There really is not crystal ball, but it has been my experience that my stress level has been lessened by focusing on this type of renterNote:  obviously i don't discriminate, i just use my better judgement, go through the normal screening process and pray :)

  :) I have read cases where people take the square footage and multiply it by $20, $25, $30 or whatever number they come out up to have a general ball park figure.

Appreciation would increase returns since the appreciation is on the entire value of property.Just my opinion and hope it gives you some ball park figures.Bill

At first i thought this seemed logical as the house is already listed below market value but then i listened to Podcast ep. 38 with mr. dagget and he said you can send as many low ball offers as you want to figure out the minimum they will take.

I just like to pull quick comps and shoot numbers back and forth to see if we're in the same ball field.

FHA is whole other ball of wax with 3.5% down for single and multi up to four units with owner occupancy.

You're likely to get only low ball offers with no interior inspections,  and tenants still being evicted.  

Again the two main reasons RE agents are not going to indulge you is they are not making enough commission money to justify showing you all these properties and writing all these low ball offers and secondly they don't want their name getting associated with a lot of lowball offers in their market.

If that ball park works for you then we can set up a time for me to look at it"Of course you need to set it up a bit and possibly explain how you get to that range because you'll likely hit them with sticker shock.

Hi Konrad,I think you can get much better numbers elsewhere with lower risk.Don't be afraid to low ball.