It'll be helpful for something like appliances or a water heater.Brandon Turner had an article some years back explaining how to better evalaute CapEx, but it is done with the assumption that each component will last the entirety of its useful life.https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/10/1...

Feel free to make assumptions about me to better answer them or ask and I will happily give more information.

Lenders are qualifying you based on the assumption you're going to max the line.

I feel like once you really start educating yourself the networking aspect gets a lot easier @Roland Osage I believe, whether or not investors want to admit it, most struggle with underwriting and assumptions.

This isnt very good but is truly the best numbers i have seen on a duplex in a very long time (this is also going off the assumption they would accept my low offer).I am ultimately having trouble finding my start in real estate.

I'm currently involved in a different ADU project for a similar property, and that's pretty much where I'm pulling my numbers from for construction costs.Again, my overall question is, are my home insurance figures / earthquake insurance figures / property tax calculations appropriate assumptions?

@Faye Omar what is your assumption of the market trend in the next 12 months?

Hi All,I went pro, am using the calculator and analyzing two deals per day and actually am seriously looking at this house. It looks like a terrible investment but am not sure if this is because my numbers are terribl...

And this will influence your market assumptions for future deals.

Obviously, as you correctly noted, any amount you use to make extra mortgage payments you are essentially investing at the rate of interest of the mortgage you are prepaying.The hook used by the people selling this useless program is that the number looks big because it is a number derived from the assumption that you would have paid over 30 years