
2 April 2016 | 1 reply
The figures don't make much $$ in cash flow using all the formulas, but my thought was to just keep renting it until I can get someone into a lease option to purchase.

24 July 2015 | 17 replies
Depending on what you plan to do with this property you have some room to play with. 190,000 *.7 = 133,000 - (Rehab, holding costs, and closing costs) = 75,000 (what your seller wants + tickets to see star wars) Which means you have around 58,000 to play with for all of your unknown costs if you are sticking to a standard flip formula.

23 September 2013 | 1 reply
I would also look at the lease rate formula to see how the lease amount will increase in the future.

12 October 2011 | 50 replies
I have purchased from the same wholesaler for the better part of 10 years and he has never deviated from this formula.

29 November 2011 | 3 replies
Banks generally use the formula that net rental income is 75% of the rent less PITI, which is a little more optimistic.

13 November 2012 | 20 replies
My formula is no secret.

23 March 2013 | 2 replies
Actually my cash flow formula is more complex and takes into account maintenance, vacancy, and a nicely padded misc/unexpected column for my own sanity and safety :) But I am glad you're making sure people aren't calculating it wrong!

1 March 2008 | 34 replies
Note that some of the formulas are not active.

8 June 2007 | 8 replies
His figures suggest there is a potential positive cash flow of hundreds of dollars a month, yet according to my back of the envelope calculation based on the various formulas I've learned, at those rents there would be potentially a negative cash flow of a couple hundred dollars a month based on 100% financing.According to his numbers, this seems like a great deal.

1 February 2013 | 16 replies
There are some formulas, but as a whole, you need to learn the art and can only do so by driving your areas, learning the market, walking lots of homes, and having access to real comps.