But you can get houses for 100-200k and they'll rent at 1% or so it makes it a lot easier to get multiples vs a house that is 2-3x more but that multiplier isn't applied for rent.

This may seem like a simple revelation, but when you multiply this behavior over numerous materials, decisions, purchases, and ultimately projects and properties.

It would take almost 11 years to recoup the $25,000.00Now multiply those numbers by 10We have a profit of $41,160 for the self managing investor & $23,160 for the passive investor.

Pricing additions such as:  Single family no add, 2 units .25 3-4 units .5 ; non owner occupied .75; FICO 680-699 .25 ; each percentage point is multiplied by loan amount.You can pay these in cash or increase the interest rate to cover..125 in rate equals .75 in add depending on product typeThe loan level pricing adds are additional costs for items that the secondary market (who loan is sold to) or the lender appetite for risk.Rates have been volatile.

For example  j Scott's book on estimating rehab costs is great but I think almost everything is multiplied by bare minimum 1.5 sometimes maybe 3.

,I've done a number of owner financed deals in the past - they can be a pretty nice way to multiply your profits over the long term.

So, to find the maximum acquisition cost (purchase price + rehab cost), divide the gross monthly rent by .02 or multiply the gross monthly rent by 50.Good Luck,Mike

Originally posted by Scott Bartlet:While I'd still like to figure out a more accurate way of measuring a roof without actually climbing on top of the property to measure it.What I've found to be somewhat reasonably moderately sorta kinda almost accurate (in other words, it's better than nothing) is to multiply the length of the house by the width of the house and then multiple by 2.

In some areas, I know the assessed value reflects the FMV when I use a multiplier to adjust the assessed value.

Then multiply that by 5 (5 hits each)