Secrets of Capital Expenses

Secrets of Capital Expenses

Update: 2025-04-25
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Learn the secrets of real estate maintenance and capital expenses Jersey City.



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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Secrets of Capital Expenses

Secrets of Capital Expenses

James Orr