In this case, we went out on a limb with this inexperienced father/son partnership but all of the right ingredients were there so we took a chance.

You have some of the ingredients to be successful.

Unfortunately this is not the case in the month I have been asking him for them.I'm sure everyone knows that feeling of being right at the end of a project and needing the last ingredient.

Good Evening folks! I promised a lender I will get back to him with an executive summary to try to build developments in Detroit. Can someone give me a tip on how I should write my executive summary to explain to t...

, "What's the secret ingredient?"

Good cash flow and an improving housing market are good ingredients for success!

Net Operating Income ( the key "ingredient" to determining cap rate) is the gross income minus the operating expense.

I have done all of the ask a real estate agent find a mentor all of that but am still lacking the key ingredient for investing.

Have you asked them to show you the rope, or shall I say the secret ingredients to be successful in investing in real estate?

Small guys that are more efficient and do not have a lot of overhead will be more profitable that somebody that is doing 150 flips per year.I think his goal is missing the most important ingredient: ''what would be an average profit per deal after overhead is paid?''