Trying to get an idea of how much cash we need to bring to the table and any curve balls that could come up.  

In this situation the seller wouldn’t have to bring anything to the closing table and I could get a property under market value.

Each one has been an absolute nightmare 2-3 days before close.In almost all of them, the closing company has been terrible with communicating with the lender so numbers were still being figured out at the closing table. 

I’d honestly rather just look at buying one off condos at this point, probably not gonna cash flow either but at least you take some risk off the table and can get into more stable areas with less construction (mainly NW)  

When elections come around too, people get more worried and take their money off the table till the following year, this is a time to jump into the market and negotiate harder on deals too!  

That way the owner knows how much they are getting and there are no surprises at the settlement table.

She proceeded to fill the entire common entry space with decor, message boards, side tables etc.

I checked the manufacturer's specifications and they don't have any sort of table or calculation to utilize.

Since a mechanic is an expert at repairing autos and not playing Nostradamus and predicting exact future, they use an industry accepted, published, estimation table to predict the appropriate billable time for said repair, known as book hours. 

Purchase price: $213,500 Cash invested: $20,716 Short term rental on Table Rock Lake near Branson, MO.