Nathan - how do I go about calculating the GOI?

David,When I estimate vac/repairs I like to be a little conservative so I usually calculate 10% vac and 10% maintenance.

Two of the biggest complaints I see in the forums is real estate agents not returning calls to investors and people not knowing how to calculate accurate wholesale and flip numbers.

I bet you can buy two (or more) smaller houses (1200 sq.ft more or less) in a bread-and-butter neighborhood.Will your 2700 sf beast cashflow given the 50% rule?

With the NOI that I've calculated, and a hypothetical benchmark Cap Rate, This asking price would be outrageous based on the Cap Rate model.

Break your sets down to price per square foot.Websites such as Zillow and Realtytrac are Automated Value Models (AVM) which means they collect this data and calculated it without any human adjustments.

I was pretty shocked when I punched the numbers into a mortgage calculator and realized that we'd just saved more than 80,000 over the life of the loan, and also taken eight years off it.We decided to keep going and continue paying it down.

Renae, Your best bet is to "add value" to either another investor or find a partner is willing to let you do the heavy lifting.

Enrie, Your best bet is to spend some time on the site and learn more about the "flipping" side of the business.

A hydrologist had to survey elevations and calculate water flow from upstream in a report he compiled and submitted to FEMA.