Is your property cash flow positive?
Plug in your numbers and see exactly where your investment property sits. Are you making money each month, breaking even, or topping up out of pocket?
What your tenant pays per week, or what you expect to achieve.
Roughly what your property would sell for today. If you're not sure, use what you paid plus rough Perth growth, or the median Perth value of around $700,000 as a starting point.
Enter your regular holding costs. Leave anything that does not apply as $0.
The fixed component you pay as the landlord. Tenants pay water consumption separately in WA.
Landlord or building insurance.
Check your assessment from the Office of State Revenue. Thresholds and rates change.
Add any other annual costs specific to your property. Pool servicing, gardener, security monitoring, septic pump-out, anything else.
Pick a percentage of your property's value. Industry rule of thumb is 1% per year, but most Perth landlords with newer or well-maintained properties spend less.
Most agencies charge an ongoing percentage plus separate one-off fees when a tenant changes. We average the one-off costs across a typical tenancy length so you can see the true annual cost of management.
The ongoing percentage of rent collected. Typical Perth range: 8% to 11% incl. GST. A higher fee may reflect a broader scope of service. Compare against LPP.
Charged when a lease is renewed. Some agencies include this.
Many agencies include inspections in the management fee.
Add up what your agency charges each time a tenant changes: letting fee + advertising + photography + property condition report + any cleaning or changeover costs. Enter the total here.
Investment Property Cash Flow Report
The full breakdown
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This is an indicative calculator, not financial advice. It gives a rough picture of a property's cash position based on the numbers entered and some simplified assumptions, including a 2-week vacancy allowance and an 18-month average tenancy for spreading one-off fees. Actual cash flow depends on interest rate changes, vacancy, maintenance surprises, and many other factors this tool cannot predict. The terms "positively geared" and "negatively geared" are used here in their general definitional sense based on cash flow only. Tax implications including the application of negative gearing rules, depreciation, and capital gains are not included and can make a material difference to an after-tax position. An accountant or qualified tax adviser can work through what this means in any individual case. Local Property Partners is a licensed real estate agency. It is not a financial adviser, tax agent, or mortgage broker and does not provide advice in those areas. Do not make investment or financial decisions based solely on this calculator. Local Property Partners operates under the Real Estate and Business Agents Act 1978 (WA). Triennial Licence No: RA85442 (Tedling, Daria).