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2026-06-24 · Returns

Acquisition costs beyond the purchase price

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When you work out a real yield, the denominator is the purchase price plus the costs of acquiring it. Those costs are easy to overlook, and they will pull the yield down.

The usual items are acquisition tax, registration tax, the judicial scrivener's fee, stamp duty, the agent's commission, fire and earthquake insurance, loan-related charges, and the property tax apportioned by day at completion.

A practical approach is to reserve a proportion for acquisition costs at the first pass, then price each item properly once you have a specific building. The figure you get by dividing rent by the asking price, and the cash that actually reaches you, are usually some distance apart.

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