Especially when hard money lending is on a time crunch, every hour counts. 

I've crunched the numbers and if I could purchase three four-plexes in the next ten years, that would give me the financial independence I'm looking for."2.

;-)As I build my team and number crunch on properties I'm seeing, two things are a main concern:a.

It will save you a lot of valuable time so you can concentrate on growing your investment portfolio instead of crunching numbers.This post originally appeared on the BiggerPockets blog.

Establish a relationship with them and learn their numbers and it will make it much easier to crunch numbers if they can not get out there right away and you need to make an offer.

Residential Property:As far as a correction, that's happening now - unfortunately most of current price reductions are because agents either don't know the real starting price point, or what's more likely... the real estate agent is in a personal cash crunch and will just list at whatever the seller wants to list at.There is still demand as many people who have the means are paying in cash 1MM-10MM all cash.

Thats the line of thinking I was going down.In my number crunching, I plug into my spreadsheet a cost that is mid way between asking and my best estimate on ACTUAL cashflow value.

(B) That everyone currently doing STR in the market loves it, enjoys what there doing, is having a great time, has the free time to do it, is loving life and not stressed out, time crunched, anxiety ridden and generally stress wracked. 

Let me crunch data.

I know the actual cost can vary by location, property type, and provider, but I'm wondering if anyone has a solid set of rule of thumb they use when crunching numbers for a quick analysis?