You will get good enough that you will be able to run these calculations in less than 2 minutes for a ballpark estimate on a house you are looking at.  

The right loan officer can calculate all of this for you and set you up for success not only now but for future properties too.And as I mentioned, you can not only use your VA benefit for 1 property, if your purchase price is low enough, you will have secondary/bonus entitlement to buy a second property with a VA loan.

My understanding is that for first time investors potential rental income is not calculated when applying for the loan.

Failed listings could mean canceled listings, expired listings, or where there have been no updates to a listing for X period of time and they just move them to failed.Equity could be calculated based on FMV - original mortgage OR FMV - estimated current mortgage amount. 

View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.First time rehabber here, looking for any helpful information.

So, selling price of $645,000 minus purchase price $415,000 minus new kitchen $50,000 is taxable about $180,000 at 28% tax is $50,000 tax to IRS.

In our opinion, an investor should only work with agents that meet at least one of the following:1) Own rentals themselves for at least 24 months2) Have a 3-5 year track record of rental transactions, that they can document3) Know how to calculate 1% Rule, ROI, NOI, etc.4) Have access to tired investors selling the rentalsHopefully, the agents you've been referred to meet one or more of these:)

The rental property itself provides the tax benefits and not necessarily the entity structure.Depreciation should wipe out your cash-flow from being taxed, especially given the high prices of properties right now.You should have your tax returns reviewed if your properties are reporting positive taxable income.

The easiest way to prove the value you bring as an agent is to calculate your hourly wage when someone thinks you make too much money.

Most Insurance companies have estimating programs that calculate the amount needed.