I also do my payment "schedule" not based time, but based on completion benchmarks. ex: Here is 'week one' work.

That's my goal and desire, but finding listings that are remotely close to the 2% benchmark is extremely difficult.

@Jacob D. unqualified perspective, but those benchmarks look good (I will be adjusting them for the ATL market and borrowing them).

This is the bench mark in both good times as well bad economic cycles. 

Was talking to a colleague recently who mentioned the importance of land value as a benchmark when estimating the value of property.

Jose,While there are many different benchmarks to compare an investment to in order to gauge success (excluding subjective meanings of success), an easy comparison is one made against the stock market (i.e.

Find regular homes on the market as bench mark not rehab homes.

Very Knowledgeable&experienced in Michigan market, prompt response, and will not sell you anything for the money....Mortagage Loans: After benchmarking over 50 mortage banks.

I have not had to do an appraisal yet, sorry I don’t have a benchmark for you.  

We are due for a slight correction, but those generally quite nuanced and they happen on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis (example: the prices drop 2%-5% for a quarter or two in a specific neighborhood).Q2 set a benchmark. 1/3 of all SFH sales were sold for $2m+, and the median sale price for a SFH was $1.62m, which was a 13% YTY increase.