Anyone who sells an entire apartment building must declare income, building and tenancy together. Prepare the facts before promising a price.
| Information | Review |
|---|---|
| Ownership and scope of property | Document the source, status and open questions |
| Area and current use | Document the source, status and open questions |
| Condition/restrictions | Document the source, status and open questions |
| Income or usability | Document the source, status and open questions |
| Price assumption and costs | Document the source, status and open questions |
First, clarify whether you are selling an undivided building, individual apartments or several legally separate units. The object structure decides which documents and special features are relevant. Classify areas, uses, ownership, condition and actual occupancy. DDORF does not carry out sales and does not promise an investor. This page will help you to compile the data in a comprehensible manner for your own preparation and a later technical examination.
For an initial income comparison, the documented current net basic rent is different from an assumed future rent. Keep them separate and record vacancies, lost income, ownership costs and planned work. You can change your assumptions in our rental-yield calculator. This calculation is not an individual valuation of an apartment building; it does not automatically account for rights, technical condition, financing or personal taxes. The apartment model cannot be applied to an entire rental building either.
A sale does not simply end existing tenancies. § 566 BGB regulates, under its conditions, the acquisition of rights and obligations by the purchaser. Organize rental agreements, addendums, income and deposit information; Clarify the specific process with professional support. Tenants' personal information does not belong in a public exposé without being checked. For those interested, a factual, appropriately summarized presentation is often sufficient in the early phase.
Prepare the property and land register documents, documented areas, floor plans, existing building permit documents and the energy certificate. Add a comprehensible rental and cost overview with clear dates as well as information on known work and open items. A total without a recognizable composition makes comparison difficult. Distinguish between possible income, agreed rents and actual documented incoming payments. Mark if a number still needs to be checked.
Selling your own property takes time for documents, questions and viewings. Prepare a factual property brochure and share additional records in stages. Ask about the prospective buyer's actual interest and intended review process without requesting extensive personal data before every contact. DDORF provides templates and checklists, not a buyer database or automatic brokerage. Using a free tool does not commission an estate agent.
The desired price is not the amount available after a sale. Consider the known outstanding loan balance, agreed repayment and release, your own selling costs and unresolved tax questions separately. Use the sell-or-rent calculator with your assumptions to distinguish available capital from ongoing surplus. A positive calculation guarantees neither financing nor a transaction. A rental-income multiplier alone does not fully reflect condition, location and legal details.
Coordinate the draft contract, payment, transfer of possession, documents and tenancy information for the actual procedure. Notarisation and subsequent handover are separate steps. Use the existing house-sale checklist and handover template to organise tasks. Division, joint inheritance, commercial units or special rights require an individual assessment. The local data below supplies context, not a binding price for the whole building.
No. An apartment estimate does not automatically value the whole building. Organize actual income, costs, vacancies, condition and rights; a professional property assessment is a separate task.
Ownership and building documents, documented areas and condition, and a clear overview of rents and costs. A general property brochure should not include tenants’ personal documents without checking whether this is appropriate.
A factor is not a complete individual assessment. Actual income, costs, condition, location and obligations must be verified in a comprehensible manner. Our return and liquidity calculators show changeable scenarios, not a binding purchase price.
A sale does not simply end tenancies. Describe the rental and availability correctly and agree on rights, obligations and the transfer of information for the specific process.
For individual apartments, a supported local model is required. Approved single-family and two-family home models have a separate calculator. These calculators do not automatically value plots or entire apartment buildings.
View available valuations →Compare your own selling costs, remaining debt, rental surplus and reserves. The calculation scenario does not automatically decide the best strategy.
Compare your own scenarios →Selling a house or apartment privately: check the documents, prepare a factual property brochure and document the handover. No contact form or agency instruction.
Use the home selling checklist →Organize the rent, details and images. Save a free advertisement draft; it is not published or shared with agencies.
Create a rental listing draft →Use local data for context. Official land values and advertised rents are not an individual valuation of your plot or apartment building.
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