I would consider other factors, like job growth and the very local economy, too.

That's another main factor no that the # of financed properties has been cut back to 4.My recommendation is to get in touch with a mortgage professional that specializes in investment loans like this.

If you don't have the capital to factor these in, you should not be buying rental property . . . sorry to be harsh, but this is one of the fundamental failures of new landlords.

Can you imagine no designer clothes - just being happy to have shoes on your feet even if they are 3 sizes too big?

In actuality the bill is designed to keep our economy from driving off of a cliff.

:whistle1: :whistle1: :whistle1: :whistle1: :idea: :mrgreen: Since it hasn't reached the venerable heights of stickyhood, :cry: maybe another designation is appropriate, for those threads that have a certain level of value, just not quite to that supreme degree.

Outliers specifically deals with very successfully people, and investigates the factors that led to their success.

Are you factoring in today's rent when looking at the numbers?

But if I were to come along and analyze this property off of a 10% return/cap this property would look like its 400K overpriced (so whose right).I know behind all this its based on the risk factor (lower return less risk, higher return more risk), so with that being said what particular risk factors that make you investors feel comfortable analyzing the property/deals off of a 10% return/cap instead of what the seller is asking for?

I only do this for 30 year fixed interest loans.For 7% interest I use the factor 0.00665For 8% interest I use the factor 0.00733You simply multiply the loan amount times the interest rate factor.