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Should I Buy; Is the Deal Profitable
Is this Deal Profitable? How to Determine:

Step 1:
- o Identify the Deal Strategy
- Fix & Flip,
- Rental (Buy & Hold)
- BRRR (Buy,Rehab,Rent,Refinance)
Step 2:
- o Determine the ARV (AFTER REPAIR VALUE) – Use Comparables, which are recently sold Houses in that area that are similar in Style/Structure.
- This can be obtained by an “Appraiser”.
Step 3:
- o Determine your Purchase Price (Highest Dollar Amount you will pay for the deal to make sense)
- o Calculate the Total Cost of Repairs and Closing Cost
- § “Deal Economic sheets” can be very useful to streamline this process for determining closing cost (title, tax, lawyer, etc.)
- o Add [Purchase Price and Total Cost] together.
Step 4:
- o Minus the Amount from
- o [Step 3 Purchase Price + Total Cost] from
- o [Step 2 Projected ARV Amount]
- o = TOTAL PROFIT
This will calculate the total amount of profit you will make after listing and selling the property. Your “Profitability”