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4 March 2014 | 12 replies
We are interested in buy and hold investment properties, so this morning we decided to get off our behinds and drive around town to practice analyzing multi-families!
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5 March 2014 | 3 replies
Any other info of tools to use when analyzing the deal would be appreciated.Thanks.
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4 March 2014 | 0 replies
All he is really doing is taking what I give him and running the numbers and analyzing profit through scenarios.
5 March 2014 | 4 replies
Read some of the other posts about analyzing properties for purchase.
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10 March 2014 | 12 replies
New to the rental business.
1st deal August 2013.
2 bed room/1 bath, all brick.
Purchased for 57,500. All in at $63500(excluding closing costs)
Apprasied $84500. Rent $850 a month. Usi...
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7 March 2014 | 11 replies
On original idea of mine was to to build up capital by flipping so that financing would become less of a problem when I look to start buying and holding rental properties.What I’ve done thus far: I’ve identified what I believe is a good farm area in the Milwaukee suburbs, have looked at over a dozen homes, am working with an experienced Realtor for those areas, created several analytical spreadsheets to help me in analyzing potential deals, put in a few offers, and for the most part have my financing in order.
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5 March 2014 | 1 reply
im just starting my own investing business but im really not that good with analyzing deals and im really not so great with numbers in general. i have good leads and good experience with construction i have basic knowledge with investments and i dont feel confident enough to present investment offerings to potential partners/investors. my question is this. who is the right person to be speaking with about doing analysis and reports to present deals to investors?
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7 March 2014 | 8 replies
The amount of work you are wanting to analyze properties being an out of state investor isn't all that unreasonable.
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6 March 2014 | 4 replies
SW florida riverview 3+den / 2 ba, 2300 sf under air w pool and hot tub
Offer 145k cash
ARV 225k
Repairs 35k
Taxes 2600/yr
I think I can get the work done in about 8 weeks with my guys...
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6 March 2014 | 4 replies
Ok so I have been doing a lot of reading on rentals and I know the 50% rule is the standard rule to go by when analyzing these deals.