I got a call yesterday from a tenant of five years to give 30 days notice. They are buying a home, which is how I typically lose tenants. The tenant has been pretty hands off over the years. They came to me a couple y...

When using the 50% rule, does that include vacancy and capital expenditures? Also what is a good way to accurately calculate expenses on a small multi-family. If it's managed by a company, will they have most of that ...

In just poking around, I ran across this website and thought it might be useful for others. http://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/  I have recently moved and I am still discovering the statistics of my area. Some screen...

Do they they differ based on the age of the rental?  The area?  Or should they always be the same.  

I have noticed over the last 3 months that the two markets I invest in have extremely low vacancies lately. I started investing 3 years ago and at that time vacancies were much higher than they are now and there were ...

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I'm new at investing as of this year and need some advice on how to track vacancy expenses. I'd like to look back on my first year and see what I spent on turnovers & vacancies....but so much goes into ...

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I'm interested to learn what most investors do with the portion of rental income commonly set aside for cap ex, repair, and vacancy costs.

Does it go straight to the bank? Invested in CD's or a ...

Looking to purchase a long distance rental in a lower market and I will be looking to pay cash for the unit.  One question when running the numbers is should I expense a vacancy percentage?  Taxes and insurance will a...

In Boerne, San Antonio, Texas is it safe to say cap rate is 6% and vacancy rate is 7.6%? 

I am looking at a SFH in Lawrence and was surprised to find that Neighborhood Scout estimates the vacancy rate there at 14% - about the same that it gave me for Butler-Tarkington (12 - 14%).  Do those numbers sound ri...