Hey BP! After all expenses are subtracted, what's it the minimum cash flow you shoot for on a single family home?

My short-term goal is to have a minimum of 48 properties in 3 years @ $200 per month = $9,600 per month passive income. My ultimate goal is 100 properties @$200 = $20,000 per month of passive income.

$1500 - $2500....but when I wake up and come to reality, $150 and up.

I think some of you are over thinking this. We know cash flow can vary. We know there are unexpected expenses. We know you have to take into account multiple factors but it's basic, if a person is making $400 a month after everything is paid then that's it. That's what most people want to know. We know a lot goes into it but if one property is making $200, another is making $400, and another making $1000, currently thier cashflow is $1600.

@Michael Baradell About $150-$200/month after everything...and I mean EVERYTHING Vacancy, Insurance, Management, Taxes, Maintenance &Cap Ex, and principal and interest. Most single families don’t meet that criteria!

$500, if I can't hit my target I don't buy.

@Michael Baradell Here are real examples of last deals. 1. Bought two four plexes near a Western Oregon Campus. $315K price for 4 2 bed/2 bath units one block from campus. $60k down at 4.75% owner carry. Put $100k cash to rehab, took rents from $600 to $1100 per unit. 2. Bought 4 plex in Albany, Or. owner carry, $260k price with $30k down and $81k cash to rehab. Two vacancies when I bought and other two units were $625 each. Now I average over $4000 in rents with all 4. 3. Bought 5 plex for $371k with 20% down and commercial loan at 4.25% first three years, and 10 year balloon payment. Put $30k to rehab and doubled those rents, and gave tenants the garbage bills. 4. Bought 8 plex in Forest Grove for $642k, with 20% down with commercial loan at 4.75% we rehabbed all the units and went from $3000 ish rents to $8500 ! Its near Pacific University My son manages the 8 plex as he lives in Beaverton, Or and I manage the 3 four plexes and the one 5 plex. I do NOT use any software, and many will not believe me but I have next to ZERO vacancies! I do one year leases near college campuses and advertise, screen and then show months prior to any vacancy. Is it easy? Not at all, and I am busy this time of year, but I run this better than any property manager would ever dream of. Retirement is the goal! @Mark Cruse I agree with your cash flow assessment.

@Michael Baradell roughly $400-500 per door. I know this is hard, but I seek off market MLS deals that need lots of rehab and tenant turn rounds. I now manage 29 doors, but had to rehab every single unit. I buy and hold 4 plexes, and also have a 5 and 8 plex. I also manage these myself with a full time job. I am tired a lot ! Lol

@Michael Baradell With 20% down, 30-year fixed interest rate mortgage, completely turnkey (rehab completed where the seller fully extracts the value-add), subtracting PITI, 8% vacancy, 10% PM, 5% maintenance, 5% cap-ex, absolute minimum would be $100/door, ideally getting $150/door or more. My worst is probably $120/month and best about $200/month after all the above. I could say it’s rent - PITI like many do, but that’s not a true number. I do zero work, zero rehab, zero dealings w tenants, etc. Completely passive. While those numbers may seem weak to many who are able/willing to do the rehab/value-add and/or tenant dealings themselves, I do none of that. For a completely rehabbed home that’s completely passive, I’m okay with it.

@Michael Baradell in general, $100/min for every 10K after all expenses.

That's very aggressive in that timeframe. How many do you have now?

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