Use current numbers as a guideline)- repair & maintenance ($250-300/unit/year)- make ready ($250-300/unit/year)- marketing (ask PM for input)- utilities (use current but inflate them by 2-3%/year going forward)- property taxes (calculate based on the offer price.

Would like to get on buyer list for a couple of REASONABLE wholesalers, who use accurate (not inflated) comps and accurate estimates of repairs. 

I am not super aggressive, but after crunching the numbers multiple times I realized the worst this can give me is 2%, which is inflation rate.

Hello @Ashley Massis Class - I'd say @Matt Leber is correct that HOA fees for Townhouses can really kill your cash-flow, so factor this in when running your numbers and inflate the amount slightly to account for the likely increase or special assessment.

Also, the terms are not favorable to the landlord, especially against inflation.

and in Oregon our non english speaking hispanic labor force at Home Depot has unionized and they all ask for 15 to 20 an hour  Inflation.. as  a side note we deal with this in new construction when they buyer wants to change a light fixture they saw at HD for 50 bucks.. and you have to charge them 300 to change it they go nuts and cant understand why..

Also, Union City hasn't experienced the same hype as its neighbor Jersey City Heights with its inflated prices.

Finally, the lack of cheap financing is also a positive in that prices aren't artificially inflated by cheap debt and so you don't get bubbles that explode like you do in the US.All this means that there are opportunities for foreigners but they need to know what they're doing.

Just make sure you are using accurate expectations and not inflated excitement in using these numbers (I have certainly been guilty of doing the same thing to some properties).

This process increases your seed money exponentially...and faster.  2 - When you get to the point where you can buy a cash flow property...buy it...using only the profits from flipping the new inflated seed money.3 - Keep flipping the same seed money (the bigger one in Step #2), over and over, spending only the profits...but using the same seed money (the bigger one in Step #2) to infinity.