I put cap ex at 1000 per door a year ball parking it so 160 a month I am not including the studio in these evaluations because I will live theremaitnance as 85 a monthvacancy of 160 a monthSo over all looks like this so far.40k downprice 158500rents 1700 monthtax and insurance 560monthcap ex 170 monthmaitnance 85 monthvacancy 160 monthall together 975 a monthsubtract that from both units rentAnd there is 725 left over enough to cover the principle and interest and leave like 100 bucks left over for my utility's and such.current owner says the coin laundry downstairs covers the water and tenants take care of there electric and suchNow just 100 left over isn't much only 1200 a year not a very good return on 40k but when I move out and instal a fire escape in the studio as I live there I can rent that for another 550. after I adjusted the numbers for the studio this deal looks really good because I am able to keep pretty much everything the studio would produce.I'd get like 6k a year and get a 25 percent cash on cash which sounds as delicious as it can get.It is in a working c class class area. on the worse side of it. that's were most of the duplexes in the area are to be honest.

Non of the move-in ready ones are going to be killer deals, but you can cover your mortgage with rents, put some away for expenses, and build equity while you live free, but I wouldn't go in expecting too much cash flow. 

I have a property that we may buy "subject to" existing mortgage.

-You're going to need 20% down plus enough to cover 6 months payments for any investment loans you might get.

Base rent should be used against the note and all other expenses should be covered by the tenant in NNN leases.

I obtained quotes for "builder's risk" coverage to cover the property while it is vacant and under rennovation.  

Just know many hard money lenders do require you to have some money to put down and they cover the rest.

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Put your tenants in motel if insurance covers it.

In Oakland, if an owner moves into a property, and that property is 3 units or fewer, then after 2 years of the owner living in one of the units, the property is no longer subject to rent control and all rents can be adjusted to market rate.