Flipping and renting have general mathematical formulas used to determine deal viability.

I have a Mathematics & Economics degree and got 4.0 GPA at college, but I made terrible investment decisions before even when I programmed a deep learning algorithm using probability and statistics to predict the stock market.

I always thought the best thing to do was have the tenants pay the loan off but mathematically if I pay it off now I would be in the black almost $60k/yr give or take which seems like a good idea and then I could pay off the personal loan in ~4-5 years as there's no rush per se I just hate the idea of this varied loan which could crush me if it hits that 6%+ mark and it requires a minimum for my stock balance or there's a maintenance call.

I know this wouldn't make mathematical sense (given the extremely low-interest rates, but what about from a risk perspective?

Hello folks! Anyone out here just finished real estate licensing NJ state exam? Please help! I am struggling with the computations ( I know this is dumb :( but whatever... lol) I am still going to ask for help from an...

I've done these for 25 years and I've made every mistake you can imagine and a few mistakes I made up on my own that nobody knew were mistakes :-) So, to get an idea why this is so powerful and has made me a LOT of money read this spreadsheet3 Ways to Wealth in Real Estate – Fix & Flip, Buy & Hold, Turnkey (Cash flow) – Here’s Howhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/780022-3-ways-to-wealth-in-real-estate-cashflow-flip-hold-here-s-howSeller financing is a mathematically bad idea.

It's really a mathematical blend of scores.

Have the deep conversations, figure how to help her meet her goals too, mathematically model the vision that you can both agree on (it will change over time), and then be prepared to work on the investing piece yourself out of love for your family. 

I have an education in mathematics and stats that turned into a successful career as a software developer.

There are mathematical optimization calculations you could do, but at the end of the day, REI isn't an equation to solve.