Look at this as well so sq footage doesnt trick you into a bad deal.Dont reinvent the wheel.

You seem to be reinventing the wheel, Adam.One widely used rule of thumb to make sure your project cost (purchase price + rehab costs) is less than 70% of ARV.

Turned out many of them were sh*t and we had to reinvent our portfolio.So do your own homework until you know you have somebody you can trust to look after you, but always check things out yourself!

But, as I don't want to reinvent the wheel, I'm trying to find out what else is out there, and what it does.Here's my resume in brief:A.S. in CAD 1986CAD work and Road & Bridge InspectorWorked in most of the trades at one time or anotherB.S. in Construction Science & Management from Kansas State UniversitySuperintending, Project Engineering, Project Coordinator, Project Manager, Estimating and being my own GCI've rehabbed over 100 houses, most for someone else, but a few of my own5 yrs Building Inspector and Code ConsultantThanks you for your time and any help you might offer!

I'm making the calls, I'm running my finger down the list of VA Lenders and I'm sure I'll find someone but I figured why re invent the wheel when I know someone has had a similar thought before me.

and don't want to re-invent the wheel, If you know or can you share the spreadsheets to track and analyze rental properties, I would greatly appreciate it.I have seen the BP calculators, but Iam looking more for me to track it in spreadsheets.Thanks,Suresh

Probably don't need to reinvent the wheel, plenty of great ones out there already.https://www.biggerpockets.com/tools/REIPropertyAnalyzer.xls

In my opinion, don't try to start out reinventing the wheel, just work to make it rounder.

I'm not into reinventing the wheel.

The old adage applies, 'You don't need to reinvent the wheel' and 'You wont live long enough to make all the mistakes in the world'.