It is frustrating - but there are a heck of a lot of landlords out there that are not.If you are operating at 96% rent collection, then take a moment and pick-up the paper- There are a heck of a lot of people out there getting decimated.

The downturn decimated Reno since they were so heavily weighted in the services sector.

In my case:The number of days (or months, it you prefer) your home was your residence during the 5-year period leading up to the sale.Divide by 730 days (or 24 months); calculate to 3 decimal places.

I am a decimal point off in my math.

If Congress decides to shut a base, a small community would be decimated, while a large city will still feel the impact. 

You could buy a piece of real estate and be completely decimated.

Hi Michinori,I assumed that I need to make my percentages a decimals to covert it into a percentage, I've fixed this now, I see now I've low balled the repair cost due to the fact I assume that the place was move in ready and would just need cleaning of sorts. 

Revised table to check math: $ 50,000.00 per loan 3 funds per year       0.12 Rate % (decimal)                 Year Total Contrib Principal Principal + Profit Gross Profit (Contrib) Gross Profit (Total) Total Basis 1 $ 150,000 $ 150,000 $ 18,000 $ 18,000 $ 168,000 2 $ 300,000 $ 318,000 $ 36,000 $ 38,160 $ 356,160 3 $ 450,000 $ 506,160 $ 54,000 $ 60,739 $ 566,899 4 $ 600,000 $ 716,899 $ 72,000 $ 86,028 $ 802,927 5 $ 750,000 $ 952,927 $ 90,000 $ 114,351 $ 1,067,278 6 $ 900,000 $ 1,217,278 $ 108,000 $ 146,073 $ 1,363,352 7 $ 1,050,000 $ 1,513,352 $ 126,000 $ 181,602 $ 1,694,954 8 $ 1,200,000 $ 1,844,954 $ 144,000 $ 221,394 $ 2,066,348 9 $ 1,350,000 $ 2,216,348 $ 162,000 $ 265,962 $ 2,482,310 10 $ 1,500,000 $ 2,632,310 $ 180,000 $ 315,877 $ 2,948,187

@Alex G. mentions it briefly, but you should know that a Heritage Tree in the wrong place can totally decimate your ability to build or add on.

The industry was decimated in the years 2008 onward.