So the total return is probably better than just the 'cash flow.'

With that being said, appreciation is certainly something to always consider here in SD.Example of current property for sale, $1,800,000 asking price (25% down) - 4 units $10,200 total monthly rents (pro forma) - rental market has seen softening as of late$9,770/month after assuming 5% vacancy rate.$8,981 mortgage at 7%$2,918 expenses monthly 33.38% of Gross rental income (Prop mgt, maintenance reserve, utilities, Prop Taxes, Insurance, other)$6,852 NOI/monthly ($2,129) negative monthly cash flow..Same scenario with 50% down, $864 positive monthly cash flowNot saying it's the best use of capital or the only way to do it, instead providing an example using an available market opportunity to share what the numbers look like. 

Like I said before, I have been consuming as much of his content as I can lately (I just started listening about 2 weeks ago) and am thinking of possibly even joining the RAL Room mastermind too. 

Financial Highlights•Acquisition Price: $72,000•Renovation Costs: $35,600•Total Investment: $107,600•Funds: raised from personal savings and private lender How did you add value to the deal?

The dscr loan is requiring 25% down, and 13000 in closing for a total of 48.

If you take the $653K out of loans and put it in the cash line there would be no change to the total adjusted tax basis and therefore capital gains would be the same.

Some places do this annually, some places do a portion of the town every year giving them a total cycle of about every 4 years, and in my area it’s common to do a whole town reevaluation every 4-5 years.

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If the Ensuing damage is also not covered, the total loss could be vastly higher.  

Totals 1,500.