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Ben Valentin Estimating Rehab Costs - Quick Formulas?
4 May 2017 | 4 replies
Material for bathroom redo = $1500 for materials * Multiply by 3 and you would arrive at $4500 for the total job.
Jason Malabute CALCULATING ARV ADJUSTMENTS
12 December 2017 | 16 replies
As far as age, I have been using a multiplier if it is more than a 10-15 year difference.
Basil Rostom 20 years old highly motivated but stuck
9 July 2017 | 2 replies
As a young investor, there are several things on your side, such as low cash output now (like you should have no or a low car payment, reduced student loans (if any), etc), ability to learn in an orderly fashion about RE investing (and not be rushed) and time is on your side, which can help you multiply your initial investment and give you a chance to expand your knowledge through committing to several RE transactions for the next few years.You say you want to get started?
JDee Moore No job $1k in savings RE License or market for wholesaling deals?
6 October 2017 | 25 replies
(think of the worst car salesman stereotypes and multiply by 100x and throw in some illegal sales techniques, that's finance) lol. 
Dan Favor Fair return on friends money
16 January 2011 | 21 replies
My holding period is around 3 months, so I multiply points by 4 and then add that to the interest rate to figure out my effective annualized interest rate.
Brandon Mon Good Cap Rate on Low End Properties
13 March 2008 | 3 replies
That being said, it is imperative that you understand the particular areas average operating costs including taxes, insurance, management, maintenance, utilities, etc.For a quick financial rundown on a property, I take the gross rents, subtract 10% for vacancy, multiply that AGI by 60% (40% oper. xpense) which gives me an estimated NOI.
Mark Gingrass 15K fixer upper deal?? What to do?
17 June 2007 | 6 replies
Now I also take into account idiosyncrasies of the house and the neighboorhood, and whether the house is under or over built, but initially it comes from an average sold per square foot number from the area, multiplied by my square footage.
Jon C. Making offers site unseen. How?
20 July 2011 | 5 replies
For example, I've heard some people will multiply the square footage by anything from 10-20 depending on basic observations of the condition to get a rough number for rehab.
David Ackerman Is this a fair way to value the future potential of an investment property
26 September 2011 | 3 replies
If I multiply that by 12 I get $3,000 in cash flow per year.
Alex Santini Wake up call.
2 March 2015 | 5 replies
Try using  the cost per square foot of a similar home, and multiply that by the square footage of your home to get a rough value.