Sandalwood Plan

Boerne, TX 78006

$396,490F

4 bd · 3.0 ba · 2,079 sqft · Built — · SingleFamily · Active · 885 DOM

Cashflow @ list (25.0% down · 7.5%)

• Estimated rent: $2,822/mo
• Mortgage (P&I): −$2,844
• Tax + insurance: −$904
• HOA: −$0
• Vac / Maint / Mgmt: −$593
• Net cashflow: $-1,519/mo
• Annual: $-18,228/yr
• Cap rate: 2.93%
• Cash-on-cash: -12.00%
• DSCR: 0.47
• 1% rule: 0.52%
• Cash to close: $151,862

Investor read

• This is a 4-bed/3.0-bath single-family listed at $396k.
• At list price, monthly cash flow is $-2k ($-18k/yr) — negative.
• To cash-flow at today's rent, offer at most $323k (18.6% below list).
• To meet the 1% rule (rent ≥ 1% of price), the offer needs to be $282k (28.8% below list).
• It's been on market 885 days — a 12% lower offer ($349k) is reasonable based on typical stale-listing flexibility.
• Recommended offer: $282k (28.8% below list) — sets the bar for 1% rule.
• Local home prices are declining (-3.0%/yr); year-one equity from $4k of loan paydown is wiped out by about $16k of value loss. Plan a longer hold.
• Location reads 77/100 on livability (#87 in TX, #3,046 nationally) — a middle-class / working-renter tenant base. Strengths: employment A+, housing A+, crime A; Watch: cost of living C-, amenities D+, commute F.
• Boerne ISD (town): math 59% / reading 61% proficiency, ranked #42 of 826 in TX (top 5%) — acceptable for families but not a draw, mixed tenant base, ~2y average lease.
• Zoned schools: Kendall El (math 57% / reading 57%, grade C+, #505 of 4,322 statewide, top 13%, 816 students, 23% FRL); Boerne Middle South (math 62% / reading 57%, grade B, #166 of 1,662 statewide, top 11%, 911 students, 18% FRL); Boerne - Samuel V Champion H S (math 59% / reading 83%, grade B+, #114 of 1,632 statewide, top 7%, 2,014 students, 12% FRL) — zoned schools at 18% FRL track the district average.
• Market conditions: Rents rising (+4.0%/yr); 1117 active listings in the ZIP; 11 comparable units currently listed for rent nearby; rentals at typical pace (median 26d on market — plan ~3-4 weeks tenant-placement turnaround); high-income renter base; 517 units permitted in Kendall County in 2024 (0 in 5+ unit buildings).
• Kendall County population projected at +76% by 2050 — long-run rental-demand tailwind backs the buy-and-hold thesis.
• Cap rate 2.9% vs local median 2.4% in Boerne — meaningfully above typical; check what's discounted (condition, days-on-market, listing class) to confirm the premium yield is real.

Questions for listing agent

• What do current leases actually rent for vs. the listed asking? Can we see a recent rent roll and the last 12 months of T-12 income?
• It's been on market 885 days. Have you received any prior offers? Is the seller open to a 29% concession, seller financing, or rate buy-down credit?
• Why hasn't it sold? Are there any deal-killer items the seller is aware of (foundation, flood, title, zoning, code violations)?
• Is there a deadline driving the sale (1031 exchange, divorce, estate, relocation)? That informs how much negotiation room exists.
• Schools are B-rated — typically a magnet for longer-tenancy family renters. What's the average tenant stay here, and is there a school-zone premium baked into asking?
• The area grade is low — what's the realistic commute time and amenity access for the typical tenant pool here? Any planned neighborhood developments (good or bad) we should know about?
• What's the average days-on-market for RENTAL listings here right now (not sales)? A rising rental-DOM trend means longer vacancies and softer asking-rent achievability than the comps imply.
• What's the recent tenant-quality profile in this submarket — average credit score on applications, eviction rate, late-payment / NSF rate, and stable-employment percentage? A property-management company in the area should have these aggregated.