People who use those shortcuts already know how to analyze a property from top to bottom, and use those shortcuts as a quick tool to decide whether they should continue to analyze or just move onto another deal.It's not that hard to mathematize (i made that word up) a few units, or any small multi-unit building, and there are even spreadsheets with cells built in to help you add your required profit, to pad or trend expenses, and to stress numbers up or down in future years.Again, in my own opinion, if you're going to spend money on a few units you might as well know how to analyze those units and make an informed decision.

Otherwise it is safe to say the "lender" is padding a fee for their benefit.

Condominium rented for 1 and 1/2 year .tenant is the lawyer .Disaster, rain ruined balcony, major repair is needed .I hired the crew ,work will cost thousands of dollars and will take 2 weeks .Tenant wants half of rent brake ,because his living conditions are bad for 2 weeks .Should I pay him ?

For the rest install carpet with stain resistant pad 8lb pad and the carpet is made from recycled water bottles.

The seller put a styrofoam pad to fix it rather than put something sturdy or even fix the floor.

Access to the back yard for an addition would be via the RV pad on the side of the house.The house address is 1096 Grove ave, IB, ca 91932.

One of the reasons, why I still manage myself.Property management companies take 8 to 10 percent off the top.Now you hear they pad vendor costs, making repairs more expensive then if i hired myself.And for what?  

by renting as "furnished"I put in a nice USED : sofa, dining room table-chairs tv, internet, silverware, toaster, bed frames w/ mattresses and lots of pads and covers to seal them!

Being reasonably intelligent and having a fair business sense I looked at my spreadsheets every conceivable way and padded all of my numbers conservatively.

We originally began looking at homes that we could "grow in to" and that were "perfect" but I soon realized that despite the market downturn, my current J.O.B. doesn't provide me with the funds necessary to get a pimp pad.