Often this will be in lower class neighborhoods where that higher rent to value ratio compensates for higher tenant turn over and other related issues.There are places where you will only hit 1% or 0.8% but tenants are low maintenance, properties are in good repair and that kind of return still makes sense.Regardless of which rule you follow, you will still need to analyze the entire deal and determine if it really cash flows.If a property that fits the 0.8% rule cashflows $300 a month and another property that fits the 2% rule cashflows $50 a month, which would you prefer?

Options being considered are the city assessment or most recent appraisal x local market rise since then.Does anyone have experience with this, particularly how tenacious they are about verifying what you put.

We are having a little trouble trying to find out which areas/neighborhoods are moving the quickest near/around the Phoenix/Chandler/Mesa/Gilbert areas.

As a graduate of the university, I know first hand the rental rates students will pay as well as the more desirable neighborhoods students would like to live in.I know the area well, and would be happy to help any way possible.Sean

I'm interested in connecting with agents or brokers in my area (Hollywood Hills/Studio City).  

Hello all,  I have recently stumbled across a commercial project in Boston that was a "Net Zero Neighborhood".  

I didn't want to move there for personal reasons, such as space and neighborhood etc.

Say I did the title search and found $1000 city fine.

The sales prices were $10-20K over anything else ever sold in the neighborhood.  

I went out on my first real Driving For Dollars trip looking for properties to wholesale and came across a neighborhood of old and run down mostly manufactured homes (on brick).