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November – December 2015 Rental Cash Flow

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100-PD2015 has been a great year in terms of rental cash flow.  It is the first year I have actually tracked rent increases, vacancy and next year’s potential increases.  I have always tracked income and expenses, but as I get close to retirement, I think it is a great exercise to track these other things.

I also signed a purchase agreement for another building.  I was not looking for another rental, and this one sort of came up.  It is a bit outside my normal purchases, and will add a few extra dollars to the bottom line.  Hopefully, in due time, it will be one of the greatest purchases I have ever made…  I will give a short briefing in this report, and save the rest for a more detailed post in the future.

Rental Cash Flow

The November/December cash in-flows were solid.  I did collect one late fee in November, from a long time tenant that typically pays on-time.  He has a girlfriend that he should just borrow the money from, and pay her the late fee, but instead I collected it.  December’s rents were all deposited by the 4th of the month.  All of them.

No Room at the Inn

I do not have any vacancies at this time.  I had a turn for the end of November, and had it filled on December 5th.  It was a couple that I approved, sight unseen, that were temporarily living in Canada.  They had great credit scores, college degrees, and good job prospects.  They actually moved without a job, but based on their degrees, and credit scores, they should be able to find word.

People with solid credit scores will go without food to pay the rent.  That is not the case of people with bad credit.

In the recent months, I had a turn on 10/01/2015, 11/15/2015 and 11/30/2015.  A nice time spread between turns, and hardly any vacancy between them.  And I added another $135 per month with the new rents.

My Rental Vacancy Statistics

In 2015, I had 11 new tenants out of 24 for a turnover rate of 46%.  My average tenant stay is now 26 months.  My vacancy rate was 1.83%, as I had ~160 unpaid rent days where I was vacant.  This would have been even less if I could have turned my West St Paul unit faster.

I took 120 days on my West St Paul turn, but 30 of that was paid by the deposit, so I only count 90 days vacant.  I also had to store some things for 28 days before I discarded them, as that is MN state law.  Another reason I only count 90 days on that turn.

Rents are up

I had to give up a $50 pet fee in November, as the tenants gave away their cats.  I suspect that the extra $50 a month for the pets was too much.  I did add another $25 for the addition of a dog in another unit, so it offsets the loss just a bit.

Overall, rents are up $1,080 a month over last year, and I have a bit of room to go in 2016.  I did not raise rents by more than $25 a month, and now they average $1,072.  Factor in my mortgage I paid off last year, and my own personal residence mortgage, and I am doing better by over $3,600 per month over the middle of 2014.  I did not track the rent increases for 2014, so it is higher than that.  I can certainly use that cash flow in retirement.

Date Prev Rent New Rent Difference 2015 Vacancy Days New Tenant?
01/01/15 $1,050 $1,050 $0 0 No
01/01/15 $1,045 $1,045 $0 0 No
01/01/15 $1,075 $1,075 $0 0 No
01/01/15 $1,050 $1,050 $0 0 No
01/01/15 $1,050 $1,050 $0 0 No
01/01/15 $1,100 $1,100 $0 0 No
01/01/15 $1,100 $1,100 $0 0 No
01/26/15 $1,210 $1,270 $60 21 Yes
01/26/15 $1,270 $1,295 $25 0 No
03/15/15 $1,050 $1,100 $50 0 Yes
03/15/15 $1,150 $1,100 ($50) 14 Yes
04/01/15 $925 $950 $25 Increase No
05/01/15 $1,025 $1,100 $75 0 Yes
05/16/15 $1,100 $1,150 $50 0 Yes
06/01/15 $1,075 $1,150 $75 0 Yes
06/01/15 $975 $1,000 $25 Increase No
06/01/15 $995 $1,020 $25 Added Pet Rent No
07/01/15 $1,000 $1,025 $25 Increase No
07/01/15 $925 $950 $25 Increase No
07/01/15 $950 $975 $25 Increase No
07/01/15 $1,020 $1,150 $130 15 Yes
08/01/15 $995 $1,025 $30 Increase No
08/01/15 $900 $1,100 $200 Increase No
09/01/15 $1,025 $1,050 $25 Added Pet Rent No
09/01/15 $895 $1,020 $125 90 Yes
10/01/15 $1,025 $1,125 $100 0 Yes
11/15/15 $1,095 $1,100 $5 15 Yes
12/01/15 $1,100 $1,050 ($50) Pets Removed No
12/05/15 $1,045 $1,125 $80 5 Yes
Total $25,000 $25,730 $1,080 160 11

New Rental Purchase

I did sign a purchase agreement this past week, and I will close around the 20th of December.  It is sort of a turnkey rental, and once I actually close I can give more details.  It is not the investment that I discussed in an earlier post, it is an entirely new concept for me.  It may be slightly more risky, but my risk is highly mitigated.  And my returns should be near 15% annually.

Rental Maintenance Items

It seems like I had a bunch of small hitter maintenance projects in the past few months.  Nothing too expensive, but I am not 100% sure I captured all of the items in my maintenance log.  I do not list all the items on the apartment turns, nor the expenses, but an apartment turn will probably run $500 or so depending on what I replace.  The latest one was a bit higher, as the tenants were not as good.  If I hired out everything, it would have likely been $1,500 or so.  The tenant was there just over 3 years.

In the latest apartment turn, the one I can still (somewhat) remember, here are a few items that I did.

Hopefully you are getting ready for the holidays and not worrying about cash flow to enjoy yourself.  Did your cash flow improve over last year?

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