I'm not going to share the name of this investor or the company due to confidentiality, but in explaining the offer I'm hoping somebody may recognize it. I've received offers on two investment properties from this gro...

There is also huge demand for furnished rentals for international students where I could further increase the rents, and from this unique location they could literally walk or ride bikes to the school campuses within the one-mile radius from here.It looks like my all-in price to build including the land would be about $1.8 million ($105,000 per unit).

I wish there were more from The Netherlands actually, we're 3 people at best, though thanks for taking us as an example ;-) Though we pretty much cover the globe, some here are internationally specialized.

Interns are paid nothing at many companies.And a young person looking to enter a field long ago (such as furniture making) would apprentice for a years to learn a trade.I paid to go to school at night to get my MBA.

The courses they'd have me take would be:SubjectCourse #Course TitleHoursAttributeReal Estate3501Real Estate FundamentalsReal Estate3502Real Estate PracticeFinance3504Intermediate Corporate FinanceFinance3507InvestmentsFinance3509Real Estate Investment & FinanceFinance3551^International FinanceFinance4597^^Seminar in Real Estate Asset Analysis (Spring only)3WISubtotal21

For your internal analysis you'd simply look at the reduction of debts based on your costs as any appreciation is just a guess until you sell it.:)

A final factor is that his house is so small, adding a closet internally will reduce floor space.

Some wholesalers and turn key companies like to sell the marginal stuff to frankly out of town investors or internationals who will overpay for things or buy in the wrong areas.

(I did some of the internal work myself, which upon retrospect could be good or bad.)

Currently a real estate investment intern.