This formula has been proving out for our 4 STR with the only variation being monthly we have exceeded the 1/3 profit.

The truth is, you could read 100 books and still not know enough because certain things need to be learned through trial-and-error.

I realize there may be some slight variation in the numbers due to the order of calculations and whether you count PM (10%) x rent collected vs rent expected, but I shouldn't be getting such contrasting numbers.

One could be seller financing for $XYZ, the other conventional or FHA mortgage for $ABC, possibly with variation on closing dates, etc.Hope this helps!

The truth is, you could read 100 books and still not know enough because certain things need to be learned through trial-and-error.

...Personally, I'd probably want to be able to do a trial period for less money before shelling out $2k for something like that...As others have mentioned--be skeptical, and do a lot of your own research before committing...There are people out there who can mentor you in exchange for value that you bring to them (such as finding them deals, etc.)

Thank you so much for the tips, we're in escrow for a 2/1 that my husband is letting me "trial" MTR, with LTR as the backup option. 

I am only doing the 30 day trial, so I won't be able to squeeze in all the material offered in the site.

Yup the too good to be true private lender is just a real estate loan version of the Nigerian prince scam or variation of it.. its all those folks do and for anyone with any interest at in the subject of pump and dump lender due diligence advance fee schemes.American Greed did a great episode on Remington Financial  and the Lady who brought them down Ingrid Robinson ( who has a website ).. when I wrote a blog on this for BP  I wanted to get Ms.

Likewise, zip code is a very blunt geographical segmentation and misses variations of neighborhood, etc.