A calculator is a very small piece of the puzzle and often wrong because one wrong assumption can turn a profit into a loss.

I think the biggest piece of the puzzle is to identify which category you fall in. 

It’s also been so fun to learn the processes and figure out the puzzles (I’m also an engineer).

Conceptually I unveiled my real estate puzzle, it's time to come out of the shadows :).

The investor relations arm is the third piece of the puzzle, which is constantly raising capital and maintaining communications with investors.How to Get Started as a Full-Time Real Estate InvestorWhether you wish to transition from a W2 job to an active or a passive career path, the first step is education.

If you're already a broker and investor, and you have property management experience, what pieces of the puzzle are you missing? 

Would you recommend a exploratory dig as next steps?

The short answer to this puzzle is:  the money has to come from somewhere (if your insurance won't cover the replacement and any repairs if they were due to a failed roof). 

This is not attractive - especially at a high 3.00% (pushing 4.00%) rate with no IO.95% of the time, this client goes for agency financing - but given the nature of this small loan portfolio - I don't think agencies are the right puzzle piece here. 

This an exciting puzzle @Michael Heisterkamp still trying to wrap my head around your third example.