Selling: Block of 5 flats in Townsville

Iggy

I have no problems with what you did. I think you made a great buy .

I'm just pointing out why I wouldn't buy it off you . I'm not disputing the valuation. I just don't think that for me it represents value, as I don't think it's going to go up a lot further , or is giving a good return . On the price you paid , it's giving you both :D

There has been a trend in some areas for small blocks of units to be targeted by investors, with the result that some of these types of properties have gone up by more than they might have in previous cycles ( I think this is in part a Steve McKnight effect) and by a greater extent than free standing houses. The same occured in Rocky .

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Sorry, didn't mean to come out as "arguining" against the points you made earlier. Valid points :)

As I said, it is not a block for cashflow... when I bought it it was fantastic cashflow... 540pw on purchase price of 240k! I had a smile from ear to ear! :D

Thanks for such a good thread guys, it's been a great read! :)

Iggy

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Iggy

I have no problems with what you did. I think you made a great buy .

I'm just pointing out why I wouldn't buy it off you . I'm not disputing the valuation. I just don't think that for me it represents value, as I don't think it's going to go up a lot further , or is giving a good return . On the price you paid , it's giving you both :D

There has been a trend in some areas for small blocks of units to be targeted by investors, with the result that some of these types of properties have gone up by more than they might have in previous cycles ( I think this is in part a Steve McKnight effect) and by a greater extent than free standing houses. The same occured in Rocky .

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Hi All

I have had some private messages asking me how I calculated the Gross Yield, Net Yield, and Return on Investment (ROI) as part of assessing the initial financial merits of this deal.

I hope this is of some help to other forum members.

Here goes:


GROSS YIELD

Where Gross Yield
= Annual Income / Investment cost


Calculation

Annual Income
= (Weekly Income per unit * No. of Units) * 52 weeks
= ($110 * 5) * 52
= $28,600

Investment Cost
= Purchase Price plus Costs
= $490,000 + (490,000 * 5%)
= $490,000 + 24,500
= $514,500

Gross Yield
= Annual Income / Investment Cost
= $28,600 / $514,500
= 5.6%

NET YIELD

Net Yield = Annual Income less Costs / Investment Cost

Annual Income
= $28,600 (as above)

Annual Costs
= Annual Income * 30% + Loan Repayments
= ($28,600 * 30%) + $27,714
= $8,580 + $27,714
= $36,294

Loan Repayments
= Loan Amount (80% of Purchase Price) * Interest Rate
= ($490,000 * 80%) * 7.07%))
= $27,714

Net Yield
= Annual Income less Costs / Investment Cost
= (($28,600 - $36,294) / $514,500)
= $(7,694) / $514,500
= (1.5)%

RETURN ON INVESTMENT

Return on Investment =
(Growth from Investment in YR1 + Annual Income) / Initial Capital required


Growth from Investment in YR 1
= Future Value of the Investment Assumming a rate of growth of 8%
= FV(Interest Rate, Period, Payment, Present Value)

Where
Interest Rate = 7.07%
Period = 1
Payment = 0
Present Value = Purchase Price = $490,000

Formula in Excel is
= FV(8%,1,,-490,000)
= $529,200

Therefore Growth in Yr1
= $529,200 - $514,000
= $14,700

Annual Income
= $28,600

Intial Capital Required
= Deposit plus costs
= $122,500

Therefore Return on Investment
=(Growth from Investment in YR1 + Annual Income) / Initial

Capital required
= $14,700 + $28,600 / $122,500
= $43,300 /122,500
= 35% ROI

PAYBACK PERIOD

Payback Period = Number of Yrs required to recoup inital investment

Payback period
= $122,500 / $43,300
= 2.8 years

Therefore inital investment cost of $122,500 will be recouped in 2.8 years.



Summary of the Purchase at $240,000

Now that we know Iggy purchased at $240,000 and the investment is now worth $450,000 (per the valuation) the numbers start off and end up looking something like this:


Purchase Price = $240,000
Costs = $12,000
Deposit = $60,000
Loan = $192,000

Rent = 5 * 2BR @ $110 = $550
Costs per week @ 30% = $(165)
Loan per week @ 7.07% = $(261)
Net Profit per week = $124

Gross Yield = 11.3%
Net Yield = 2.6%
Growth in Yr 1 = 88%
ROI Yr1 = 378%

Assume $20,000 spent on Strata and Improvements
Capital Gain = $410,000 - $240,000 - $12,000 - $20,000
Capital Gain = $138,000
Tax on Capital Gain @ 48.5% = $66,930
Net Gain = $71,070
Real Return on Investment after taking into account tax and costs
= Net Gain / Intial Capital Required
= $71,070 / $60,000
= 118%



Overall this was a great purchase for Iggy and the jury is still out for Iggy's new purchaser. The other point, if this deal had of been looked into further then the prospective purchaser would have weighed up all the assumptions used above and determined the likely hood of increasing. As an eg, we have used actual rents but we now know that rents maybe could be higher. We have used conservative growth of 8%, when the property has actually increased a huge 88%. There are a number of variables which required testing.

Hope this is of some use to forum members

Cheers

Corsa
 
Great post Corsa!!! :)

Just a small thing... as the property was held for over 12 months the CGT is 25% (not 48.5%, although I understand why you make it 48.5%).

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Hi Iggy

If you have held the asset for longer than 12 months then as you said only half the gain is subject to capital gains tax.


Capital Gain = $410,000 - $240,000 - $12,000 - $20,000
Capital Gain = $138,000
Tax on Capital Gain/2 * 48.5% = $33,465
Net Gain = $104,535
Real Return on Investment after taking into account tax and costs
= Net Gain / Intial Capital Required
= $104,535 / $60,000
= 174%

Even better if you have been able to work CGT your way. Good luck Iggy

Cheers

Corsa
 
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