No cap and trade, no more fake stimulous bills, no bribes for the health care.

We need more information:- What is market value and market cap rates?

In the limited reading I've done thus far, the authors touch on this subject in only the most general terms -- i.e. to evaluate a market, one should consider population growth, economic conditions, infrastructure, average cap rates, housing supply and demand, etc.

Shingles and everything associated with the roof like flashing, vents, tar paper, nails and ridge cap.

I had a recent discussion with one of my funders who talked about their variable rate multifamily loans currently at about 3.70% and a lifetime CAP of 6.30% To answer your first question above, nothing beats cashflow - get your occupancy up and your rents at or above market without neglecting maintenance and repairs.

They are all rented out with annual leases, and the cap rates are fabulous.

Are there any BPers here that specialize in fixing/updating homes for rental, filling it with a tenant, and [i]then selling the home as an investment property based on cashflow and cap rate?

Place in LLC, sell equity at a 10 cap, value of LLC is $240,000.

Then there are other buyers who will take say an 8 cap fully performing property for the decent cash flow and tax write down in a good area.They are concerned less with that extra 3 to 4% annual yield for the headache as they make very high incomes and value their time immensely.I can go on and on but I hope you see why your question is too vague to get to specific.

And if you are trying to rent them for a while, but ultimately flip them for cap gains then this is a good proposition.