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What Is a Good Cap Rate for a Rental Property? It Depends on Four Measurable Things

Cap rate is net operating income divided by price, and what counts as good depends on asset class, market tier, financing costs, and the spread over the risk-free rate — all four of which move.

Yuki Tanaka

THE EDIT

Spaces, buildings and the decisions that make them work.

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Finance

What a 7 Percent Mortgage Does to Small-Landlord Math: A Worked Example

Karim Al-Rashid

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Property News

Rental Vacancy Rose to 6.9 Percent as Completions Hit Decade Highs: Census Data

David Jordan

Yields

Gross Yield, Net Yield, and Cap Rate: How Rental Return Is Calculated

Yuki Tanaka

Rentals

How HUD Calculates Fair Market Rent: The 40th Percentile Explained

Rosa Marchetti

Property News

How a 1031 Exchange Lets Landlords Defer Capital Gains Tax

David Jordan

Investment

The 45-Day and 180-Day Rules That Govern a 1031 Exchange

David Jordan

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