(Yes, it a long name for a game, and yet it seems to be true)Take the credit card companies' game which we often complain about in this forum, add to that the cell phone companies, the cable companies, the wall street wizards ("You could never understand what derivatives are"), the predator lenders, the greedy politicians.It is all about grab it now because it will not be there tomorrow and that part may be right.

When any lender provides a loan to a landlord/property owner, they are considering the income derived from the rents.

Vikram, Here's a "how to" that is often suggested for deriving those seeming random combinations for a password.

Ray Alcorn's article on, "Deriving YOUR Capitalization Rate" is a great read too.

Sam,I would suggest a different approach, that would derive from the way banks word their REO addenda.

Looking at the comps its slightly less than what I derived.

Legally you cannot derive any personal gain/profit from your investment.

Net rental income is subject to the Medicare tax unless the rent is derived in the ordinary course of a trade or business.I wrote a blog post explaining the law back in September 2010.

If this is the case, I would have thought (maybe naively) that a futures contract would accomplish the same end.I'll try to follow up with some of the deriv "experts" at my company on the topic.

It is almost more work for me currently to analyze and buy property, that the benefits it derives.