Now what can I get from the realtor that can help me crunch these numbers exact?

Due to the unstable job market and economic times, having that money tied up in equity in a home will not pay your hospital bills or braces for your kid when you loose your job or simply cannot get a loan due to our recent credit crunch.

For example, a 15 year mortgage will have much higher payments when the numbers are crunched than a 30 year loan.

If you can justify the fee with an excellent deal by crunching numbers, the investor will most likely not have any issues with it.

For example, there are spreadsheets available on BP where you can simply enter all the pertinent information and excel will crunch all the numbers for you.For first few deals, you can enter the numbers here on BP and some experienced investors will provide you feedback and the reasoning for it.

The numbers seem to crunch pretty well, but I feel like I must be missing something.

I am attempting to crunch numbers right now but I am not sure what to include beside mortgage, taxes, and insurance.

Because of the current time crunch with April 15th speeding towards us – if the IRA is what is needed now to fund the 401k, then any recommendation on how or where to get that taken care of would be helpful – then I should have more time to find a good source for starting the solo 401k.

Though I had crunched the numbers before buying, I under-estimated the expenses (didn't know about the 2% or 50% rules).Units: 3Price: $760,000Down Payment: $152,000 (20%)Annual Rental Income: $64800Annual Expenses (incl taxes, ins, mgmt fees): $15,000*Net Operating Income: $46,498Annual Mortgage: = $37,512Cash Flow: = $8,986Cap Rate ($8986.42 / $152,000): = 5.9%I have had to do around $4,000 worth of repairs so far on various things (not included in above annual expenses).

Thanks Aaron, your cash on cash return response really got me crunching numbers!