Your criteria you mentioned are pretty close to what we have been using recently, just trying to keep my finger on the pulse for any changes recently, so obviously appreciate your insight.

The ARV for the building is somewhere between $350,00-$400,000, so I have both fingers crossed this goes through.

Ok so I took to long to "feel good" about a deal when I should have just acted.  A property that I located on Craigslist.org 4 unit rent 2/1 each $625 per with 50% occupancy and a repair cost of about $15k at the low ...

My fingers are crossed.I'll be calling you soon when I purchase a larger list.

(He was a tenant in the home)4) Seller was told by his back Doctor that he was going to be unable to walk up the staircase in his home and should consider selling before the scheduled surgery which was 10 days away.5) Seller didn’t have time to clean the kitchen and was too embarrassed to allow strangers in… Kitchen was so full of trash and dishes that were unclean that one could hardly walk to the sink.6) Seller was being abused by his wife and didn’t want to explain the fist holes in the walls and doors.7) Seller ran a multi room internet porn café out of his house and didn’t want anyone to know or impede his income.8) Double homicide where the bodies were left for a week… (Smelled like money)9) Seller hated real estate agents so much that he refused to earn more money by selling himself or hiring them.10) I could see the sky through the ceiling and the seller didn’t have money for the repairs.

If you just take the time to research your area with properties that are most similar to yours (plus or minus) you will get the best idea of what your occupancy is and your best nightly rate.How would you estimate occupancy by looking at Airbnb.. it seems like to do so you would be putting your finger in the air. 

So a good investment considering I won't be selling it anytime soon.Keep your fingers crossed for me!

ofgiftplease remember me if you take a note on itand I will keep my fingers crossed for you.thanks david

I can honestly say that I would never pay that much for a mentorship program, for it just doesn't make sense, for when you have a free mentorship program right here at your finger tips.

Many locals are being "priced out of paradise".Our area of the market seems to be a little different that the rest of the states that I read about...so I'm trying to learn what I can see how that may fit into the Hawaii market.Thank you to all and especially BP for having a vehicle for us to use to help us make better decisions.My apologies...I fat fingered "Newbie" on my heading and can't change it :-).BJ