Jonathan Buelow
Rental increase strategy
What are ways you have seen landlords calculate rent raises?
I plan to raise rent by 2% yearly, and round to the nearest $25. After that, I will re-evaluate every 5 years based on local rent. I've asked for others op...
Landon Fillmore
Does increasing the NOI on my small-multifamily increase value?
I understand that a huge advantage of multifamily properties (meaning 5-unit and up, commercial apartments, etc.) is that as you increase the revenue and net operating income, you subsequently increase the property’s ...
Ryan Clark
Do you see rents increase with new minimum wage increasing.
I am in Illinois and our minimum wage is going to $15 over the next 5 years. Who has experienced this and can you share what you have seen with rent increases over time. I have looked around at some other states and ...
Mike Bargetto
Does anybody see rents increasing due to minimum wage increases?
California is seeing a 25% increase to minimum wage rates over a 2-year period. I am wondering if folks on the forum have considered what this may do to rents in the state. Service costs generally increase when such w...
Clarissa Holtz
Spokane house increases in equity AND cash flow increases, too
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $130,000
Cash invested: $30,000
We bought the house as a single-family dwelling, lived in it for 6 months. T...
John H.
Does cosigning on a loan increase ability to lend in future?
***I MEAN INCREASE ABILITY TO BORROW***
I am still in school but on a good scholarship program. The scholarship would be well enough to help pay for a very small house (80-100k). The banks like to see non scholarhi...
Jarrod B.
Increasing rent, do I increase Security Deposit and Last month to
Hey guys,I'm in the process of increasing my rent at one of my units and was wondering how you all handle the last month's rent held and the security deposit. Do you request and additional deposit as well? So if my ...
George Pauley
ROI increases as amount down increases? Where is my analysis flawed?
Hi gang,Been away for awhile. Retired about 3 years ago and have been living the dream on my passive real estate income. :)I recently sat down with a friend to help them analyze their first SFH rental investment. D...
Tom Dean
San Antonio cash flow potential increasing? Is the correction there increasing?
I've been keeping my eye on San Antonio a bit as it seems it's going through a correction and potential for cash flow may be increasing. It seems potentially possibly to get a property for 150k that can rent for $1500...
Cole Welch
Rent/Expense Increase Percentages
When using the BP calculators, how do you decide on your Annual Income Growth % (rent) and Annual Expense Growth % inputs? Do you set them as the same % or different? I'm skeptical of steady rental increases for 30 ...