Also, you may have to overpay to be in a really good location so sometimes a B+ or B- that is gentrifying into an A+ (don't predict the market...but this is were we have done really well) is a great strategy as well.  

Anyway, as I predicted the first couple to view the house wanted it spot on.  

I'm an Ex-NFL athlete (currently a Free Agent) that's looking for the next step after my football career and I think REI will be the perfect fit.  

Yes...I know I need an accountant, but I'm not going to be able to get one tonight or even this week, so please spare me that predictable response.

Of course ideally you get both in one property but that's tough to do unless its an off market deal or you predict the right area and get in early.

Comes down to this when I look analyze whether to sell a property: How much cash flow (and appreciation, but that's harder to predict) is your equity earning for you, and are there other ways for you to use that equity to produce more cash flow?

If we get the rent I predict, we will still make $120 a month and pay $0 for housing.

But this does show that nobody who was predicting doom and gloom 2 years ago and “sell now!”

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Chris Gordon When analyzing an asset whichever method you use is a forecast as you cannot predict future cash flows or values.