What you are looking for is IROI- internal rate of return.

Rent out a room, host an international exchange student, etc

It allows you to do a first-pass analysis without having to dig in too far to the details.But, for a single unit rental property, digging into the details isn't too difficult, so you can generally just pass right by the cap rate analysis and do more specific ROI type calculations, like cash-on-cash (COC) return and internal rate of return (IRR).

I received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Finance from the University of Florida, graduated summa cum laude from Florida International University with a Masters in International Real Estate and founded Politan Real Estate in the early 2010's based on over a decade of real estate experience — with a focus on commercial real estate since 2011.Passion is what separates the artist from the worker and the day you start being passionate about your work is the day you stop going to work for someone else or a pay check....You go to work to create your art!

Are they taking a long shot, or would you be taking a long shot.I wonder if they have done this with others recently, who folded, but with push back, they would have modified their stance (internal documentation your lawyer might be able to get).Or is their strategy to fight fire with fire and burn the ship to the ground financially...on a 12 unit loan--that's kind of peanuts, are they doing this with larger loans too, or just trying to clear the deck of small players?

With those funds we paid down the note to around $700k, we paid off the LOC's, obviously made payments on the note and LOC's, and paid engineering fees for the design of the community itself, which will house the 38 internal lots.Today, we have county approval for the community, we expect average lots prices for the remaining lots to be around $125k+. 

"Just an example : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mike works for XYZ Realty and property managing for Ellen.Mike broker company have internal property management division already in-place.Every time Mike receives a monthly property management payment, he must give check to XYZ Realty. 

All I know is the macro picture (they were hit hard and have come back hard (with mostly international buyers) but still have some room to grow in specific areas. 

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My goal this week is to understand the Chicago market, understand financing options I would have, and also review the tax implications and business formation as an International investor.