What is Income Property?

Simply, Income property is purchased for the purpose of generating income by renting out units. You can have Commercial and/or Residential Tenants or both. The income you generate will be determined by how well you manage your expenses. If your expenses get out of hand, it will cut into your profit margin.

Residential: you can rent out basement apartments, single family dwellings, two family or even condo units.

Commercial: you can lease apartments in Apartment Buildings or Retail, Office or Industial space in Commercial Buildings

Rental Units 

• When you have income property, you can generate more income if you have more units. If you have a four-unit apartment and each unit is rented for $500 per month, your income is $2,000. The expenses you incur will be subtracted from the income. If your apartment building is financed and there are monthly payments of $650, the net income is $1,350. When you pay off the loan your income increases even more.

Expenses

• If you own income property, you probably have a number of expenses that you incur monthly. Through the normal wear and tear of the units you could incur some expenses such as a broken window, carpet replacement, utilities, screen replacement, plumbing repair and pesticide spraying. All of your expenses should be deducted from your net income to show your true profit.

Vacant Unit

• When one of your tenants moves out, the amount of profit you receive will be reduced until a new tenant is found for the unit. Sometimes there are advertising expenses to locate new tenants. Each month your unit is vacant represents lost income. Units are sometimes vacant for several months. Landlords are in competition with other landlords for tenants. Income property should be as appealing as possible to quickly attract new tenants.

Renovations

• Every so often a building or a home will need major renovations to bring it up to code. Remodeling can cost thousands of dollars to complete. If the owner needs financing, the loan payment cuts even further into the profit margin. Not only are renovations costly, but they are time-consuming as well.

Rental Charge

• Once you have income property it is very important to calculate your rental charge per unit correctly. If the rent you receive is not enough you won't be able to cover your day to day expenses and it will be difficult to make a profit. Owners have to take assessment of all charges they expect to incur and price the unit accordingly. On the other hand, if units are overpriced, it will be difficult to attract a sufficient number of tenants willing to lease your property.

Eviction

• There are always one or two delinquent tenants. When a tenant falls past due three or four months, the owner is not receiving income for those units. Sometimes eviction proceedings are needed to have the tenants removed, which takes time and additional expenses. You may have to make a court appearance or contact the sheriff to expedite the process.

Residential/Commercial

• Rental income can come from residential property or commercial property. If the property is commercial you are probably renting to a variety of business owners who pay you rent on a monthly basis. 

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