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5 February 2014 | 34 replies
I bet the cash on cash return would be fantastic.
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29 January 2014 | 4 replies
My calculations have you losing money if you choose to go through with this deal (based on hard money loan to buy and rehab).
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18 June 2014 | 32 replies
After calculating how much I had spent on deck repairs already, and how much stripping and staining would cost, I tore down the deck.
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31 January 2014 | 7 replies
I simply picked 50% as a for sure bet of being able to sell the property to the next buyer whether its him or someone else.
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30 July 2021 | 40 replies
You can bet your last dollar large REITS, banks and hedge funds are doing this.
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25 March 2014 | 14 replies
There's something called a "cap rate" that you can calculate that will allow you to compare investments intelligently.
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15 January 2020 | 7 replies
This will be used to calculate your DTI ratios.
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31 January 2014 | 9 replies
This is the way I would calculate it.
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29 January 2014 | 5 replies
A lot of voice is given to the "don't bet on appreciation" idea here on BP, and I think 95% of the time that's good advice.
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8 February 2014 | 12 replies
Running those numbers I calculate about a 7.4 Cap.Since your cost of money is 5% I would want an 8 CAP.