The house sold as a three bedroom at I believe was $18,000 dollars more than it was originally listed for.

I never did hear back from the owner who I reached out to originally to get his plans with the property and what rent rolls could be and current/future expenses on the property, etc.

A local bank approved me a 200k home equity loan at 7.5% at $1,447/mo and currently talking to mortgage originator about refi options.

One had been rented by the same couple for 7 years, one needed to be cleaned and some repairs, and the other had been in the middle of a remodel when the original owner died and his 4 daughters who couldn't agree on what day of the week it was decided to sell.Based on the square footage (2024) alone, I got a great deal. 85,500 with 10% down and 10% interest.

We're doing the disclosures now and I was quite surprised at the 2.469% of Loan Amount (points) Origination charge which brings the total Origination charges to $16,500 (Property cost is 645K, 10% down).

It was originally homesteaded in 1890.

Purchase price: $102,000 Cash invested: $6,000 Originally used as a short term rental, this property is now a mid-term rental (min. 30 days) and continues to cash flow.

As of July's Broward county YoY report: Closed sales up 7.5%Median sale price up 4.2% Original list price received down only 1.5% to 96.3%Inventory and median days to contract up 50% Inventory and months supply up 56%As far as a 20% price drop we are still going in the opposite direction down here.

(Genuinely asking to understand, not question your intelligence) but why would I focus on Return on Equity (ROE) and not track being paid back on my original cash investment of $130K?

You could look at filing a complaint against the original contractor - realizing those don't often go anywhere, but it's something.