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What % do you use as your "rule of thumb" for estimating annual operating expenses when evaluating an income property? Here in Tucson, AZ, most properties that I manage for clients are running between 20-28% expe...

All - I have been working on a business plan for investing in 5-20 unit apartment complex. I am doing this partly for to map out a plan, but mostly as an education process. At some point I would like to have it revi...

I received so much support and information from the BiggerPockets community since I started investing I wanted to post something in return.When I was starting out I searched everywhere for sample expense reports to ed...

Hi All,I am interested in a property, the current owner is deceased. He bought a lot of places through tax sales and didn't clean up titles on some of them.  What is the most you've ever seen to clean up a messy title...

I am looking into a property that I found in Columbus. I am trying to determine what the approximate average expense per unit per year for a class C type property would be and compare it to what the seller is telling ...

Hi everyone,Quick question. I have a duplex with one furnace and one water heater. I don't charge my tenants for heat or water and during the winter months it really starts to add up. Do you pay for gas and water at y...

Why do you account for expenses so high. Like with the 50% rule. 50% of rent will be spent on expenses. For instance, if I know every thing has at least 3 years left on its life and I handle property management and ev...

We are in Hawaii and have done several transactions buying/selling WITH realtors. I am familiar with the Oahu market having grown up here and checking new listing and research daily for several years now. I am far fro...

Hey Everybody! I'm stuck in a situation and I wanted to get you guys' advice.My girlfriend and  I would love to get started house hacking with a duplex. The issue is that when we run our numbers as if the other unit i...

I am facing a dilemma and I'm sure others are facing this issue too. The issue is multi families are getting very expensive because vacancies are so low and the market is red hot for multi family properties.I want to ...