A new study goes further and predicts most South Florida real estate projects of this nature won't even cover maintenance fees, property taxes or other costs.In a recent report, issued by the National Association of Condo Hotel Owners (NACHO), it projects returns for typical condo-hotel units in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Miami Beach and Coral Gables.

I am an older returning college student who is very interested in getting into REI ASAP.

Investor 2&3 who are putting up hard money might take a fixed return and investor 1 could support all the risk and possibly make a greater return.

Hi all,I was wondering if there is any generic formula you plug in your investments to see whether they are worth the return?

Unless you own some land that they want to rent, it's probably pretty tough for you to get a superior return when dealing with those big boys.I think if you were to "google" the words billboard and Houston you might find some pretty good background on how one of those outfits was continually hosing a landowner in Houston and the ongoing (for about 8 years) legal battle he had with them.all cash

There are many, many scams out there and it appears several of them are related tooffering 'leads' or 'ads'.I am bordering exposing one just now, just waiting to see if they will truly return my money as they promised.Gerri Peek

•How can you know if these investments will actually return any money?

If you are planning on selling the property you should consider the return on investment of making an additional $99,000 ($3,000 x 33 units) investment in your property.In a traditional marketplace, you figure the value of the property like this.Property Value = NOI / Cap RateYou can also figure the increase in value the same wayProperty Value Increase = Increase in NOI / Cap RateI don't know what the average cap rate is in your area, so I'll just use 6% as an example.Your increase in NOI = $100 a month per unit * 33 units * 12 months = $39,600So the property value increase would be $39,000 / .06 (6% cap rate) = $660,000Likewise, a 4% cap rate would be a $990,000 push in value and 8% would be $495,000.Note: that's not a guarantee that you will sell it for that much more, it just means that if your property sells like others in your area have been selling, you should be able to get that much more.Back to your return on investment.

I just got off the phone with pinnacle and I have a tracking number for my return that was due 9-27-06.

I don't want to go off on a rant here, but the type of assets that you want to invest in will depend on the type of risk/return relationship that you're looking for.