Hard to predict who that will be.Also, I'd continue to accept other back offers since I think there's a chance neither of these will close.

Auburn looks really good and I would predict them to be the favorite.

Neils Bohr once said, "Prediction is difficult, especially about the future."

Sometimes, honest mistakes are made or the future doesn't turn out as predicted.

As i mentioned the proforma is based on higher rental rates than I am predicting (I am being conservative and thinking that slightly lower rents would fill the place up faster compared to competition rates), and also includes income from onsite laundry.I have been figuring a conservative 10% for property management.I have not given too much thought about the pro forma, but will get more detail about the pro forma expenses - that is my only interest in the pro forma.But, I feel that this is a deal worth pursuing further.

Here is the thread with the spring predictions: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/56/topics/48284-baseball-season-2-1-predictions-thoughts-etc Only two predictions there that came to be: 1.

RE has many more ongoing costs and unexpected costs that can't be predicted.

I'm at 710 only because I'm young and don't yet have a credit card, I have one I'm going to activate and use sparingly to bump it up to around 730ish (that's what the myFICO prediction was anyways).My parents on the other hand... 819 for my dad and my mom said around 830, they never have problems with financial institutions when asking for money.

I think it was you who predicted that I wouldn't, but I am still hoping your wrong and the people who did buy the courses just haven't seen the topic yet.My guess is that they come to forums like BiggerPockets, read for a day or two, and come to the conclusion that making money in real estate is no different than any other business endeavor -- it's hard work and there is some risk involved.

The 50% rule would predict "expenses" of $4500 a year rather than the $2,283.24.