It is based on a common "basket of goods" and if you look at those items they include it is made up of weird things that don't resemble my life at all.

The ban, which also prohibited advertising of rental opportunities during the duration of the order, includes an exception allowing vacation rentals for military, emergency and health workers.The executive order was set to expire, but the governor last week extended the vacation-rental ban indefinitely

I use a scoring model certain items are weighted more than others.

We plan to do most of the work ourselves and hire out contractors for the few items that will require permits.

There are some items that are reasonably assessed(insurance, RE Taxes) from what is provided; however, the general rule is to keep all of your receipts. 

The property was being sold AS IS for $195,000.My realtor walked through and we reviewed the itemized repair list.

I did also include an expense item for Cap Ex, because inevitably that will come up.

Hi everyone,I am a young, 23 years old, military officer looking to begin investing in real estate.

It's an older home and the large items (windows, roof, HVAC) haven't been updated in many, many years so one of those items would put the property in the red fairly quickly.It is not a substitute for a thorough rental analysis.

Loans are not much of an option either as I had great credit and then went through a separation where most items were joint and not accounted for on his end.