The curriculum encompasses all areas of real estate including finance, appraisal, development, asset management, market analysis, law and the regulatory environment and urban land economics.

This doesn't encompass rehabs or big repairs, but for general (easy) number running-https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/01/1...For rehabs and estimates and stuff, you'd just throw those into the equations.Definitely only use the 50% rule for quick property browsing and nothing more.

i use encompass insurance that has great rates. the agent is a moron, he can't put a sentence together in an email. he never uses any punctuation for crying out loud...but i digress.. i tried to switch and the 4-5 companies i called (not rob's) told me "forget it. i can't compete with Encompass". and the replacement values are insanely high. most of them are worth around 100 and the replacement value is at around 190k-210k. they would not lower them either.the bad thing is that they insure up to 4. i have to have Great lakes for the others.

A 20 mile radius is simply too large of a demographic you are trying to encompass.

But it also gives leeway to the honest people to do what is needed to do the job right without throwing out the baby with the bath water.BTW, you do know that the "Chinese Drywall" problem encompasses several brands, and that the amount of sulfuric acid off-gassing varies not only by brand, but vintage.

I want to confirm what I believe is true - Does this "rule" encompass all expenses besides mortgage?

The reporters concern was about rooming houses, but the Mayors answer encompasses those 2 families, the type that I own.All of these issues are local, handled by its respective building departments, planning departments, zoning boards, and believe it or not, home owner associations which I'll get to later.My own 2 family is a good illustration.

Additional work orders should be in writing and encompass the extent and the cost of the additional work.

i'm a 'tropical islander' at heart and apparently it shows thru and thru cuz the local latinos tend to often tell me i must be from somewhere 'tropical' and at the same time i often getting asked if i'm japanese or part japanese. but for now i'm luvin socal, and i wouldnt say the LAC market is bad, just its soo comparatively premium priced across the board, even entry level bargains (i posted a thread on BP encompassing yesterday somewhere encompassing LA market) and the inventory is piling up due to sellers affected by the hyperinflation of the US dollar against imported Chinese Japanese and Korean funds galore!

Consider doing a little more homework to make sure you are encompassing more than just what is required.