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April 25, 2025 62 mins

Learn the secrets of real estate maintenance and capital expenses San Jose.

This class is Module 32 of 46 in a series called Real Estate Investing Secrets.

Topics covered in this module include:

  • What’s the difference between capital expenses and maintenance on a rental property?
  • What do I need to do to have my rental property business be a “qualified business” to get the tax advantages from the IRS?
  • A downloadable log to keep the required contemporaneous records for qualified rental property businesses
  • Examples of traditional maintenance versus capital expenses on a rental property
  • How to account for maintenance and capital expenses when analyzing deals (including a spreadsheet for analyzing deals that models both for you)
  • Are paint and carpet considered maintenance or capital improvement?
  • How to determine what maintenance percentage to use when analyzing deals with detailed example
  • How the price of the property, rent and ultimately Gross Operating Income impacts your maintenance percentage
  • The danger of low-priced rental properties in relation to maintenance and capital expenses
  • How to completely due diligence for maintenance and capital expenses on your rental properties
  • Your 3 options regarding maintenance and capital expenses... and why #1 is not a good strategy
  • Using the BASIC version of “Maintenance and CapEx Estimator for Rental Properties”
  • What are the shortcomings of using the BASIC version of “Maintenance and CapEx Estimator for Rental Properties” and how do we overcome them?
  • Using the ADVANCED version of “Maintenance and CapEx Estimator for Rental Properties”
  • Where to enter the output of the “Maintenance and CapEx Estimator for Rental Properties” into your deal analysis spreadssheet
  • Why should you consider setting aside money at the start for known upcoming maintenance or capital expenses?
  • Where do maintenance and capital expenses show up in our returns? And, why that’s not everything.
  • Comparing buying a new construction property to a resale property in terms of maintenance and capital expenses
  • As home price and rents decline, what tends to happen to maintenance and capital expenses?
  • Rental property portfolio planning with capital expenses in mind
  • Timing maintenance and capital expenses: two strategies explored
  • Alternatives to saving for maintenance and capital expenses
  • One way to get lucky with certain capital expenses and what to do if you end up being lucky
  • A simple tool... properly timed and deployed... that could ultimately save you thousands of dollars on your maintenance and capital expenses
  • Plus much more...

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