From the conservative 2%/50% rule, in comparison, you'd be getting 1.5%, and half of your income ($575/mnth) is going to repairs averaged over time.

The whole thing is getting to where when you are looking at a house, you know how to make good comparisons, and can compare apples to apples.

Here is a link to a website that specializes in data-driven city comparisons: http://best-cities.findthebest.com/compare/157-203/Lancaster-vs-Palmdale.

Most of the time the investor does not buy an index or average for either asset class so the comparison is a bit false.

but the seller can always counter or just downright reject it.as for your offer(s) - as a wholesaler, you're going to have to play the numbers and put offers on properties that you at least can acheive one of the following:1. justifiable comparisons that warrants a low offer2. accomodates the sellers needs (you need to know what they are)3. meet the criteria for buyers on your buyers list.additionally - DON'T WRITE ANY MORE OFFERS. consult a real estate attorney and a real estate agent (buyers representation).

Most of my properties have multi-year tenants in them, as a comparison.

I realize that the Nasdaq or Dow Jones average may have risen equally, but I don't like the stock market so it's not a good comparison.

How about one that we can use when computing the various dealpoints in a wholesale deal, for comparison etc.

So, I think this is really just a comparison of "this investment" vs.

Most people who have been taken by this scam only hesitate briefly before wiring the money, as they have already "cashed" the doctor's check, they are sitting on a year's worth of prepaid rent and the dollar amount for the furniture is small in comparison, and believe that if the check were fake it would have bounced already.The cashier's check from the good doctor bounces roughly three weeks after the homeowner deposits it (contrary to popular belief, it takes financial institutions longer to figure out that a cashier's check is worthless, in comparison to a personal or corporate check).