When I say in the process, I mean we have secured lending, have evaluated and attempted purchase of 1 candidate (couldn't close the deal) and are now moving on to another candidate that we like.I've been reading around the forums about some of the financial evaluations and am working to understand why Net Present Value of free cash flows is not being used more in the evaluation of a property.It is interesting to understand the CoC as an income statement percentage and it is certainly interesting to do some quick calculations with perhaps the 50% rule.But until you take a series of cash flows, discount them by a Weighted Average Cost of capital, and determine if you can clear your next best alternative (stock market, paying down debt), how do you know if you really have a something that will make you money?

If I buy the property and start raising the rents (even gradually), I will probably lose the current tenants.

.- hard backI am looking for someone local to Georgia as the shipping costs on this weight wouldn't make sense so picking up would have to do.

You do understand that Virginia case only carries weight in Virginia?

Experience is worth it's weight in plutonium...

These lawyers are worth their weight in gold.

When reviewing the financials of said franchisee how much weight is put on the actual ownership of the personal assets?

If they are that good and pay on time and take care of property, that's worth its weight in gold.

They will also put more or less weight on different aspects of the code.

The second option is to gradually do it.