When an offer came in for 30 cents on the dollar, I decided bail out, so took a 70% loss. 

you are competing against other investors spending thousands or tens of thousands of dollars on marketing every month. 

What dollar amount or percentage do you guys usually look for in fix/flip properties?

But your dollar will go farther in Beverly Hills. 

If location is strong and you can't replacement the rent dollar for dollar then replace to a better tenant and lease term to hold the dollar or increase the equity dollar value overall. 

But a bedroom or a bathroom can be easily qualified in terms of dollars (I usually see $4,000-$5,000 allotted for differences in bed/bath count).Truthfully, if I can't find easy comps and if I can't make it easy for the appraiser to agree with the value I'm looking for, I just don't buy it.

3/1 detached will have maintenance/cap ex in excess of $300/month over the long term in today’s dollars.  

The dollar-peso exchange rate benefited us with respect to fees, so we have some extra class A shares we can use as collateral. 

https://vimeo.com/120538228I wish I had a dollar for every time someone told me that calling banks doesn't work.

Hi Tom, I would reconsider taking out a full two hundred thousand dollars for a HELOC unless the numbers make sense in terms of possibly making that money back and paying off the loan.