That way, both the loan paydown and appreciation are 'multiplied' by 2.5.

Cap Rate = NOI/Purchase Price and you want to aim for 10%.Therefore, to get an idea of whether a place is priced right you can multiply the gross rent by 50 and that number should be in the range of the purchase price.If all this is true, I'm having a very hard time finding properties that fit the above rules or even come close.I'm looking in Chicago.

Take the monthly rent and divide by 2%; or, take the monthly rent and multiply by 50.

Buy 10 properties, 10% down and sit on them, or buy cash and keep buying until you get to 10.Why buy 10 properties with loans:Any appreciation is multipled by 10 meaning you can make a killing if properties go up in value at all.Rent increases are also multiplied by 10.

multiply by .7 = $385kLess $50k rehab = $335k for your 70%You have this amount as your max loan amount, but this should be your max all in. 

Then I multiplied the original square footage of each duplex by the equation to get the expected cost of each duplex in my spreadsheet. 

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.