That said, with an experienced flipper, hard money in LA should be between 10-12% and private money all depends on your own resources but typically 7-10% and not over 10% in CA due to usury laws (unless the lender is licensed or a licensed broker underwrites the translation -which defeats the purpose of avoiding a HML).

I assume you have something like a 50% expense ratio every year - so basically this improvement will net you $600 additional dollars (1200 times 50%), which translates into a 12% return on investment @ $5,000.Everyone has their own goals on what is an acceptable return.  

So I'm not sure how much of my experience translates to yours, but these things do happen and flexibility is important.

Lower risk generally translates into a lower return.

How to use this “prediction” to translate into an investment thesis/plan is the biggest and most difficult question in my mind.

I hate when good sarcasm gets lost in text translation.

Of course, I'm not sure how much that translates to investors of low income properties.

Basically, we pay interest every month or the lender gets the house and the rents.So let’s do the math, a $50,000 loan at 8% interest would translate into a monthly payment to the lender of $333.33 per month.

We need help with basic stuff like reviewing and translating various contracts/documents before signing, helping us draft needed contracts, provide some boiler-plate stuff, etc.

We recently put a property that was down to the studs into escrow at fair market value months before ever being completed. this benefited the seller greatly because the property was locked into escrow before the project being completed, and is minimizing days on the market which translates to lower holding costs. combined with a great offer it was win win for the seller due to profit maximizing, buyer because they were able to customize a home and negotiate a price they were comfortable with, and probably lastly the agent because it took much more work then a normal listing due to milestones and repairs being made as the deal went on.just some notes on the subject which i know can be debated all day long.cheers!