Recently, he was generous enough to have an in depth conversation regarding a deal I had in progress.

Schedule a few consultations with your local professionals and they should be able to give you an in-depth explanation of your options.

Flipping houses is much more complex than wholesaling and involves a in depth knowledge topics such as rehab costs, market trends, interest rates and financial analysis.Single Family RentalsThough it may be satisfying to get a quick lump sum of cash through wholesaling or flipping properties there is a downside.

Hi Jeff, i appreciate the in depth explanation on this.

I have become way more technical in my in depth costs eval since this post.

I am still a newbie at the real estate investing game, so I can't identify reasons why this type of analysis could be bad (assuming that more in-depth analysis is completed when identifying actual buy targets).Thanks in advance for your input and advice!

If and when I have a California based client that asks me to set their entities up from scratch, it's an issue that warrants some in depth research.

I'm doing my best to learn the neighborhoods in more depth here in Pittsburgh.

When using pilings on a site we know will need them, just not the legnths, we use a guy that comes out and just does one boring and gives recommended piling depths. 

Thanks in advance :) Jared you'll need to know a range of cap rates for your specific:-structure age and condition-tenant base or type of renterYou go get comps of most recently sold multi family buildings in your range of units 25-35 units.You look at the NOI / Sales Price = cap rateSo first you have to understand what a cap rate is what is a NOI is and how to calculate itHow you can manipulate NOI or CAP rate to make a seemingly good deal as a bad deal You have to know the difference between a bad deal or a good deal otherwise you might be setting yourself up for some hard times.Most agents have no clue (in depth) about what cap rates really other than its a formula of NOI / sales price = them selling a property to you to make a commission and its a number you as an investor look for.To determine which cap rates you're willing to invest in you'll have to know how the "cap rate," and this subject property will affect your financial statements otherwise you have no way to plan and you're purely "winging it."