doing a CMA on multi families,how to value more/fewer units

doing a CMA on multi families,how to value more/fewer units

Rental Property Investor · Southern NH · Member since 2019 · 8 posts · 0 votes

I'm a beginner doing a CMA for a Multifamily.

1. How do you value the difference in the number of units between properties?  Do you use the rent generated by a unit?  

2. Also, what is the value of a 1 car garage, a 2 car garage and off street parking

Thank  you,

Howard Bonenberger

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Investor · North Richland Hills, TX · Member since 2013 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
7y

Are you asking about 2-4 units or 5+?

The former are valued on comparable sales, just like single family homes. 

The later are valued on NOI and cap rate.

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  • Investor · North Richland Hills, TX · Member since 2013 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    7y

    Are you asking about 2-4 units or 5+?

    The former are valued on comparable sales, just like single family homes. 

    The later are valued on NOI and cap rate.

  • Rental Property Investor · Southern NH · Member since 2019 · 8 posts · 0 votes
    7y

    Nick B.,               

                                 Subject             C-1                     C-2            

    Year built             1800              1900                    1807

    S.F.                         3558             3843                     3589

    Units

      2 BR                       2                   1                           2  

      3 BR                       2                   2                           3

    Parking        gar 1 +off st.      gar 2+off st.          gar 2 +off st.

    Asking $         165K                    124,900                159,900

    Closed $           ???                     100,000                 145,000

                                                        12/16/18                8/30/18

    All are in similar condition with tenants in place, fully rented.  With a 4 or fewer unit property how do you adjust for unrented units?

    Thank you,

    Howard

  • Rental Property Investor · Southern NH · Member since 2019 · 8 posts · 0 votes
    7y

    Nick,

    These are the only comps, none with exactly 4 units.

    Howard

  • Investor · North Richland Hills, TX · Member since 2013 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    7y

    I would do per unit valuation based on comps and then used income method (NOI/cap rate).

    Depending on whether I am buying or selling, I would choose the lower or the higher of the two :-)

  • Rental Property Investor · Southern NH · Member since 2019 · 8 posts · 0 votes
    7y

    Hi,

    Please explain a little more.  Do I have this right:

    1. comps say a comp 3 unit is worth 210,000.  Are you saying then the per unit value is 70,000 so a 4 unit subject would be worth 280,000?

    2. On the income method, do I use the pro-forma cap or the purchase cap rate?  For an analysis that gave me 

         a value of 2230 (averged the 2 diff cap rates).  now what do I do with that number?

    Thank you,

    Howard

  • Investor · North Richland Hills, TX · Member since 2013 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    7y

    On #1, yes, that's correct. 

    On #2, what is 2230 and how did you come up with it? You should use market cap rate increased by at least .1% for each year of holding. 

  • Rental Property Investor · Southern NH · Member since 2019 · 8 posts · 0 votes
    7y

     The analysis gave 2 cap rates: a pro-forma cap rate of 2280 and a purchase cap rate of 2180.  Not sure what the real-life difference is between them, what they really mean and how it is applicable.  I averaged the 2 for the discussion. 

  • Investor · North Richland Hills, TX · Member since 2013 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    7y

    Cap rate is a rate of return on an all-cash purchase (no debt). It is calculated as NOI divided by price and expressed as percentage. E.g., if NOI is $50K and the price is $500K, the cap rate is 10%.

    What do 2280 and 2180 represent?

  • Rental Property Investor · Southern NH · Member since 2019 · 8 posts · 0 votes
    7y

    This is from the rental analysis tool.

    $3,050.00MONTHLY INCOME

    $2,333.23MONTHLY EXPENSES

    $716.77MONTHLY CASHFLOW

    8.26%PRO FORMA CAP

    $18,836.00NOI

    $73,587.50TOTAL CASH NEEDED

    11.69%CASH ON CASH ROI

    8.64%PURCHASE CAP RATE

    ExpensesIncome50% Rule
  • Investor · North Richland Hills, TX · Member since 2013 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    7y

    So, you have two cap rates produced by the tool: 8.26% and 8.64%

    It is not clear what NOI and price they are based on but regardless of that, both numbers are irrelevant for valuation purpose. What you you need is a market cap rate for this property class and location. It is the cap rate derived from the sales of multiple properties over relatively short period of time. This would be somewhat similar concept to price per sqft in the SFH world.

    MF brokers can supply that number but let's say it is 8%, for example.

    In that case, your current value is $235,450 ($18,836 NOI / 8% cap rate).

    Your future value is based on a future NOI (however you plan to grow it) and future cap rate. If you plan to sell in 5 years, the future cap rate should be set at least 8.5% (current 8% + .1% for each year). On a 10-years hold, the future cap rate should be assumed at 9%. These are all assumptions as nobody knows what future cap rates may be.

  • Rental Property Investor · Southern NH · Member since 2019 · 8 posts · 0 votes
    7y

    Thank you for the explanation as I had seen posts that cap rate is irrelevant except for commercial properties.  Unfortunatley there were only 2 MF sales in past 6 mos (small, rural town).  Those had pointed me toward offering 130ish whereas seller wants 165.  

    Much appreciated!

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