You could plot a graph of $/SF and $/BR but at the end of the day there is no set formula because supply and demand plays a factor.In general…the 3rd BR will add value, but since the total square footage is the same, it won't capture ALL of the value and it depends on your market. ie. the 3rd BR would be a plus to families, college students, but a minus to childless working professionals.You could triangulate rent prices from different angles and find an average.

Also it includes a nice little pie graph.

The Case-Shiller home price index, the “inflation adjusted” home price index, blah blah blah….All of these diagrams and graphs only stand to indicate that real estate had a long needed inflationary period during 2000-2006.

I set for myself milestones which needed to be accomplished each month to make this happen.I find these goals to be a wonderful motivational factor.

(Numbers not too precise, I'm reading them off a graph in the July 7, 2008 Business Week.)So, lets look at that example againValue in Denver: $144,000.Value in Las Vegas: $111,000.In Denver you're OK vs. the original loan.

t=16573I though this same graph appears somewhere in the blog, but I can't find it.

Hi James,The software you are talking about is called the GIG (Goal Implementation Graph).

I am thankful for so many things: The people in my life who have helped me along the way, whether I knew that at the time or not;The events that gave pleasure, excitement, sorrow and solace, understanding and growth, and even love;Those seeming adversities, which made me stronger, which now enable me to get through this time;Those incidents that stand out as milestones over the years, that, if any one were missing, my life would not be the same.I’m asked at times if I could do it over what I would change.

This graph puts things into perspective pretty well: four bears

There was a great graph shown on a previous post with the comparisons of previous recessions.