22 February 2008

Rent Vs Buy: Durbanville

Here's a 4 bed house in Durbanville on sale for R2 400 000 but it pulls in a rent of R11 500. The rent might look impressive but compared to the payments on the bond and the return you can expect is actually not great.












Down PaymentMonthly PaymentCash flowAnnual IncomeROI
R0R30719.95R-19219.95R-230639.36
R240000R27647.95R-16147.95R-193775.42-80.74%
R480000R24575.96R-13075.96R-156911.49-32.69%
R720000R21503.96R-10003.96R-120047.55-16.67%
R960000R18431.97R-6931.97R-83183.61-8.66%
R1200000R15359.97R-3859.97R-46319.68-3.86%
R1440000R12287.98R-787.98R-9455.74-0.66%
R1680000R9215.98R2284.02R27408.191.63%
R1920000R6143.99R5356.01R64272.133.35%
R2160000R3071.99R8428.01R101136.064.68%
R2400000R0.00R11500.00R138000.005.75%

So a sub 6% ROI with R1 440 000 needed just to break even on cash flow and that's before rates and maintenance.

Another thing to contemplate here is that the tenant has signed a 12 month lease already. One of the golden rules for investing in property is tenant selection but here the new owner doesn't have that option.

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