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How many properties can you afford if each one will cost you $ 400 a month? The answer for most of us is NO! So how do you know if you should buy the house with two units cute? Many books get rich quick scheme that Robert Allen multiple streams of income or Russ Whitney is no money during the real estate are quick to focus on monthly cash flow. They preach that you should buy properties where the rent is high enough to cover mortgage costs and profits. We do not disagree, but we look back on our investment objectives before we exclude those who do not have good liquidity.

When we moved to Toronto for almost five years ago we bought a small apartment in North York. Rents were higher than the cost of a mortgage, and we thought we should stay there for some time, and rent. Once done, but when I rented, we found that it cost us almost $ 400 a month because we did not bring in enough rent to cover maintenance costs. But do not sell it for some time, because he was still working on objectives.

The basic rule is that you need a GRM of 10 or less decent cash. This is based on the assumption that operating costs are less than 40% of their monthly income. Operating expenses include property manager, taxes, insurance, maintenance and repairs. It also assumes that financing costs do not exceed 60% of their monthly income. Just to give you an idea of ??costs, our average of about 37% of the properties of our rental income each month for operating expenses. Once you narrow the list of potential investment properties, please contact the realtor and get a list of income and expense sheet for the property or request actual income to determine the true costs and potential rent each property . Now you will be better informed if you keep looking at this hotel on a cash basis and must leave.