Investment income is defined as income from interest, dividends, annuities, royalties and rents, and net gain from disposition of property, other than such income derived in the ordinary course of a trade or business (however, income from passive activities and from a trade or business of trading in financial instruments or commodities is included in the definition of net investment income).This provision applies to tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2012."

I noticed that this 2% rule was derived in a different economic condition (a much better condition than the current).

Us physics majors taunted engineering students because they just used rules of thumb, while we derived everything from first principals.For hard money I assume four points and 15% and a loan amount equal to 70% of ARV.

Currently I am part of a limited real estate partnership which is doing quite well but am not able to learn much or derive enough to be able to go ahead and do it for myself.

You've both given me an understanding on how to derive at a true comp.

I came here as my first resource and found this threadhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/75086-probate-list-vs-inheritance-listMy question is....has anyone found a way to derive this list on their own without having to pay for the list, which from the aforementioned thread seems to be a little iffy at best.

The premise of the central bank’s $85 billion rescue of American International Group Inc. in September was that the insurer’s failure posed a threat to the system through its role in the derivatives market.

The benefits of these assets are derived from four distinct components:C= Cash Return  (you may see this called Cash-on-Cash return)A= Appreciation (in linear real estate markets there is slow steady growth of asset value)P=Principal paydown (tenants rent checks pay down the mortgage monthly)T= Tax Benefits  (if your syndicator uses a cost seg study and an accelerated depreciation schedule your returns may be completely offset by K-1 depreciation you will receive for the first 7-8 years...tax free money)Every commercial MF asset is different.

I know with multi-fam and commercial properties the value is usually derived by the income the investment is producing.

If it is NOT sold within the 90 days, it becomes listed by a centralized agent and the commission comes out of the income derived by that branch.