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What do you actually do between “this deal looks good” and making an offer?
I’ve been trying to get a better grasp on how investors move from doing a quick deal analysis to actually feeling confident enough to take the plunge. From what I've seen in past discussions, crunching the numbers seems to be the easy part. The tough part is figuring out if the assumptions behind those numbers are legit. For those of you who regularly dive into rental property analysis, I'd love to know what your process looks like once a property makes it past your initial screening. 1.
What part of analyzing a rental deal still takes the most work?
I’ve been diving into how people go from crunching the numbers on a rental property to feeling comfortable enough to make a deal. What I've noticed is that getting those initial numbers is just the tip of the iceberg. There's still a lot to double-check before you know if your assumptions hold up. For those who frequently analyze rental properties, what part of that process takes the most time or effort for you? I’m curious about a few things: 1.
What do you double check before trusting the numbers on a rental deal?
I've been learning more about how people analyze rental deals, and I'm curious what you guys do after you've run the numbers. Whether you use a spreadsheet, the BiggerPockets calculator, DealCheck, or something else, what numbers do you usually double-check before you feel comfortable with a deal? Rents, taxes, insurance, repairs, financing, comps, or something else? And how do you usually verify them?
How are you underwriting rental deals right now?
I've been spending more time looking at how rental deals pencil in the current market, especially with insurance, taxes, and financing costs moving around. When I review a deal, I usually start with a few basic questions: - Are the rent comps actually supported by recent listings, or are they optimistic? - What happens if taxes or insurance come in higher than expected? - Am I using realistic vacancy, repairs, CapEx, and management assumptions?
Obit> Ada Louise Huxtable, 1921-2013
I first met Ada Louise Huxtable snickering gently over the latest irony. It was around 1994 at an event at the Museum of Modern Art. She was being rounded up with Paul Goldberger and Herbert Muschamp for an Augustinian age portrait snap of New York Times architecture critics. She was flattered but amused: in her opinion, the paper had done everything to get her off architecture criticism where her frank appraisals of developer greed were causing problems up the line.
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