28 December 2017 | 8 replies
My question is, for the offers, I used a formula to ensure my offer + taxes owed totaled 60% of the assessment value.
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27 July 2015 | 6 replies
If you want to include appreciation into your formula, I'd stick with a more realistic number...of course, if you just want to make the numbers look good, I guess 7% is fine.
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4 January 2017 | 1 reply
We've flipped some houses and are used to relying on pretty standard formulas for calculating "quiet costs" and repairs and ARV to determine what our max offer should be.
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29 January 2017 | 30 replies
In the meantime, if I can buy a house every other month and continue to follow a formula that is working in the meantime, that works too.
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3 June 2017 | 49 replies
Not really a formula for success.
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31 May 2023 | 21 replies
IDK what the formula is, but the "wholesalers" that have sent me leads are asking about 90 pct of retail.
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25 September 2018 | 7 replies
Is there a formula for determining ARV?
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23 December 2018 | 2 replies
Mindset + Numbers + Action = Success That's the formula.
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3 December 2013 | 11 replies
If you're going to purchase a property to fix up and resell, some people use this formula as a Guide: ARV minus 30%, minus all repairs.
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2 May 2014 | 14 replies
I would use the market value to use the 70% formula.