In general it might be hard to get financing for such international deals.

Hi Bigger Pockets,I could use your help. I'm trying to look up comparable sales for an apartment property in Poland. My siblings and I were recently notified that we might possibly have claim to a real estate apartmen...

@Mindy JensenThis is a job for McRib Seminars International, but I know, I promised.

Colin Middel If the timeframe is over a short period (year or less) you can use ROI which is profit divided by total investment.If you are looking for periods longer then you want to know the IRR (Internal rate of return).

I am an intern at SAP America and I want to get ahead and stay ahead in my finances and hope to learn a lot more about investing and real estate, everything that they don't teach in school.

I would look at metrics such as ROE (Return on Equity) and IIR/AAR (internal and average rate of return).

We will collect first and last months rent in the city and suburbs when the applicant is higher risk based on our internal leasing matrix.

All of these big players have internal sales people that have access to many more products than what they offer to the public.

The way I see it, total annualized return is roughly the same as internal rate of return.

My girlfriend is also a nurse and to serve others the way you do every day is much admirable, I know it's not always easy.As a multi-family investor myself here in Chicago, we are typically targeting a 10% cash-on-cash return and anywhere from 14-18% Internal rate of return (total return over time assuming a sale or refinance).