Compare this to your total monthly costs, including mortgage, insurance, taxes, vacancy and maintenance.

We currently own 13 rental properties and have paid off all loans/mortgages including our primary residence. 

Most assignors in my area of Texas have virtually no concept of the real costs associated with an investment, including acquisition, hold, remodel and sale costs.

Need to be sure you include the "unknown budget" and never take the optimistic approach as it is better to have money left at the end than writing more and more checks that were unplanned for.Again, if you can walk through an actual property and compare notes with someone that does it in your area (key factor), you will be way ahead of what a generic book can give you.

Hi, I’m highly considering a mixed use building which includes a few residential units and a couple commercial units.

Hi Joe,Using a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) on your primary residence can be a practical and low-cost way to fund flips, especially since the terms you mentioned include only a $200 yearly fee.

S8 standard voucher amounts INCLUDE all utilities.

I currently live in Southern Maine and am looking to construct some kind of new project rather getting into rehabbing existing residentialProposed Land Budget 100-200kConstruction Budget: 400kAll in 500-600k.I have found that if I do the site work myself including clearing, septic and digging the foundation is that i can sub contract out either steel or a Lester style building (50x150) for around 300k installed with insulation and power , divided into three 2500 square foot units. 

All in, it ran me about $2000 (including shipping) and has 18k games.

My suggestion is to build a spreadsheet and include the net cash flow to you for every month of the deal, then use the IRR function to figure out your return.