) dont talk about the building .. and then one the just ask straight up....Got this technique from BOOK JAB JAB JAB  Right HOOK  , By gary V ... 

I'm reading The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller and I'd like to know if someone could help me out by providing the formulas that he used to calculate his answers.($100,000 price, 20% discount on purchase price, 20% down payment, 5% annual appreciation of value and rent, initial rent at0.8% of value, expenses/vacancy at 40% of rental income, 30 year loan with interest rate of 7.43%)Annual appreciation of property is $7,759Annual Principal paydown is $1,165For principal paydown, I'm getting 577.92 (I'm doing a loan payment for 30 years @ 7.43% minus 64k * .0743/12 for interest = 48.16 payment per month * 12 months = 577.92)Thanks for answering my newbie question!

You need to do some backtesting:In 2010 I can buy 300K house in Concord,CA with 50K down, the house is now 1 million.In 2010 I can buy 50k house in Gary,IL with 50k cash, the house is now 60k.Investing in real estate is super easy: always use leverage in highly appreciating market.

Best, Gary

Gary is a newbie investor from Orlando.

To answer your question, about finding "unicorns" (as Gary mentioned) you should look into getting involved, or joining, your local Investors Association. 

If you have not read the Millionair Real Estate AGent by Gary Keller, pick up a copy.

Highly recommend checking out the books The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan (they've had Jay on the BP Podcast a few times to talk about several of his great books) for more clear goal setting strategies to help you determine where you want to be and how to get there.

I will keep that in mind matching insurance to my future properties.The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller and The Book on Investing in Rental Properties by Brandon Turner would top my list of recommendations.

Millionaire Real Estate Agent by Gary Keller