Before we start making purchase and sale decisions based on this methodology we would like to ask someone in the industry to help solidify our knowledge of what goes into property valuations (purchase, financing, and sale) and any insight into the commercial mortgage process that will lessen our learning curve and increase the accuracy of our NPV calculations.

Can anyone break down in a process of steps the buy and flip methodology?

Usually, appraisers in every niche (e.g. multifamily 20 units or below) are following similar methodologies/trends.

I'm in the Ocala area and am looking for a manufactured house to buy and hold...kinda a start small and work my way up methodology.

People will decide to be wholesalers, rehabbers, house hackers, etc with no comprehension of whether the investment methodology supports their nonexistent goals or current lifestyle.  

Believe it or not, its how the pros do it even to this day.We purchase properties in Colorado all the time using this methodology. 

I'm interested in SFH rentals and would like to see if I understand methodology of working the numbers...

I have met with the owners of premier when they were premier and seen there set up live.. its a HUGE money business.... and all about up sell.the TV personalities are no different than say other celebs that lend their names to products.especially in the wine business.. they don't own the wineries they just lend there name and make a rake on each bottle sold.I suspect El Moussa's make north of 5 million a year lending their name.. and you can see the marketing company makes a bundle.. when I met with premier the guy mentioned in this article he was busy getting ready to go to france for a year as his daughter wanted to study there LOL.These education systems are steeped in MLM roots.. same methodology.. tug at your heartstrings talk about doing it for your family.. how you DESERVE to be wealthy blah blah

Hoping someone here might have some proven methodology on how to make this all click.  

This could approximate a true market discount rate of real property for valuation purposes.If you are not running a REIT and writing a whitepaper on modern portfolio theory for alternative asset classes like real estate, you'll likely find more success as a small real estate investor using "3. comparable sales" and talking the capitalization rate jargonIf you do take on the task of determining the market discount rate, please post your methodology and assumptions; I would be delighted to review and provide feedback