Usually going back to an older sale is better than considering a property further away, a sale 10 months ago would be better than a comp 5 miles away with all other things being equal.You can find the way comps are viewed on the Appraisal Institute's web site.As you'll see there, the appraisal methods used in the market with comps is a process of deducting or adding to a sale price of the comp based on how the subject compares to the sold comp.

Please feel free to share you methods and techniques here.

It is entirely up to you but we have established an agreed method of return of these funds that are left that does not involve signing the waiver/release you mention - put simply, our legal advice tells us that signing that release will effectively debar you from claiming the rest of the money owed to you.

The method for reporting this transaction by an investor, not a dealer, is the installment sale method.

The more liberal calculation method you use (like the one quoted below), the more risk you are taking on.Originally posted by "molder101":The best way to run the numbers are below (with an example):NOI = gross rents - expenses$10,280 = 16,800 (2 unit duplex @ $700/mth/unit) - 840 (5% vacancy) - 1680 (10% for small repairs/misc advertising/etc) - 1000 (insurance) - 3000 (taxes)Using this calculation method is riskier than using the 50% calculation method.

The method is to use names that are not easily connected back to you.

In this method I would come to one of them once I find a property and offer them a % return on the privately loaned amount.

A different clientele would need a different method, but I use postlets also, which I copy and paste to craigslist.

Ugliest house on the block method has worked for me so far.

We haven't had a problem with this method.