He was an investor and a real estate agent and showed me how to analyze deals and helped me get my first deal as an investor.

Admittedly I am a tracker and love to analyze mundane things like burn down rates to predict when I need to bring more supplies to the property.  

At this point, monthly interest payments had also ceased while it had been reported to us that construction had been completed.Risk MitigationOur Asset Management Team began to analyze and put into motion a risk mitigation strategy that sought to maximize the preservation of principal.

@Dayton BourassaI would also be very cautious of thinking you can increase the current rent by 35%, I know you passed on this deal, but when analyzing deals it's important to be conservative when estimating rental income, if you are not conservative with your estimates then you need to account for more vacancy, which is essentially doing the same thing as being conservative. 

Hey @Nolan ChandlerThanks for replying to my post.Yes, I'd like to go more detail about house hacking with you.I think I'm having a hard time in analyzing which deals are good enough to buy.

So, when analyzing cash flow I don’t accept the often negligible amount listed for repairs and maintenance.  

I love analyzing multi-units, and have a couple of different spreadsheets from different sources. 

BiggerPockets also has a calculator you can use to analyze deals and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.

What kind of process do you go through when analyzing deals?

We felt for it and paid the $300 for the full seminar where you will learn how to analyze the property and make sure you were not buying a lien for a sidewalk.