Higher Rents Will Boost the Sales Price When You Sell

I profiled a Duplex for sale located at 2719 & 2721 Bravado, Rancho Cordova in an recent Blog Post dated August 22.

Well here’s the here’s the update…!

After 52 days on the market starting at $259,000 it’s still for sale and they have lowered the price to $240,000.   The current rents for this Duplex for sale are at $850 and $900 for a 2 bedroom 1 bath unit on each side with a 1 car garage.

When I wrote about it originally a month ago our Property Management Company was in the process of helping one of our investors complete some landscaping repair and enhancement to his Tri-Plex directly across the street at 2720-2722-2724 Bravado.

Below is this video of the Tri-Plex landscaping work that was completed.  Before and After.

 

Now…I think you’d have to conclude curb appeal does help you get higher rents and therefore a higher sale price.

Because,  when we completed this work, we gave all the tenants a rent raise notice.   We increased the total monthly rent another $300.  Not one of them wants to move.  Their average is $1000 per month and they are smaller units than the Duplex.

This Duplex owner could have done this work a year or two ago and had higher rents all along.   It probably would have sold for near his asking price or maybe more, but he didn’t.

I think this could be the right deal for the Investor who wants to “add value” to an investment.    You increase not just the value when you do, you then are a contributing part of a neighborhood with “pride of ownership”.  You will get a much higher return in the long run and feel good about owning a nice property.

 

What do you think…?

In the Mean Time….

Make it a Great Day…!

Ed Favinger, Broker CRS, GRI, SFR, CDPE  916-203-1260

 

 

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