The analysis is simple:Rent: $375Expenses: $187.50 (50% rule)NOI: $187.50Desired cash flow: $100Maximum payment: $87.50Maximum price: $13.152 (7%, 30 years).Rent percent: 2.85% (monthly rent as a percentage of purchase price)Of course, you can tweak those numbers as you wish.

It is possible, but a small percentage of foreclosures have equity.

Only a very tiny percentage of rentals actually cash-flow, and those are mostly located in management-intensive areas (the hood!)

Negative: ========= a- InsuranceThe insurance costs in Florida are higher as a percentage of rent then in most parts of the US, so return on investment is impacted negatively.1- You will be signing paper, lack of cash, so you are required to have insurance which is hard to get and expensive. 2- Insurance companies that will insure you limit the age of an insurable house (15 years or less is common)3- Roof age is limited to 10-15 years, regardless of roofer guarantee, so buying a house with a 10 year old roof means you are looking at an almost immediate new roof.

Usually If you are under a broker and you do deals under him then especially if you are just starting out then he gets percentage, i think in some states it starts out as 40% then goes down the more deals you do.

No i don;t think you are that far off with your numbers but just don't know by percentages, what helped me was just don't give up

A good percentage of trustee sales don't happen because the owner finds a way to delay or cancel the sale.Many of the recent (2004/5/6/7) trust deeds were high LTV loans to begin with, so the starting bid price will already be too high.Doing your own title search at the clerk's office is a must.You don't always have to evict.

This will make your cash flow a little better.The 50% rule includes some percentage for property management.

We all know the percentage of lease option deals that actually move to fruition.

Some may want 30% down from purchase price to come out of your pocket and some may only want 30% equity off of appraisal and some may even let you draw out fix up costs up to a certain percentage of equity.