cap rate

July 21, 2017
Calculating Your Cap Rate and Creating Positive Leverage

Calculating Your Cap Rate and Creating Positive Leverage

The capitalization rate, or cap rate for short, is the rate of return on an investment property based on the amount of income it’s expected to generate in the present year. By calculating the cap rate of a property, you can see the potential rate of return on an investment. Compare the cap rates of multiple properties to see which one is the wisest investment.   Calculating the cap rate The equation to manually calculate a cap rate is fairly simple. All you have to do is calculate the investment property’s net operating income (NOI) by subtracting the total operating expenses from the total operating revenue. Then, you divide the result by the value of the property. total operating revenue – total operating expenses = Net Operating Income (NOI) Net Operating Income (NOI) / value of property= Cap Rate   Let’s […]