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Property Manager | Key Factors Investors Need to Track For Their Rental Properties

Property Manager | Key Factors Investors Need to Track Their Rental Properties

A rental property owner needs to understand how their single-family rental homes are performing if they want to know what their profits are. There are a few key performance indicators that a property owner or property manager needs to track to get the full picture of how well their rental is doing. It comes down to more than just rental income vs. expenses. Make sure your property management company is looking at these financial and operational indicators:

Financial Key Performance Indicators

The financial key performance indicators will tell a property manager how the rental property is doing on a financial level. The rent falls into this category, along with expenses, but you need a much more in-depth financial ledger if you plan to file business taxes, apply for a loan, grant, or need to make other significant financial decisions.

These are the financial key performance indicators that a property manager needs to track:

Gross Rent

Average rent increase

Average rent per square foot

Profit margin

Vacancy rate

The average cost to turn a home

The average cost of monthly repairs

Cash on cash return

Cashflow

Return on investment

Depreciation

Vacancy losses

Delinquency losses

Eviction losses

Property tax

Capital improvements

Insurance

Utilities

Marketing

Background and credit checks

Property management software subscriptions

Rental website subscriptions

Legal fees

Accounting fees

Manager fees

Mortgage interest

Vendor payments

Operational Key Performance Indicators

Knowing the operational key performance indicators will allow an owner to see how effective their property manager is and how the property manager is affecting the overall return on investment.

A property manager should be tracking these operational key performance indicators:

% successful renewals

Average rent increase per year per lease

Rent increase for new tenants vs. the previous tenant

Applications that come in

Percent of applications denied and approved

Average day to process an application

Percent of lease breaks

Percent of evictions

Delinquency rates

Average days rent late

Percent of leases terminated each year

Average days vacant units are on the market

Number of days a home takes to turn

Days a unit is vacant

Number of work orders entered and days to complete

Tenancy Duration

A property management company who can track these key performance metrics will better understand the property and increase profits for owners quickly.

If you need a property manager that effectively manages your property across all metrics, give
Auben Realty a call at .