I wanted to see if there was anyone out there that has used Microsoft excel to keep track of the ROIs of there properties?

And then the investors going to repeat the same euphoria again lolIts wolf eating wolf and eating wolf-way of business.Now every GP outthere, look at the same excel sheet, find me all complex that would have debt maturity in 2024, I would buy it all with 20% discount LOL LOLKind of.

I do those things using a few excel spreadsheets … what you are working on sounds super handy!

Now my situation may required less, but the company who did my crawl space did an excellent job. 

We are happy because the choices we have made have put us in the path of what we love to do and we can excel at it because we feel supported by a network that no matter the question, someone has the answer.

To be honest, this is an excellent example of WHY I am so obsessed with Real Estate Investing vs all other forms. 

Use tools like BiggerPockets Rental Property Calculator and Excel templates.

You make an excellent point about how certain issues may not become apparent until the tenant has lived in the property for a while, and that’s completely understandable. 

Both can be excellent strategies, but one option may be significantly better for you based on the answers to these questions.

It seemed to have all the desirable characteristics - excellent location close to beach, safe gated community, all the amenities, etc.