My philosophy is this...if I take the time off work it would take me to earn $2,000, I could do the job myself and have an extra $3,620 in my pocket.Installing kitchen cabinets is another thing. 

It means that in strong military rental markets where on base housing is not provided, a service member and their family will receive extra money's to rent/buy a home, in addition to their paychecks.

I initially considered the 203k, but my broker advised to do the conventional due to saving on the pmi and extra hoops to jump through with the FHA loan.

The lender loaned me the 75k at 12% with no points and even loaned me the extra 2 when I went over the original 75k budget.

Hello,I am a newbie in this industry that is looking to get into developing real estate projects in Orange County, CA.

So in the end I guess it really depends on how comfortable you are in diving into the multifamily space and what kind of partners your able to develop! 

If it's 3 years or less or you don't mind the extra inputs and want more accurate numbers, use "XIRR."

So at that point I could probably argue we were still under “market” a bit at the new price, but seeing as I’m already over the 2 percent rule by a lot at the current rent an extra 50 bucks doesn’t do much for me

You need to really sit down and think through this process, then develop a written policy.

Brokerage firms have developed structured processes to encourage this mentality and force agents to compete with each other.