I will rather rent a parking spot. At $2K rental per month, it will takes 16.5 yr to use up the $400K. Do not think you will live there for over 10 yr.作者: 古惑強 時間: 2010-10-5 15:33
本帖最後由 古惑強 於 2010-10-5 15:34 編輯
Let take the simplistic view of renting out the parking space, after paying out the management fee / land tax / Govt tax / vacancy gap, you only get 10 months rental per year.
With monthly rental at $1000 p.m. annual yield is 2.50%
With monthly rental at $1500 p.m. annual yield is 3.75%
With monthly rental at $2000 p.m. annual yield is 5.00%
If you can get rental charges at $1500, in today's low interest rate environment, it is an ok investment. If you can get $2000 p.m., then it is a very reasonable investment. If you can only get $1000 p.m., I won't bother.作者: coupeelvin 時間: 2010-10-5 15:39
Now I pay $2200 / month for parking, so my thought is to turn my expenditure into investment.作者: 古惑強 時間: 2010-10-5 16:01
At $2.2K p.m., that would give you a min. yield of 5.5% p.a., if it is self-used then return rate is slightly better as there is no vacancy rate to discount.
Flip the coin and say if you seek a bank loan from a bank to get financing, basically you will need 50% down payment, and as long as you can get an overall borrowing rate below 5.5% for the remaining amount, you wil be enhancing the overall return on your investment.
Put it very simply, you would be taking up interest rate risk + market price risk vs future inflation risk.作者: jockey 時間: 2010-10-5 16:20
10yrs should be okay, for
the interest rate you should budget a bit higher, as banks normally charge a higher interest rate for car park, since it is regarded as investment..