Gain is your net sales price minus your adjusted cost basis (purchase price plus capital improvements minus depreciation). 

I recently started my own practice as a bookkeeper and tax preparer, and am excited to learn more about how I can help best service real estate investors!.

There are some great suggestions here on down payment, interest rate, servicing, and underwriting the borrower.  

Combine that with some government austerity and the debt issue improves.

There is usually extra charges on closing to pay for that service… but it is minimal.All the best!

At the end of the day, losing $10k is really not a lot in the grand scheme of real estate investing, and given the seeming high volatility of this market ($275k to $220k, presumably in a matter of months), and the generally high monthly cost of HML, I would get out quickly and think of the loss as the cost of education.At least in my area (Cincinnati, OH) I don't see the market dramatically improving even as we get into the spring buying season, and, honestly, I only see mortgage rates continuing to climb for the foreseeable future, taking more and more buyers out of the market.

The cash flow does improve with the hold .  

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Net Sale - Is the contract price, minus the closing costs and commissions.Adjust cost basis - Is the purchase price, plus capital improvements, minus depreciation.

You would then stress to not incur any improvement cost above $22,000 or you may have to liquidate the property.In this scenariod, $60,000 if you are making an above return at 10% to 12% annually + $30,000 making $4% in a HYSA, the average return is maybe around 8%The blended return would be about 9%You may be better off investing in the stock market, get a slightly lower return but without all the added stress / work.