I just bought a home whose tenant has been there 34 years on a month to month lease.She was paying $750/mo which equates to about  half of the market rent of $1550  which I am getting on two  similar homes I own in the same neighborhood.

As a real estate investor, I've learned that you can talk about anything. To make deals go through, you need to get along with buyers and understand what drives them. I quickly learned that just because I signed a ter...

Once your offer falls through, you're completely out of the equation.

Then when it went down $50,000 you start putting in limit orders to buy depending on how much of a % the 50k equates to.

In scenarios where occupancy falls below 80%, equating to approximately 2-3 months of vacancy, the likelihood of encountering negative carry increases significantly.

This generally equates to about $28-32 per board.For just patching and smaller jobs, expect to pay closer to $2.00-2.25 per square foot.

There are some scenarios which can change the equation and take priority over the opportunity cost equation demonstrated above.  

I hear all the time about interest rates but that is not a factor in this equation.

A $10k price reduction usually equates to around $35-50 in monthly savings (on a $250-300k loan amount) but a $10K interest rate buy-down can reduced monthly installments by $250/mo or more on a   What are you seeing in your portfolio or real estate/mortgage business?

If I am in a 3 cap area, a dollar of noi equates to $33 of value add.