Then I wrote 3 books, became the person in charge of education in my REI and had to produce presentations every month (at least 2) for it, and before I knew it,...It's not as hard as you think, at least it was for me. 

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Some of our deals produce out size returns, but most are in the mid teens.  

Add prop tax, insurance, general maintenance/cap ex, P&I, misc and I do not see how any realistic underwriting can show this unit producing an acceptable return.  

So they engaged me to produce results..

That's not a profit producing activity for a Broker / Property Manager as 99% are tire kickers and the ones who will buy will buy without going on a date with you. 

You need to look at return on equity, how much cash flow can be generated putting your equity to work vs the cash flow this property will produce.

. #922-2, pp. 86–95) (noting that upwards of 90% of transactions on the Subject MLS offer buyer agent commissions of exactly 3% during the class period, with the exception of the MARIS MLS consistently offering 2.7%)....Although it is true that a nominal commission of $1 would satisfy Section 2-G-1 and Defendants agree such nominal commission is mandated, Plaintiffs have produced evidence that no transaction within the Subject MLS took place using a nominal commission.

I don't think the windfall is as big as you say, or why would you care about large downpayments on income-producing assets that would appreciate over time?

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