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Brian Volland
  • Property Manager
  • Peoria, Az
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In-Depth Analysis with Zero Down?

Brian Volland
  • Property Manager
  • Peoria, Az
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As I continue reading through more books I have noticed that, often times, it is pointed out that you cannot calculate anything more in-depth than cash-flow when using zero down (as in VA loan). Or as one book clearly stated, "It's not investing if you don't put anything to risk in to it."

I realize that this is directly related to the fact that you cannot run returns that have to multiply 0 but as someone looking to make their first purchase in ~6 months using zero down on turn-key or light rehab, how are the rest of you running your numbers? Are you putting a non-existent down payment in to get your IRR and other metrics? Are you not bothering with anything more in-depth than cash-flow since you have nothing really invested and are just looking for the return? Throwing some numbers into rehab costs?

I just want to make sure that I'm running as deep an analysis as I can so that I don't get tripped up by something later down the road, if possible.

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