One of the biggest mistakes I have seen less experienced investors do when choosing their first one or two flips is thinking they can save a lot of money by doing a lot of the repair or upgrading working on their own compared with paying a licensed contractor to do the work and mainly because a person doing the work themselves are not as experienced at doing good quality work and frequently will take a lot, a lot, a lot longer to get the work done and if you are financing your deal they you will end up paying a lot more in finance interest and still maybe end up with marginal instead of good quality work and you are only delaying the date for flipping , reselling, or being able to get a property rented.

Factor the interest rate in your calculations.  

There are many factors that will work against you.

But what's the typical  yearly income / cost of house cash buyers are looking for without factoring expenses

Unless you've done any upfront repairs on the property then you'd factor that in to your total initial investment

As others stated it could be anywhere from 6 months to 2 years depending on various factors.

Hello everyone,I know for determining ARVs it depends on a variety of factors (area, neighborhood, condition, comps, etc) but from what you've noticed in your own personal deals and the final appraisal what are some things within your control generally to increase ARVs?

People don't factor in the acquisition and sales costs of a rental property.

I mainly do buy and hold and have been focusing on multifamily properties. 

Timing is a BIG factor when it comes to RE investing...