If anyone is a GP, they should be negotiating a healthy promote for all of their deals.Equity Multiples can work hand in hand with IRR this way.

If you're looking for a shift from a sellers market to a buyers market, it may be some time because employment seems healthy in most markets.

I know it's not healthy to think this way but my wife's working on me.

How's the total looking for you, my guess you're netting a healthy $250-300 per residence every month?

I too am fond of the buy and hold and as the properties age I would liquidate and maintain a healthy RE portfolio.

As much as i hate to, if F4F doesn't call me tomarrow by noon i will go to my awesome bank- but still a bank and hope they will give me the credit I need to secure this place and begin participating in this amazing market, and no more rationing food by the 15th of the month while my wife Drs. hound her for higher protein in her diet.  

If you're getting 3 calls per day or more on average over 10 days you can safely assume that there will be sufficient demand to rent the place in a timely manner.I used to get really worried when population was stagnant or slightly down, but have found several cases, especially with affordable housing, where in a down market you still have very healthy demand.Good luck.

I'm all for a healthy debate and/or you telling me I fouled up on the calculations.Check out the file located at https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/1049/download.

My father decided to start vermi-composting a couple of years ago and in the spring sold his surplus composting agents (worms) to bass fishermen for a healthy amount.

Even then, you will want to incorporate a healthy amount of conservative skepticism into your analysis.