Is this a good deal?

General Real Estate Investing
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Could someone please critique this possible deal for me? I’m new to this so if it looks like a bad deal - let me have it.
I’m looking at a 4-plex with an asking price of 171k. I would like to give no more than 163k for it with 10% down. So here is what it looks like:

Rent 4x450 - $1800
Mortgage- $977
Taxes & ins.- $145
Vacancy@5% - $90
Repairs/Maint. - $150 (guess??)
Misc. @ 5% - $90
Utilities paid by tenants

Thanks for any advice,
tajer3

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  1. You say you are new, and don’t have management fees built into your figures. I’m not saying you couldn’t handle the management of a 4-plex, but it’s usually something better left to experts (at least in the beginning), IMHO.

  2. Can you only put down 10%? I know some places treat a 4-plex as commerical and require at least 20% down, but I don’t know your specific situation.

  3. Is there any deferred maintenance issues?

  4. How are the tenants? IOW, have they been there a while, or relatively new? If new (or maybe just for your own sake), you may bump the vacancy factor to a month or more (8.33%).

  5. I usually budget 3-5% of gross rent for monthly maintenance reserves, depending on the age of the property, andother issues.

  6. Do you know if your jursidiction requires a rental tax? Or is that in your overall tax/ins figure?

  7. Double check the insurance and taxes to be sure. In my area, property taxes (~2.5%) and insurance tend to really eat at the bottom line.

Other stuff looks good, although, for “misc”, I usually only put 1-2%.