What costs do you evaluate to ensure that the property is profitable?

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Developer · St. Augustine, FL · Member since 2018 · 311 posts · 384 votes
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This is from the NE Florida market. For my own new constructions, the cost is pretty simple: Property tax, insurance premium, property management, then depend on how we marketed the property, if we marketed it as a premium property, we would take care of the lawn service and pest control. If we marketed it as a value property, then the tenant took care of lawn and pest control. New construction shouldn't have any maintenance at all. Other than that, the rest would be debt services depend on how we financed the deal. 

For older houses, we would plan for capital expenses and they can add up quickly so depend on the age of roof, major appliances and HVAC, water heater, etc. When were those items replaced? Do we need to upgrade electrical/plumbing? Without major capital expenses, we were budgeting about $150 per month per unit for routine maintenance services. 

Vacancy and turnover cost that should be 8% of gross rent and this in our market is average. We have always done better than the average with our properties and services. 

So far we have been good with using those expenses for our analysis. 

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  • Developer · St. Augustine, FL · Member since 2018 · 311 posts · 384 votes
    2y

    This is from the NE Florida market. For my own new constructions, the cost is pretty simple: Property tax, insurance premium, property management, then depend on how we marketed the property, if we marketed it as a premium property, we would take care of the lawn service and pest control. If we marketed it as a value property, then the tenant took care of lawn and pest control. New construction shouldn't have any maintenance at all. Other than that, the rest would be debt services depend on how we financed the deal. 

    For older houses, we would plan for capital expenses and they can add up quickly so depend on the age of roof, major appliances and HVAC, water heater, etc. When were those items replaced? Do we need to upgrade electrical/plumbing? Without major capital expenses, we were budgeting about $150 per month per unit for routine maintenance services. 

    Vacancy and turnover cost that should be 8% of gross rent and this in our market is average. We have always done better than the average with our properties and services. 

    So far we have been good with using those expenses for our analysis. 

  • Investor · Charleston, SC · Member since 2011 · 606 posts · 413 votes
    2y

    A big one that you did not mention is the insurance.  Insurance costs have gone up dramatically in many areas.  Also, when buying make sure the main systems like HVAC and roofs etc are in decent condition since is very costly to replace.  

  • Investor · Austin, TX · Member since 2021 · 9k+ posts · 5k+ votes
    2y

    For a rental you want to take into consideration vacancy, property manager fees, maintenance and mortgage. 

  • Investor · Member since 2019 · 110 posts · 51 votes
    2y
    Quote from @Randy Rodenhouse:

    A big one that you did not mention is the insurance.  Insurance costs have gone up dramatically in many areas.  Also, when buying make sure the main systems like HVAC and roofs etc are in decent condition since is very costly to replace.  

    very important too, thanks for mentioning it.

  • Investor · Member since 2019 · 110 posts · 51 votes
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    Quote from @Eliott Elias:

    For a rental you want to take into consideration vacancy, property manager fees, maintenance and mortgage. 


    Yes, thank you very much for the contribution
  • Investor · Member since 2019 · 110 posts · 51 votes
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    Quote from @Ke Nan Wang:

    This is from the NE Florida market. For my own new constructions, the cost is pretty simple: Property tax, insurance premium, property management, then depend on how we marketed the property, if we marketed it as a premium property, we would take care of the lawn service and pest control. If we marketed it as a value property, then the tenant took care of lawn and pest control. New construction shouldn't have any maintenance at all. Other than that, the rest would be debt services depend on how we financed the deal. 

    For older houses, we would plan for capital expenses and they can add up quickly so depend on the age of roof, major appliances and HVAC, water heater, etc. When were those items replaced? Do we need to upgrade electrical/plumbing? Without major capital expenses, we were budgeting about $150 per month per unit for routine maintenance services. 

    Vacancy and turnover cost that should be 8% of gross rent and this in our market is average. We have always done better than the average with our properties and services. 

    So far we have been good with using those expenses for our analysis. 


    Excellent expense analysis, I will take some things into account:)
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