village/09_FINANCE/Financial_Model_Questions.md
Financial Model Questions
Financial Model Questions
Capital Expenditure
- land acquisition or lease
- infrastructure
- housing
- standalone home cost
- Nomi Base 36 m² unit cost
- Nomi Grand 74 m² unit cost
- home delivery
- installation
- foundation / site prep
- utility connection
- home + infrastructure package cost
- community spaces
- agriculture setup
- animal housing and fencing
- food storage / processing setup
- owner-ready renovation reserve
- energy
- water
- roads and paths
- permitting
- professional services
Operating Expenses
- management
- maintenance
- housekeeping
- rental operations
- utilities
- staff
- agriculture
- animal care
- veterinary and sanitary compliance
- food packaging and logistics
- repairs after rental use
- marketing
- insurance
- legal and accounting
Revenue
- home sales
- home + infrastructure package sales
- glamping / mini village package sales
- custom home sourcing and integration margin
- rent
- managed rental fees
- hospitality
- memberships
- events
- agriculture
- food product sales
- owner produce box subscriptions
- agriculture management fees
- repair and owner-ready conversion packages
- services
- partnerships
Key Metrics
- cost per resident
- cost per unit
- occupancy
- monthly recurring revenue
- payback period
- operating margin
- resident acquisition cost
Scenario Structure
Model separately:
- 1 home
- 2-5 homes
- 6-20 homes
- 10 homes
- 25 homes
- 50+ homes
For each scale:
- pessimistic case
- base case
- optimistic case
Immediate Modeling Questions
- What is the average daily rate by location?
- What occupancy is realistic by season?
- What is the minimum viable number of units?
- Can standalone home sales work before the first Village launch?
- What margin is realistic on home-only sales?
- What margin is realistic on Nomi Base and Nomi Grand separately?
- What margin is realistic on home + infrastructure packages?
- What services are included: sourcing, design, delivery, installation, foundation, utilities, aftersales?
- How does infrastructure cost change from 1 home to 5, 20 and 50+ homes?
- Can a home work as managed rental before the owner moves in?
- What management fee is realistic for rental operations?
- What reserve is needed for wear, repairs and owner-ready conversion after rentals?
- Which food products can be sold locally?
- Which food products can be shipped to owners legally and economically?
- What is the cost of goats, chickens, gardens, staff, veterinary compliance and food handling?
- Does the productive homestead model work as a service benefit, a profit center, or a trust-building layer?
- Can the hospitality model work without home sales?
- What CAPEX is shared infrastructure vs unit-level cost?
- What OPEX scales with occupancy?
- What OPEX is fixed?
- What is break-even occupancy?
- What payback period is realistic without optimistic assumptions?