You bring up several points here - let me try to address. First understand that:
+Scheduled (or Potential) Rental Income (the income on a 100% occupied bldg)
-Vacancy
-Deliquency/Concessions
+Other Income (subject to vacancy) - i.e. parking, laundry
=Effective Rental Income (ERI)
+Other Income (not subject to vacancy) - i.e. cell tower, billboard leases
=Gross Operating Income (GOI)
-Operating Expenses
=Net Operating Income (NOI)
-Debt Service
=Cash Flow Before Taxes (CFBT)
The question now is what factors do you apply to the vacancy, delinquency/concession line item.
1) Regarding downtime between tenants - this is already captured in the vacancy rate (i.e. the reason why a bldg with all of its units online would not be at 100% is exactly because of gaps in tenant occupany, by definition). If the bldg has been operating historically at 95% occupancy as you suggest, then you already have the answer to your question
2) For the concessions - I suggest looking at the amount of concession dollars in 2009 as a percentage of scheduled or potential rental income. You can then either apply this same factor for 2010, or a larger/smaller factor in 2010, based upon infomation provided by a property manager managing properties of a *similar asset class* regarding what % of tenants renew vs vacate in your particular metropolitan.
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-Karim
Apartment Owner, Broker and Consultant
Dec 23, 2009