Affordable housing inventories change, laws change or are adopted, financing requirements can change, your money partner can die or change their mind, thousands of things can happen to effect any niche that you attempt to specialize in. 

The seller receives an appraisal in order to select a price for the home, and the buyer gets one to confirm that the selling price is fair.

Can anyone tell me what goes on the last three lines in this agreement "Bird Dog AgreementThis Agreement is made effective as of ____________, 20__, by and between ____________________________(“hereinafter “Buyer” or “Seller” [circle one]), of______________________________________, and__________________________, of______________________________________." 

The best bet is to position yourself so a crash will not effect you that much. 

But I think it would be worth it.My goal for this are:-Effectively clean up area and improve the neighboring area-Make some money by packaging a SFH or multifamily apartment complex/developmentHere are a few questionsWho would I talk to about re subdividing?

I use 10% as a capitalization rate in many circumstances, as costs to enter a transaction or deal increase, the time/management increases, any risk increases, that may go up to 15%, tax effects may take my requirement higher too.

This seems logical if you look at a few years, but after >= 10 years, it seems wrong to ignore the effect of appreciation.Some areas exhibit more growth then others, so it seems there should be a more complete metric.A real-estate investment professional has showed me (among other things) the metric which was named "Cash on cash with equity build-up".

As a byproduct of that, we'll benefit from moving them to commercial loans and no longer having the various loans on our personal credit/credit report - a nice side effect as we're in the midst of moving our primary residence as well as it's a lot easier to deal with now that we have 6 mortgages gone from our credit report and are down to just our primary residence. 

It might not be the right situation for everyone, but can be an effective tool to grow your portfolio.3).

I initially had it for the benefit of commissions and being able to list homes, but I'm finding it may not be as beneficial as I had thought being that the company is focusing all of its time on rehabs and wholesaling when at capacity.What do you find the pros and cons of each to be relative to disclosures, marketing, bringing on new team members and how it effects your business?