Unlike conventional rent to buy, there is no option fee and none of monthly rent goes into option deposit.There are more details to the scheme but the gist is this: We want to attract high quality renters to homes in good neighborhoods and create a very low risk investment product that has predictable return for the investor.

But it's harder to predict what income you can regularly expect to come in.  

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I'm looking to do research on the previous market history just to get an idea of the cyclic patterns that occur so I can better predict and plan for the future.

The auction process is far from predictable.  

You still want to ensure your cash flow numbers work, I worry less about predicting where values are and could go.

I think the majority of the layoffs are done for now, but if the price continues to stay below $45/barrel all year, I predict more layoffs.

Bob, we all know real estate isn't a predictable linear growth, Orlando is a very hot market and is expected to grow.

These conforming multi-family properties are extremely predictable; everything is very "cookie cutter".

The 75% can be done based on the rental income but they are going to discount the predicted income considerably based on occupancy rates, management fees and numerous other factors mention here many times.