Find one you like and run with it, but become familiar with the lingo so you're able to converse with someone else that uses a different favorite flavor of investment criteria when they're evaluating deals.Hopefully I didn't just muddy the waters - or make your head explode!

For a TX real estate pro, Michael is an obvious choice of tax pro.Prior to pulling the trigger on a Cost Seg study, you should evaluate 2 things:1 - How much net additional deprecation tax deductions a Cost Seg study would provide: Best way to get this is by requesting a free feasibility analysis from a Cost Seg provider.

I live in LA as well, but after spending close to two years evaluating the SoCal markets I decided to go out of state and am very happy with the decision.

I do think that just like any investment you have to be picky and really evaluate a deal before buying it.

I guess I need to re evaluate if someone is willing to pay up front to just get an equity partner..  

hello to all. just a quick description of myself. i am a real estate investor working in the western New York area. i have been doing this in this area for 12 years now, with many successes. i am a licensed home inspector, work as a handyman for a local property management company, and currently own several investment houses. i can safely say that i know the area quite well. given my home inspectors experience, i feel very confident in my ability to judge the condition of a house and evaluate the rehab to bring it back to a marketable condition. having a degree in accounting, i feel quite confident in my ability to manage the numbers part of the transaction as well. having recently passed a course in furnace installation and repair, i feel i can safely replace appliances such as the furnace if need be and a water heater if need be, saving large sums of money in the rehab. he is what i am looking for. i am looking for a HML to fund my latest find. a 4 bedroom, one bath house with two stall garage in a family neighborhood that i currently own 2 houses in and have purchased more in the same neighborhood in the passed. 

Evaluate each "deal" based on your verifiable numbers, design capabilities, and return requirements. 

If you get a positive evaluation, you should hire an MAI appraiser, to render an opinion of the fair market value of the property.  

How do you evaluate a contractor..i.e.

Its possible the appraiser used a 10 cap to evaluate the property and my banker was loaning money to properties with an 8 cap.