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Real estate rentals · 14 min

Repairs and reserves

Water heaters don't fail on schedule, and roofs don't ask if it's a good month. The owners who sleep at night saved for it before it broke.

Ticket 01 · The guess

How much is saved for big repairs?

Owners of rental homes were asked how much they had set aside for big replacements, like a roof or a furnace. For rental properties that are one home, what was the median (the owner in the middle)?

$6,000
$0$20,000
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  • Rental Housing Finance Survey 2024, RHFS Table Creator: properties by property size (1 unit; 2-4 units), tables Ownership and Management, Income and Subsidies, Expenses, and Finances and Mortgage. Data collected June to November 2024, released February 19, 2026 · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Census Bureau, 2024

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  • $0census.gov ·2024 · Median estimated capital reserves balance of one-unit rental properties, among owners who answered, 2024 survey.
  • $5,000census.gov ·2024 · Median estimated capital reserves balance of rental properties with two to four homes, among owners who answered, 2024 survey.
  • $3,939census.gov ·2024 · Mean (average) estimated capital reserves balance of one-unit rental properties, among owners who answered, 2024 survey.
  • $10,108census.gov ·2024 · Mean (average) estimated capital reserves balance of rental properties with two to four homes, among owners who answered, 2024 survey.
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Real estate rentals · 14 min

Repairs and reserves

Water heaters don't fail on schedule, and roofs don't ask if it's a good month. The owners who sleep at night saved for it before it broke.

Ticket 01 · The guess

How much is saved for big repairs?

Owners of rental homes were asked how much they had set aside for big replacements, like a roof or a furnace. For rental properties that are one home, what was the median (the owner in the middle)?

$6,000
$0$20,000
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  • Rental Housing Finance Survey 2024, RHFS Table Creator: properties by property size (1 unit; 2-4 units), tables Ownership and Management, Income and Subsidies, Expenses, and Finances and Mortgage. Data collected June to November 2024, released February 19, 2026 · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Census Bureau, 2024

Every number

  • $0census.gov ·2024 · Median estimated capital reserves balance of one-unit rental properties, among owners who answered, 2024 survey.
  • $5,000census.gov ·2024 · Median estimated capital reserves balance of rental properties with two to four homes, among owners who answered, 2024 survey.
  • $3,939census.gov ·2024 · Mean (average) estimated capital reserves balance of one-unit rental properties, among owners who answered, 2024 survey.
  • $10,108census.gov ·2024 · Mean (average) estimated capital reserves balance of rental properties with two to four homes, among owners who answered, 2024 survey.
  1. Lessons›
  2. Industries›
  3. Real estate rentals
  • ·Before this: Finding a good tenant
  • ·Next: Landlord rules: deposits, repairs and eviction
  • ·Free guide: How landlords make money