3917 W A St

North Platte, NE 69101

$295,000F

3 bd · 3.0 ba · 1,746 sqft · Built 2025 · SingleFamily · Active · 270 DOM

Cashflow @ list (25.0% down · 7.5%)

• Estimated rent: $1,197/mo
• Mortgage (P&I): −$1,547
• Tax + insurance: −$492
• HOA: −$0
• Vac / Maint / Mgmt: −$251
• Net cashflow: $-1,093/mo
• Annual: $-13,113/yr
• Cap rate: 1.85%
• Cash-on-cash: -15.88%
• DSCR: 0.29
• 1% rule: 0.41%
• Cash to close: $82,600

Investor read

• This is a 3-bed/3.0-bath single-family listed at $295k. Condition is rated excellent.
• At list price, monthly cash flow is $-1k ($-13k/yr) — negative.
• To cash-flow at today's rent, offer at most $137k (53.6% below list).
• To meet the 1% rule (rent ≥ 1% of price), the offer needs to be $120k (59.4% below list).
• It's been on market 270 days — a 12% lower offer ($260k) is reasonable based on typical stale-listing flexibility.
• Recommended offer: $120k (59.4% below list) — sets the bar for 1% rule.
• Local home prices are declining (-3.0%/yr); year-one equity from $2k of loan paydown is wiped out by about $9k of value loss. Plan a longer hold.
• Location reads 74/100 on livability (#109 in NE, #4,400 nationally) — a middle-class / working-renter tenant base. Strengths: cost of living A+, housing A+, health & safety A+; Watch: employment C-, amenities D, commute F.
• North Platte Public Schools (town): math 47% / reading 46% proficiency, ranked #77 of 111 in NE (top 69%) — families likely to look elsewhere, expect single-tenant / working-renter base with shorter leases.
• Zoned schools: Eisenhower Elementary School (math 67% / reading 62%, grade B, #78 of 502 statewide, top 18%, 212 students, 0% FRL); Adams Middle School (math 43% / reading 43%, grade D-, #70 of 128 statewide, top 54%, 566 students, 48% FRL); North Platte High School (math 31% / reading 31%, grade F, #231 of 261 statewide, top 88%, 1,212 students, 42% FRL) — zoned schools at 30% FRL track the district average.
• Market conditions: 361 active listings in the ZIP; 66 units permitted in Lincoln County in 2024 (0 in 5+ unit buildings).
• Lincoln County population projected at -11% by 2050 — secular population decline; favor cash flow + early exit over multi-decade hold.
• 2 sale attempts with the ask held roughly flat each time — persistent listings suggest the price (not the market) is what's stuck; bring a comps-based counter.
• Cap rate 1.8% vs local median 2.6% in North Platte — below-typical yield; the buyer is paying a premium for something (appreciation thesis, condition, location) that the cap rate doesn't capture.

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 270 days. Have you received any prior offers? Is the seller open to a 59% 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.