They do have some really nice discounts.They don't care about your financing so an all cash offer has zero weight when two deals are being compared.

It's a fascinating, yet kind of concerning topic, so it should hold some weight to it. 

I've done the weighted average interest on a rate and term vs. cash out refi and often the effective interest rate for the cash out means you're paying between 7-9% for that money....the reason being you're paying the higher rate on not only the cash, but also the entire remaining mortgage balance.

This was originally built as a rail car manufacturing and repair facility, so the base may be just enough to handle empty cars - Fully loaded cars could be an entirely different matter - If the base isn't sufficient for the weight, big problem.

I find them in general to be good/conservative in their number so I am happy to provide it to the owner as it allows me the opportunity to under promise and over perform.It is important however not to just plug the address into the rentalizer and go, you need to analyze the comps below and weight the comps most similar to the subject property.Hope that helps!

It feels like I might be punching above my weight here, and taking on too much risk.

The granite is fine, but the limestone gets ate away from underground rivers (cracks in the subterranean rock) and eventually the weight of the earth above it will cave it in.

They had counter weights to keep them up, and most of the ropes that were connected to the counter weights had rotted and failed, so the windows usually had a stick or a book holding them open.

Investing $50k for 5 years holds weight but so too does active management of the property for 5 years.

As an investor with a smaller portfolio I really put a lot of weight on Cash on Cash Return.