I’m now going to share them with you to help you assess and compare the offerings from the different developers.1.

How can I get the most accurate rehab cost before making an offer?

A more streamlined approach, which still offers a significant degree of protection, would involve grouping properties by state under separate LLCs, as I did.As you delve deeper into real estate investment, you may also want to explore syndications and private placements.

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I subtract that from my offer and run my numbers as:Rent (estimates from the MLS on closed rentals in the last 3-6 months; we have access).Insurance (we go to an independent broker; who happens to work for my company, so we bid everything out to dozens of insurance companies for some estimates)Taxes (we challenge them after a year of owning)Water/common chargesWe do not add PM fees as we manage all of our properties ourselves. 

I'd plan to offer him a cash offer of $900k, or $100k cash down and he take back a note for $1.3k.   

Real estate offers by far greater returns, but is also by orders of magnitude more work.

Made this offer a few times over course of 6 months and gave up on it and the seller came back with favorable contract.

We are already seeing the market in Tahoe and Reno, NV picking up with multiple offers and short time on the market.  

I noticed in a market I am in that there are several properties that are listed in the MLS that are below the comp values. They don't appear to require any repairs.  Example is the comps come out at 310k. They are ask...