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[Brian Gibbons]

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Formulas

• Break-Even Ratio (BER)
  The ratio often used by lenders when trying to decide whether or not to underwrite an investment property loan...

• Capitalization Rate
  The popular return used by analysts to measure an asset's financial performance and make similar-type property value comparisons...

• Cash-on-Cash Return
  Cash-on-Cash, the popular real estate investing return, is explained including its meaning, shortcoming, and formulation...

• Debt Coverage Ratio (DCR)
  A ratio investors and lenders use to track and compare debt-related outcomes for rental property and measure financial risk...

• Gross Rent Multiplier (GRM)
  A quick and easy way to determine whether or not a property is priced in line with other similar-type properties...

• Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
  The time value computation that shows the ratio between future cash flows and initial cash investment as a percentage...

• Loan-to-Value (LTV)
  A computation related to mortgages that lenders use when financing investment property as a measurement of their financial risk...

• The Maximum Purchase Price Calculation
  A calculation investors can make to determine the maximum price they can pay for an income property to at least break-even and avoid a negative cash flow...

• How to Compute Net Present Value
  Net present value is explained along with its formulation and use in real estate investing...

• Profitability Index
  The time value computation that shows the 'proportion' of dollars returned to dollars invested rather than the amount...

• Rental Income Property Cash Flow
  A fundamental look at rental income property cash flow for those of you new to real estate investing...

• Sinking Fund Factor
  Know the amount you you must start setting aside on a regular basis now to cover a capital expenditure scheduled in the future...

Tax Matters

• Income Property Operating Expenses and the IRS Tax Code
  Learn what operating expenses should be included in a rental property analysis as well as what the tax code says about operating expense deductions...

• The Recapture Tax Real Estate Investors Face When They Sell
  The seldom expected recapture tax real estate investors expect to owe the Feds after they sell their rental income property....

• The Cash Flow After Tax Calculation
  How to calculate cash flow after tax step-by-step starting at the gross scheduled income...

• The Depreciation Allowance According to the IRS Tax Code
  How the IRS figures the depreciation allowance for investment real estate along with its concept, limitations, and formulation...

• Understanding Rental Property Depreciation and Recapture Tax
  Rental property depreciation allowance and the recapture tax associated with it are explained...

Analysis

• Cap Rate or GRM?
  A look at cap rate and gross rent multiplier to see which is the better way to estimate rental property value and measure financial performance...

• Financial Leverage
  Financial leverage explained and how it can impact a real estate investor's returns and profitability...

• How Financial Leverage Impacts Real Estate Investors
  The impact positive leverage, neutral leverage and negative leverage have on the yield a real estate investor collects as a result of financial leverage...

• IRR, MIRR and FMRR
  The formulations for internal rate of return, modified internal rate of return, and financial management rate of return...

• Scenario Analysis
  The scenario analysis is explained so you know how to use it to benefit your next investment real estate evaluation...

• Sensitivity Analysis
  Changing one variable at a time over a possible range of outcomes in order to evaluate the effect of that change...

Reports

• The Comparative Market Analysis
  How to correctly create a comparative market analysis that you can use to effectively estimate rental property value...

• The Proforma Income Statement
  Learn the what, why, and how about the proforma income statement and it's popularity with real estate investors...

• Why Real Estate Investors Like The APOD
  Discover why the APOD is used by real estate investors to examine the annual property operating data of potential real estate investment properties... or watch the video.

General

• 4 Contingencies Your Offer to Purchase Rental Property Should Include
  Contingency clauses common to commercial and residential income property that protect investors who submit an offer to purchase investment real estate...

• Are You Profiting from Your Property's Highest and Best Use?
  The highest and best use for real estate property can result in a hidden profit when you're aware of what to look for...

• Busting the Myth About Selling Rental Property
  Why real estate agents should get started selling rental income property immediately regardless what others say...

• How Investment Real Estate Software Does Benefit
  Seven proven ways brokers and investors benefit by using investment real estate software to service income properties...

• How Investors Can Curb Rental Property Maintenance and Repair Costs
  Learn five ways real estate investors can avoid disappointing cash flow and rates of return on rental properties...

• How the USA and Canada Calculate Mortgage Payment
  How the compound interest convention used in the USA differs from Canada and in turn affects their monthly principal and interest mortgage payment result...

• How to Formulate Rental Property Cash Flow
  A step through the necessary financial data and formulations required to determine rental property cash flow...

• How to Raise Tenant Rents and Minimize the Fallout
  Practical suggestions landlords can utilize that will help them raise tenant rents and not cause them to move...

• How to Select a Professional to Manage Your Rental Property
  What to look for in a property management company once you decide to turn your rental property over to a professional...

• How to Market Rental Property to Achieve a Sale
  Suggestions proven to help you increase your chances on selling your rental income property listing...

• Overcoming the Fear of Real Estate Investing
  A remedy for potential investors struggling with the common fears that keep them from real estate investing.

• Property Management Tips for Real Estate Investors
  8 Property management basics every real estate investor should be aware of when managing his or her own rental income property...

• Rental Property Inspections That Should Follow a Sale
  The inspections you must address as a real estate agent or investor the next time you sell rental property...

• The Financial Benefits of Real Estate Investing
  Four proven ways real estate investors can make money by investing in rental income property...

• Top 21 Real Estate Investing Terms and Formulas
  The exhaustive list of real estate investing terms and formulas every one engaged with investment property wants to know...

• Want to Start Selling Investment Real Estate Property?
  Five proven ways that any real estate agent or broker can start working with investment real estate property successfully.

• What an Investment Analysis Should Answer Before Real Estate Investors Decide to Invest
  Discover what real estate investors should expect an investment analysis to address and answer in order for them to make a prudent real estate investing decision...

• What To Consider When You Shop the Web for Real Estate Software
  Five practical ways realtors can evaluate the quality and benefit of real estate software by how its website presents it.....

• Why Multifamily Properties Are a Good Real Estate Investment
  Things about multifamily properties you might want to know before making your next real estate investment....

Software Specific

• Computing Net Present Value with iCalculator
  See how to calculate net present value in virtually seconds. Includes the npv formula with illustration....

• iCalculator Has Become Responsive to Mobile Devices
  See how the modified "responsive" layout applied to iCalculator enhances an optimal viewing experience on all your mobile devices....

• The Inside Story Behind ProAPOD® Real Estate Investment Software
  Discover the inside story behind ProAPOD real estate investment software, how and why it was developed, and what it has become...