@Christopher Benjamin  Here is a simplified version of my more elaborate yearly cash flow model you can start with.

new to this site, hoping to simplify whether I should sell a lot purchased when sold a SF rental back in 2006. the gross sales price of the house was 165K, but the net was closer to 151K. 

I have numbered my questions below and also attached a very simplified version of a DCF valuation to illustrate my questions.

I’m sure I will likely be paying a little more for this approach, but this simplified option is more appealing for the first one while I’m learning the processes.

This approach not only simplifies your journey but also helps you stay resilient amid the inevitable ups and downs of the market.

Itś all worked out on paper but you are depending on a lot to make it work and over simplifying other stuff.

@Mike K. it can work in your simplified overview.Reality has lots more challenges that can cost you thousands.As others have mentioned, there's lot of EXPERIENCED competition for foreclosures.

There is no best forumYou can post to BP, LinkedIn etc but those avenues are not places where you say “give me money” or “invest in this deal”People on most sites will want to build brand authority.Raising money simplified is sales.

A traditional sole ownership property will cost you approximately 5% of the total value of the property to sell based on fees we are all used to paying (and you are paying all of that out of your equity, regardless of how much debt is on the property, and without a return of capital clause).Again, simplify your analysis to a strict understanding of the property level analysis inside the portfolio - something you've likely been doing on your investments to date.

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