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12 November 2007 | 1 reply
In general what to commercial lenders look for when evaluating loans for apartment complexes?
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3 December 2007 | 8 replies
Hard to evaluate without knowing the details, but these sound like short sale situations.Jon
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24 November 2007 | 7 replies
Hi Brian, Welcome to Bigger Pockets the advise and information on this site will really help with those 1st time jitters as well as provide sound guidence when it comes to evaluating deals.
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21 November 2007 | 5 replies
Many here use the 50% expense rule when evaluating rentals.
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13 December 2007 | 7 replies
Good Luck and keep us posted on your progress!
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11 March 2008 | 17 replies
Isn't there anyway to get progress payments on bigger jobs.
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19 February 2014 | 20 replies
Run the numbers to make sure you'll actually be able to put the amount of money you want to save away every month.Check out this video for a very basic run down of evaluating a deal:
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19 February 2014 | 9 replies
I would not make any mention of cap rate to the seller of a residential property or their Realtard as you may just confuse them but I like that you are using this as one of your evaluation tools.
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23 March 2015 | 73 replies
Nice to see you in the community and I look forward to following your progress,
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23 February 2015 | 48 replies
In regards, to the pricing of the downtown units, I think they know downtown is a work in progress and need to come in much cheaper than say Panorama in order to be competitive.