San Francisco, CA · Member since 2015 · 21 posts · 12 votes
I'm looking at a 3/2 SFH 1,430 sqft in Fayetteville, Arkansas--in the western part of town out toward Farmington. My estimates are:
Purchase price: $130K, 20% down, mortgage of $466/mo. Gross rent of $1,200 with estimated vacancy of $120 (10%). Monthly operating expenses include: $120 property tax, $100 insurance, $120 property mgmt (10%), and $170 maintenance. Nets a monthly cash flow of just over $100, with cash on cash return of only 5%.
This would be my first deal. Am I missing anything in my expenses? Should I avoid such a low COC?
Deal looks pretty solid. I would wonder about neighborhood (you probably already have) and the availablity of renters (I would assume Fayetteville would have lots of college students).
Also, since you're at a distance and using a property management company, I would look at how they screen and their vacancy rate for the properties they manage. If they take a long time to put someone in the unit it could get expensive.