Patrick Philip
Is the 50% rule before or after mortgage?
The 50% rule of commercial real estate. You should keep 50% of your revenue as earnings. Is this before or after the mortgage?
Pradeep Tiwari
Is 50 percent rule applies to all properties?
hi, Being a newbie I've question about this rule.does it applies to all type of properties say new properties might not need that much money for maintenance. Or say a condo HOA might cover some cost ? could you please...
Ezekiel Tolentino
50 rule vs 5-10% expense itemized expense
So I’m using the bigger pocket calculator. When I put my expense in such as 5% repair, 5% cap ex, 5%vacancy I get a positive cash flow but on the 50% rule I get negative cash flow. I’m not sure which one to follow. Am...
Brandon Lancaster
Monthly cash flow vs. 50% rule cash flow
When I run the numbers on a multi -family through the rental property calculator It spits out a monthly cash flow number that is 4× greater then the "50% rule cash flow" estimator. I'm ok with the first number, but t...
Ryan Pyle
50% rule is alive and kicking for me
I just finished my 2013 numbers and am once again amazed at the validity of the 50% rule. Here are my numbers for the past several years. The number of units is the average units held throughout the year. To be cle...
Mike S
How to use expense side of 50% rule
Just getting started and I'm trying to figure out how to run the finances and accounting for rentals that I plan to buy.
Do you run the expense portion as a total fund or more like a line item budget? Take maintenanc...
Ken Williams
Cashout refi to leverage investmnets and 50% rule??
I am debating on cashing out some equity to buy more properties or sell to leverage up. I would like to keep all of the properties and leverage as much as I can with refinancing but do not know what it would do to the...
Kris Benson
Does the 50% Rule Apply for New Construction?
BP Team,
We are doing the underwriting on a development project where we hope to build 2 new 8 unit buildings with Class A apartment housing.
My question is what has your experience is with the "50% Rul...
Elliot Mendoza
50% Rule on a quadplex with 20% down.
So I've been reading the boards for a while, I am currently deployed and I refined an excel spreadsheet I had worked up before I left the states.
As of right now these are the numbers I'm looking at, and I -THINK- I ...
James H.
50 percent rule for new construction to rent?
I am contemplating the viability of building a garage apartment for rent. It would be about 600 SF, in a nice neighborhood and within walking distance to the local (very large) university. The tenant base would eit...