This works OK for relatively static and simple investments like a private placement or crowdfund, but can become rather cumbersome and expensive with a more time sensitive and transaction intensive asset such as a rental property.

Aaron,Lower income rentals the owner investors tend to be HYPER sensitive to cash flows.

Really hope I can get some replies here as this is a time sensitive situation.

I can combine this calculation with a sensitivity test to determine the max offer I can make according to the term and interest rate on a seller carryback.

Your just sensitive, and don't want to hear anything that you don't want to hear.

Those little critters are very sensitive to vibrations, and when someone walks nearby, or your steam cleaner was there, the eggs hatched, the sleeping fleas woke up, and they were hungry!

Could simply take up smoking...lol.Yea...people are getting pretty sensitive to smoke smell.

I buy turnkey and have a few “safe guards” in place:- All of my properties are freshly rehabbed (lower initial cap-ex expenses)- Most of my properties have a vacancy guarantee with the PM company (if property were ever vacant for 90 consecutive days, PM pays me full market rent starting on day 91)I’m just trying to figure out what is “enough” for reserves, if there ever is such a thing, and balancing that with expanding my portfolio.  

If there's a hole, it may be a red flag.b) sensitivity analysis: I examine all the assumptions, and make sure I can live with the worst case scenarios.c) "Stall and see": if they are getting money over multiple years, and there is no penalty for investing later, I would usually wait so I get some real performance data, versus having to look at theoretical pro forma information.d) Recession stress test: I will not invest in anything, until I subject it to recession level stress and see if I can live with the result.

Individuals might treat it like dorm rooms and keep snacks and personal items in their rooms in order to "safeguard" them.