I new and still trying to figure this out. How much captial do i need to make $2500 a month passively. Any suggestions will help.

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@Rahul Handa just by 1 that generates $2500/month

@Rahul Handa Your question is a bit vague in that you have not provided much information on your market or your circumstances. So, we will need to make some assumptions. Then you can follow the logic. If the assumptions are not accurate, then change them for your needs and re-run the logic. 1) Based upon deals you have analyzed for your market, how much do you anticipate make per door? If you assume 250/door, you need 10 properties. If you make 100/door, you need 25 properties. 2) Again based upon your market and your analyses of properties, how much does a property cost? For this example, we will assume a $60,000 property will cashflow $250/month. We will also assume you will get conventional loans with 20% down, closing costs are $5000, and flooring/paint cleanup is another $5000. So you will need $22,000 per property (12,000 down +5000 +5000). So for10 properties, you would need $220,000. However, your mortgage would only be for $48,000. Many lenders will charge $2000-3000 extra for loans less than $50,000. Further, you need to have cash reserves for property management, capex, etc. You have to figure this based upon your risk tolerance. Also note, you may not be able to get 10 conventional loans, so you may need to get business loans where 25-30% down is required. Anyway, this should get you started with figuring out how to put a strategy together. Good luck to you.

@Rahul Handa. I’d estimate 125 a door per month. So 2500 divided by 125 is 20 doors

Going to be hard to answer this without more information - but a general goal post to aim for (I believe Brandon Turner does) is $100-$200 per month after ALL expenses per door. So your example you'd need 12-25 doors How you get to this number and how much of your own capital is needed varies immensely person to person. Investing with other peoples money, self managing higher yield properties, BRRRR, various strategies can be used to get to that level

Hi Rahul This is one of those....... ‘how long is a piece of string’ questions..... Its dependent on the market you are buying into, entry point will vary significantly For example, If we were talking Detroit and you paid $35,000-40,000 for each SFH, renting at $800 gross, you will need capital injection of somewhere between $120,000-150,000 Now if we are talking Boston perhaps add another 0 to the capital??

Jason I know you make my $3000/month a door look like chump change. LOL

It all depends on what type of properties you buy and where. If you want it to truly be passive, you will need more as you will be paying a property manager to take care of everything.

I'm averaging a little over $200 a door after taking out all expenses. These are all 30 year financed properties with 20% down.

@Rahul Handa The more cash you put down, the lower your p/i, and the higher your cash flow. Put down 20% and you could cash flow 20-30% of rental income.

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