I'm trying to break things down for a BP Benchmark House.Property value: $50,000Gross Rent (mo.): $1,000LONG-TERM REPAIRS (includes annual maintenance)roof: $4,750 over 25 year period.exterior paint: $3,000 over 10 years.interior paint: $1,400 over 4 years.carpet: $1,500 over 4 years.appliances (5 of them): $3,500 over 20 years.replace kitchen: $10,000 every 20 years.replace bathrooms: $8,000 every 20 years.TOTAL PER MONTH: $191.

New to site and happy to do my intro: Sharon Smith, CPA Tax and Tax planning firm, Owner Broker of Trading Places Realty, a Stockbroker for Waterstone Financial Group, a Loan Originator for Benchmark and now owner of a new company, REOmendersMilwaukee, a pre-market property preparation firm.

Am I the only one who thinks that we should set benchmarks for determining just what exactly "effectiveness" means when it comes to programs like this, Tarp, etc.?

The 20% doesn't seem to be the new benchmark, based on having received only ONE specific example out of 51,939 BP members.

We lost the edge becuase our goods became too expensive.Our goods became too expensive in real costs (unions)Our goods becameharder to buy with the dollar as the benchmark.

Everyone has different benchmarks.

You could schedule a holiday together as a reward for both of you after you achieve a benchmark?

If your cashflowing while establishing benchmarks for your local farm market, expanding will be easy.I would stick close to home for your first acquisition.Good luck & happy shopping!

Prime rate is 3.5% that is the benchmark for an A paper borrower.

I don't know that a straight comparison to pre bust prices is something that should be used as a benchmark.