If your rental is drawing in the kinds of applicants that you are looking for, talk with your property manager to ensure that the asking monthly price is competitive and compares to
other similar properties in your area and that are relatively the same age.
Not exact matches
Whether you're eyeballing investment
properties in one of Zillow's hottest real estate markets or looking at
other areas with
similar attributes (income, rent and population growth, low unemployment, etc.), market appeal ultimately depends on your personal investing criteria, according to Beasley.
The biggest selling point of foreclosed homes is, of course, their marked - down price — often significantly lower from
other similar properties in the same
area (known as comparables, or comps,
in broker - speak).
The comps should compare
other properties in the
area that are
similar in age, lot size, condition, number of rooms, number of bedrooms and baths, garage, and basement.
Factors that are included
in a CMA would be the average price per square metre
in the
area, recent sale prices of
similar homes and comparative prices of
other properties that are still on the market.
For example, you can now impress them by addressing everyone at the listing presentation by name because you already know their names, and showing your knowledge of the seller's
property by saying, «I've researched
other homes
in this
area that also have three bedrooms and two baths with
similar upgrades to your home, and here's what I found...»
The gross rent multiplier is best used when compared to
other gross rent multipliers for
similar properties located
in the same trade
area.
Based on an acquisition price of $ 1,000,000, the resulting gross rent multiplier
in year 1 is 5.93 x. By itself this doesn't tell you all that much, but suppose you've been underwriting several
other office buildings for sale
in the same
area and you have determined that the average gross rent multiplier for these
similar properties is 5.00 x.
Now when working on deals you can load your GeoWarehouse report and MLS listings into Dropbox and when on the go use your real estate apps to pull up information about the
property's history, sales of
other similar homes
in the
area, neighbourhood demographics and more.
The amount is determined by how much renters are able and willing to pay
in your
area, and the best indicator is what
other landlords are charging their tenants for
similar properties.