Hence they will effectively outbid the investors who focus on cash flow as the determiner of value.If investors want to invest in such areas cash flow is not a good measure.

You can also set a thread to be one you are interested in or set other threads to ignore.The effect on the MF site is I can focus on threads that I have determined are of interest and I can see if someone is posting a reply to a specific comment I made.

The point here is what they owe is one variable while their ability to pay the mortgage and other issues are what determines this motivation.

It's all of the choices that you DO have control over that will largely determine how much you SPEND over the long term.

We it depends on what you are planning if you are doing to develop the property you must first know the zoning, then you need to find a commercial appraiser, you give them a run down on your plan then determine the potential of the property as far as income and actual value once the project is complete.

Simple formula determines if a house is a good rehab candidate:(ARV x 70%) – Repairs = Maximum purchase price.ARV = After Repair Value 8)

Therefore, to determine your cash flow, subtract the mortgage payment from 1/2 of the gross rent.You should also be aware that the vast majority of people who lose their house to you will not be able to buy it back.

To all,If you are considering starting with commercial investing or are already started consider Ray Alcorn's Dealmakers Guide to Commercial Real Estate.Here is a brief write up on the guide:Written from a hands-on, real-world "dealmaker's" perspective, this book provides invaluable information about how to identify opportunities, determine property value, acquire, finance, and manage commercial real estate.

Determine your buy/hold/sell costs + ROI and whether or not you should buy this will be revealed---use a formula like this:BPO (Best Possible Offer) = CMV (Current Market Value) - Rehab - B/H/S Fees (Buy/Hold/Sell) - ROI (Return of Investment)Regards,Scott Miller

(3) I get him paid up, and then we have a legal agreement that we "co-own" the house and he has to keep making payments, and if he doesn't, I can buy the house for a pre-determined price if he gets behind again - I read about this somewhere, but it's not clear how this would work to me I'm leaning toward (2), to draw up a legal document saying that he is selling the house to me, and at the same time, pay off the bank for him and get everything level so that the sale can go through and I have time to get conventional financing.