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What kind of cash flow, you go with?

One of the most misunderstood and terminologies in general in the real estate sector is cash flow. Each person and every company cash flow needed to survive. The question is: What kind of cash flow, we talk about ask?

When I started to invest in real estate, I remember this scene as a perfect example of how a beginner can misunderstand the principles of cash flow and later landed in deep problems a few months. This is the story:

We received a call from a friend just in real estate business. He called the numbers of us being implemented to ensure that the deal was as good as it looked on paper. He was buying a condo pre-sales and cash flow was a thousand dollars a month. We leave supply rave about his emotional fervor of ventilation. That was the number one red flag. Emotions never make a deal-only basis. I wanted to do a lot money. Or so he thought … until it began to make some clarification.

What kind of cash flow is the thousand dollars? Is it gross income, effective gross, net or NOI? Gross income is the rent. Gross effective rent plus other income such as laundry and parking, and less allowance vacancy. NOI, an acronym for Operating Net Income is gross rent less operating expenses. Net cash flow is NOI less debt. The debt is the mortgage payment. Net cash flow is the final result and for me, this should be a positive cash flow.

What is cash flow positive? This is the continuous flow spending cash and debt service beyond the deposits into your account every month like a paycheck. positive cash flow means freedom.

Less than five minutes later, we quickly realized that our friend had neglected strata fees Deducting property taxes, utilities, repairs and maintenance, a factor in the allocation of vacancies, and – most importantly – their mortgage payments.

From a revenue perspective passive operation was a money drain. Would be subsidized housing near $ 500 per month. This comes to $ 6,000 fees a year later. There was the strength of property to cancel one year later.

Cash flow is closely related expenses. Both cash flow and expenses for and proposed management strategies. Some provinces have rent caps. Alberta has covers rentals, which makes it an attractive place to buy an investment property. Even so, the market determines the amount of rent. In a market rent uptrending always administered by

What are two types of costs: costs operating and capital. These are some of the fixed operating costs associated with the characteristics:

• Property taxes
• Property insurance
• Property Management
• Utilities: Water and Wastewater
• Connections: Power and Oil and Gas
• Repairs and maintenance
• Maintenance service contracts
• Refuse collection
• Support vacancy
• Advertising
• Bank charges
• Contingency allowance

A mortgage is not an operating expense. It is a debt.

These are some of the capital costs associated with the characteristics:

• Hot water tank
• Roof repair or replacement
• Device replacement
• Carpet replacement
• Electrical system upgrade
• Fire update code

Capital expenditures are capitalized. You can not deduct 100% of these costs at a time. This means that only a percentage of eligible capital costs can be deducted each year similar to the cost of deductions for capital limit for the deduction of cars.

The owners of apartment buildings have the option between the creation of an operating license or capital costs. How? Suite can repair and maintenance such as replacing carpet and painting as Expenditure is recorded. Replacing the carpet throughout the building and public areas of painting, or the whole building is a capital expense. These decisions are related made with our accountants and auditors.

One of the key calculations of the baseline of the investors their cash back-to-cash. This is measured by the net cash flow per year and divided by real investment. Although this is not a true reflection of the total return on investment, is a very powerful and compelling reason for investors to participate in their investment.

The next time the liquidity problems, have any questions for clarification to determine what Somehow the cash flow to do so.

About the Author

On The Beach Education Corporation was co-founded by July Ono a third generation
Vancouverite who is also a successful entrepreneur, real estate investor, educator, mentor and
millionaire. As the President of On The Beach Education Corporation, July is committed to sharing her passion and expertise for real estate
investing with others. Since 2004 she has been a keynote speaker and presenter at countless
events and has appeared on several radio programs and was recently profiled on the cover of Silke
Endress magazine, an international professional women’s magazine. She has reached thousands
of people through her monthly seminars, workshops and her monthly newsletter July News.

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May 26th, 2006 at 10:23 am

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