How to measure prepayment risk and default risk along with how to underwrite are skills that you do not get over night.

I am just trying to get a feel for how much meat should be on the bone to use to service the note and have some net profit at the end of the day to sock back for problems as well as some measure of profit.

First off, welcome to Bigger Pockets Account Closed .Were you measuring your results of your marketing prior to your online venture?

All have had value, but none can measure up to what I've learned after I graduated...and I'm still learning.You get what you pay for, but you should also expect to pay for what you get.

And 36 Other Key Financial Measures By frank gallinelli.  

Trulia’s valuation measurements comes from looking at prices compared with the historical norm in each market.Real estate investors in California that rely on hard money lenders to finance their new purchases and refinances have been hitting the appraisal hurdle pretty hard.

It is not and was never expected to be a measure of profitability.  

Have you considered a small trailer for your car to pull as a stop gap measure?

You just have to measure the space and see which stackables have dimensions that allow for a fit in that space (and pick a unit that is smaller by quite a bit to allow for doors on the machines to open).

How can they measure if I never rented it?