RK#453 Before You Buy an Apartment Building, Check These 7 Numbers

Send us Fan Mail The speaker explains that before buying an apartment building they start with seven key numbers, not the purchase price, because deal quality depends on the underlying metrics. They verify and normalize NOI from actual collections, vacancies, concessions, expenses, taxes, insurance, repairs, and management fees, noting that small NOI changes can shift value significantly at a given cap rate. They then evaluate the going-in cap rate in market context, DSCR (NOI vs. annual debt...