I have just started looking at analyzing deals (as I hope to buy my first property this year), but I have started making a habit of rolling any closing costs into my DP when i calculate CoC or ROI metrics.

If its below a certain count, then I "feel" I may be over-analyzing and stuck in paralysis analysis.

If the home is in an area that I work I'd be happy to analyze the deal for you and tell you what I'd pay for the home.  

Colorado Springs multi-family are becoming more and more popular among investors and their prices have gone up over the past year.

Again thank you so much for your great input and giving me a nice education on how you can operate/analyze a portfolio more effective and efficiently!

Get some contacts that are there locally, find a deal, analyze and make sure the numbers work, buy it and put it under good property management.  

I thought that was the only way to do real estate investing until I started reading more and analyzing commercial real estate deals.

However, after a great deal of research and analyzing the outcome as far as profits, I have decided to not go the HML route.

Goes for a quick read in business law as well.Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't take long to learn the basics of real estate from a formal or specialized professional organization......such as an appraisal school.

I am a 24 year old small business owner from central Florida. I currently own my primary residence worth about 90,000$ I also own a rental property out right worth 110,000$ I currently recieve 650$ a month for my prop...