Not to mention that price-point may impact your choice as (with any luck) you'll find someone that lives, eats, and breathes that market. 

Originally posted by @Natalie Kolodij:@Justin Tahilramani based on Brandon's webcast it sounded like a key to his strategy involved not holding the properties forver but rather selling 1-2 every year (and repeating) allowing you to bring in large influx' of cash after 5-10 years of holding Is is what made me wonder if the appreciation was necessary Correct, in a market with little to no appreciation you will want to cycle through your inventory after 5-10 years of holding before CapEx eats into your returns.

It would be structured as a Reverse 1031 Exchange transaction where the 1031 Exchange Qualified Intermediary would set up a Exchange Accommodation Titleholder (EAT) in order to acquire and hold or "park" legal title to your Replacement Property while you are marketing your Relinquished Property.

So, in addition to being a tool for valuing commercial RE it can also be used IMO to assess the market's opinion of risk for a particular market ... you may think that the market is wrong about that and you may be right, but the point is that it can also be measured as a proxy for market risk.You of course are free to use any valuation metrics you like ... you could use the number of blades of green grass in the front yard per dollar of gross rent to evaluate your deals if you like, and if that works for you then great, I'm very happy for you.

I'm sure I can find another one to do 6 months but I don't want to eat too many closing costs.

Hi, I am a 20 yr old college student studying at the University of Oregon (GO DUCKS) for a Major in Music and Minor in Business. I usually don't make a point to talk about Majors or Minors because I personally believe...

I eat first and ask the Hard Questions later.

It is so much work to get it up to par, I mean just hiring an electrician to replace that broken outlet cover is going to eat up $180.....If you are my seller: Everything is just normal wear and tear on a property.

Trulia shows the entire region as green.  

They basically gave me the green light to spend whatever I wanted (so long as it was under the Jumbo line).Seems a bit fast and loose to me.