Hi all - my business partner and I have found a nice property we are interested in and are trying to decide between a conventional 30 year through our lender, or the owner financing offered by the owner, which is as f...

Can you evaluate whether something is a good investment - use the BP calculators, build your own spreadsheet, identify what seems like a good deal to you (everyone has different criteria).

Then start finding properties and I would encourage you to lean towards finding less riskier versions of that strategy at first and get your feet wet, and after you gain some experience you can start evaluating different options and offshoots. 

It is great to know the strategies and the ways to evaluate a deal but if you do not Know the Market fully and deeply you don't know what numbers to plug in the formulas to evaluate a deal.

I'd like to evaluate a few at a time.

Hi Cindy - It depends and difficult to provide detailed answer without evaluation of specific situation as SE tax hinges on whether your income is classified as active or passive.

Considering how crazy the real estate market is here in Florida, I've been evaluating alternate means of sourcing potential investment properties, one of those being tax deed sales.

It is important to keep in mind that DSCR is just one factor that lenders consider when evaluating a loan application, and other factors such as property condition, location, and market conditions also play a role.It is also a good idea to consult with a financial advisor or loan officer to get a better understanding of the loan requirements and to get an idea of how your investment property will be evaluated by lenders.Feel free to reach out if you need more feedback, happy to help.

Learning how to evaluate properties and shaping an agreeable portfolio is.

You cannot evaluate liability based on a snippet from a contract.