For real estate investing you do not need much more math than what you learned in the third grade.

Originally posted by "**********":80% deal: 800K ARV640K purchace price 40k up grades needed for 800k sale 30k hold and sell costs710k total costs 90k profit 60 days-not bad!

You have to investigate the project, the cost to buy, tear down,haul off, clear and grade,design,build and zoning variances.

Besides psychology and a few business law classes, after 7th grade i learned absolutely nothing worth my time.

Here's how that has worked out:Couldn't come up with the full $5K downstroke, asked me to take $3500, I did for an extra 1/2% interest/month on the loan.He took the $1500 and ripped out the TOP OF THE LINE 10 year old applicances and put in BUILDER'S GRADE, SCRATCH AND DENT STUFF, from one of the rip off appliance places.

Price will vary based on quality of materials such as different grades of windows, etc.

If you just want it commercial grade and to just "look a little better" I will work out something.Both cases, if your keeping the property to rent, do the higher price option.

Your number one concern should be repairing your credit as this is what you will be graded on in almost everything you do for the rest of your life.

We painted the cabinets, filled tons of chips, changed the doors by custom ordering them for the customer in their choice of design by a company we have an account with that has them made in Mexico for about 30% american cost, painted sink, also the appliances in professional grade metalic stainless paint, painted floor tile in a high solids porcelain urethane white after an aerospace use type primer and a high solids chemically hardened chear coat, and matched the backsplash the same way.

Where should I look to get a good deal for an apartment grade carpet?