I stumbled upon BiggerPockets nearly a decade ago through a podcast, and it’s been one of the most influential resources in my investing career.

I noticed this thread was updated around nine months ago, and I stumbled on it today while poking around for info on Opportunity Zone Funds.

I realize this thread is over a year old, but I actually stumbled upon it recently while digging into some 1031 exchange research on Google.

Your specific variable expense assumptions are wrong, BUT you stumbled into them being correct overall.Also, you are approaching this correctly - entering in the numbers to generate a purchase price that meets your metrics:)

Thanks all this is super helpful and hopefully someone else in my situation will stumble up on your advice too!

@John Underwood you've stumbled across a complaint, not a judgement."

, but I stumbled on it while Googling strategies for short-term rentals in Denver.

That is over-the-top for my business, but I don't think it hurts to have an anonymous PO box in case you stumble upon a crazy person.  

Little did I know I was going to stumble across some books mentioning bigger pockets, start listening to their podcast, and make a post saying this house is now going to be a fix and flip!

However, there's nothing to be ashamed of; this is a problem that most people encounter and easily overlook, and it can even lead to stumbling, as I got lost there for a while too.