It ranges in percentage but nothing has felt different.

A couple of things happened in the last few months including a lump sum pay out for a retirement from a company for whom I previously worked and I inherited a modest sum unexpectedly. 

I've done this a few times and it usually results in a monetary payout or the seller kills the next buyers deal. 

I'd say my biggest question right now is how to get accurate numbers for when analyzing a deal (specifically insurance and rent) and what's the ideal percentage to use for variable costs?

and the entire conventional wisdom of the 70% are there any people who don't really use it all and have found out their ways of making the numbers work Like adjusting the percentage based on the market. 

According to the article, around 5% of the properties are being bought by investment companies, leading to concerns that regular homebuyers are being priced out of the market.1) Do you think this could become a long-term issue, given that the current percentage of investor-bought properties is relatively small?

While the guarantee of income sounds great, it's only a percentage of the rent, typically up to 70% and the tenant has to pay the remainder.

I would guess he feels its nobody's business, and doesn't want to disclose that the payout was more than the actual repair costs.

Deduct NEW property taxes after you buyDeduct home insurance costsDeduct maintenance percentage, typically 10%Deduct vacancy+tenant nonperformance percentage(we recommend 5% for Class A, 10% Class B, 20% Class C, good luck with Class D)Deduct whatever dollar/percentage of cashflow you wantNow, what you have left over is the amount for debt service.Enter it into a mortgage calculator, with current interest rate for an investment property, to determine your maximum mortgage amount.Divide the mortgage amount by either 75% or 80%, depending on the required down payment percentage - this is your tentative price to offer.If the property needs repairs, you'll want to deduct 110%-120% of the estimated repairs from this amount.Be sure to also research the ARV and make sure it's 10-20% higher than your tentative purchase price.As long as the ARV checks out, this is the purchase price to offer.It is probably significantly below the asking price.

They worry about a large homelessness crisis during a pandemic when homelessness can easily be avoided by simply moving in with relatives and family members, taking on roommates to share the cost of rent, or moving to a cheaper apartment.Now a lot of landlords are going to be out of rent for an entire year, not to mention depreciation on the properties due to neglect and damage and wear and tear which these landlords will have to pay out of pocket to fix if they want to sell their properties in the future or rent it to someone else once the eviction moratorium is lifted.