People with 5+ houses how do you save for expenses and repairs?

People with 5+ houses how do you save for expenses and repairs?

Member since 2019 · 5 posts · 4 votes

I Ill have 6 houses by the end of this summer which range from triplexes to quads. Overall ill have roughly 20 units. Im curious how people in my situation save for expenses. I used to save per house and just keep it in my bank account but at this point im thinking about just keeping a lump sum x amount and if it goes down I just replenish it to a certain point. 

With my monthly rent at this point I could pay for a roof or something else if it goes wrong one month. Obviously if I had a ton of huge stuff hit me at once I would have to do it over a few months, but im thinking it might be a waste to continue saving instead of just buying more properties. Curious to see what others here do.

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  • John UnderwoodPro Member
    Investor · Greer, SC · Member since 2014 · 13k+ posts · 17k+ votes
    7y

    I have a similar number of units. I just keep 10k or more in my business account to take care of emergencies.

  • Member since 2019 · 5 posts · 4 votes
    7y

    @John Underwood are yours under one roof or split among multiple properties?

  • Investor · Las Vegas, NV · Member since 2013 · 8k+ posts · 10k+ votes
    7y

    Same here. I have 13 SFR. I keep roughly $10k in the bank. Enough to make all the payments for next month if the PM ran off with all the rent or I had a disaster. In almost 20 years I've never used more than 1/3rd of the collected rent for a month on all the repairs for all the properties.

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