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7 September 2014 | 14 replies
I feel like we had over prepared and analyzed prior to pulling the trigger and the rehab occurred early spring which was great timing in that contractors and subs were not too busy yet.
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1 September 2014 | 1 reply
A CPA will also be able to help you analyze numbers, ask you questions about assumptions and work with you as a sounding board to make sure you are buying good deals.
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27 May 2016 | 8 replies
Here are the details you are asking for-By shame on me I mean with a little more digging I would have seen more red flags in the borrower rather than being more weighted in analyzing the value of the property and LTV ratio.
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15 September 2014 | 7 replies
Of course, in this theoretical example we don't have any repairs that needed to be done to rent the units or any vacancy while those repairs were underway...You can use the calculators under the "analyze" tab at the top of the page when you have some real numbers.My opinion on property management differs from Arlan's.
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15 September 2014 | 11 replies
Thanks @Mary B. and @Roland Paicely I'll play around with the deal analyzer when I get a chance.
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15 September 2014 | 7 replies
When analyzing apartments we use CAP 8%+, DCR 1.6%+ and cash on cash 12%+.Welcome.
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15 September 2014 | 14 replies
"I would say creating 1st deal in most case is the toughest deal to create""Marketing and follow up is crucial""Be willing to market for deals consistently for several months without getting a profititable deal yet""Know your potentially accurate profit numbers or cashflow numbers when analyzing a deal and double check those numbers"
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15 September 2014 | 2 replies
But nowadays, all my CL ads get flagged within minutes.
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17 September 2014 | 18 replies
I need to learn how to analyze markets and pick winners, sounds like you are doing just that.