If asking price is near that number then I will start looking.In the end I use the following equation;monthly rent - 30% (vac.

Even if folks remain married, the certainty of knowing how assets would be distributed in such a terrible situation can take tension and uncertainly out of the equation. 

Real estate values are not based on the end sum of an equation.

What that simply equates to is that the barriers to entry here are higher, and I personally think that's a good thing. 

In this business it's all about your network and if you remove school out of the equation (which a lot of your network would come from there initially) you are now making your life a lot harder than it needs to be.  

There is a general equation in contracting that the cost of a project is 1/3 materials , 1/3 overhead and 1/3 profit . generally speaking this is pretty close  .

That somehow allowing you to financially benefit from the program beyond its incentive for accomplishing program goals, would somehow equate to frivilous spending.

The local island bank we went to doesn't seem to want to include the potential income from the property as part of the equation.

Can't tell ya how many times I've seen outrageous payments that equate to 100's of thousands in RE... 

@Jay Anderson credit score isn’t everything, it’s only part of the equation.