I am a noob here and starting to learn about Real Estate Investing in Rental Properties, and had a couple of questions on how people typically crunch their numbers when analyzing a deal.I watched a replay webinar from BiggerPockets here and saw that when using the Rental Property calcualtor on the site, they usually calcluate in Vacancy, Repairs, and CapEx into the expenses.I am reading that people usually aim for 12% or more CC ROI and that would be considered a good deal.

Hey BP,As I'm studying up on how to best analyze deals I'm likely going to have lots of questions.

View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.Looking at purchasing this eight unit Multi family. The apartments are efficiencies and i...

I enjoy the education aspect of all this but fear the analysis paralysis will get me if I ONLY analyze.

And you are right, I have definitely been learning just from analyzing deals alone.

So when you analyze these situations, you need to comply with all three.

I am kind of looking at rental properties and listened couple of webinars about that $100 and 12% when analyzing the deal.

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You won't have the top information that a veteran real estate agent will have but enough to get started analyzing deals!  

:-)I won't comment regarding this method in any other jurisdiction, but in Texas and related federal courts, if the trust is used to bypass the typical foreclosure process, then courts will ignore your structure and analyze the facts to see if you complied with the foreclosure statutes.