Make sure you are comparing apples to apples.Counting on rent increases to make the numbers work can be risky.

So please, go ahead and continue to compare apples to oranges.

Bob, this is comparing apples to oranges.

(As per suggestion in Scott Trench's book, SET FOR LIFT, to achieve F.I.R.E)I know these are very vague details, but I can not stress enough that none of this would have not been possible if Chris would have not reached out to me.

Apples to Oranges really.

I'm sure every market has different labor and material costs so this won't be comparing apples to apples, but would greatly appreciate any feedback.

So wouldn't it make more sense to include loan paydown as part of your ROI calculations so it'd be an apples to apples comparison to the stock market?

Bad underwriting is the primary failure point for most IRR comparisons, and it makes it tough to make apples-to-apples comparisons across various sponsors/brokers/investors because some underwrite very reasonably, or even conservatively, others underwrite aggressively, and yet others underwrite as if they live on another planet.Another consideration is that what is desirable to you in an investment dictates which performance indicator to focus on most. 

Hard to turn down a chance to earn a 25% return without having to lift a finger.

Was just thinking that maybe the contractor was not talking apples to apples.