Did you take a copy of the BP calculator results with you?

We just typically speak about prospective deals in terms of cap rate since it can be calculated quicker and cash on cash return can usually be inferred from it.

Now even if you were to get $2,800 in rent per month and we calculated 10% percent for Capex and 5% for vacancies that would leave you well under your monthly expense.

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I don't factor in the appreciation in my calculation because I do not receive it during the year and it would technically affect both side of the ROE.I could pull the equity back out and use it for living expenses and just let the rent cover the loan. 

BP (Biggerpockets) has a calculator that can help you with your calculations as well when revising for deals.

Hi, I'm about to do my first investment in the US (I have a previous one outside the states).I'm about to put down 80% of my complete savings.The deal I'm looking at (using the pro calculator) is Cashflowing 4000 USD/ month at about 12 % ROI.My money down is around 400K.Above deal is in a high entry barrier marked and based on legal Airbnb operations.

for fix and flip  one thing you will see is brokerage fee's are a huge cost to the end sale since they are calculated on the gross selling price. 

Is there a standard calculation or rule of thumb?

I am trying to figure out how to fund my next investment purchase, but when I run the numbers for calculating a refi to pull out even just $40,000 of my equity, my cash flow seems to entirely disappear.