me a "not to exceed" bid for labor only (although he always exceeds it by quite a bit) and leaves the material estimating and purchasing up to me.

Does anyone have a material price estimate sheet for items like flooring, paint interior/exterior, and basic wood siding etc. or have a suggestions as to where I can find one? 

, and I would "estimate" things that I didn't know that also weren't relevant to the application, weren't going to have to be documented, and that didn't matter.

If your estimate is that you would need 20 days per month occupancy to make the Airbnb do well, I'd avoid that.

Then I always get at least 3 estimates for the exact same scope of work. 

Hello Everyone,I’m reviewing a deal, 24 units with Low occupancy (50%) and i’m having trouble to estimate what I should offer.

I would estimate I could increase profit by a couple hundred dollars a month.I am reading BRRR, so another option would be to refinance and take the cash for a down payment and try to find another rental.

I often see people using a percentage of the gross rents as an estimate for repairs & maintenance.