You're money did a bit of the work, but most of the profit was probably through not charging for your labor.Year 2, you gained more knowledge in the industry and got a raise on your time and earned a good ROI.At the end of year 3, the amount you can earn on your labor stops growing so quickly, so it is very hard to double 500k.

There are a ton of slick characters in restoration business that lowball their initial quote and then cut corners, work very slowly and/or pad the bill.

Initially, I'd call a paving company and see what it is per ft, you might walk away real quick.

Hedge funds, after all, charge 2 and 20 and still make their investors a healthy return.The main thing to be concerned with here, with this or any investment, is if you are considering all of the costs of the investment and if you are allocating risk properly.

I use this to initially screen properties in areas with demographics similar to the one you chose.a $42,000 price assuming no rehab should through off at least 2% in rent for me to be interested. that translates to 840 a month in rent and that exceeds even zillows estimate of 700 max. the most this property could sell for for me to go any further would be 35,000 before it got my attention.If it could be had for 35k that and could be expected to gross 700 a month then the 50% rule says I should net 350 a month after taxes ,insurance, vacancy contingency, property management and maintenance.

Mikel... the appraiser may have initially estimated this higher but then he lower this down closer to the listing price.

If you start paying utilities, the 50% rule no longer applies. ...Others have tried to state that, only to be told otherwise:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/88/topics/37271-need-expert-advise-on-this-figureData I saw that justified the 50% rule showed 55% expenses when including utilities.. which makes some sense...If you're charging $600 for rent and utilities cost $150... you're cash flowing $300 or 50%... now if you include those $150 in utilities, you're still cash flow $300 but now on $750 which is 40%, 60% of your income is going to expenses.Unless you're charging the tenant $2 for every $1 of utilities you expect to pay for them, the 50% rule can't hold... simple math.

I did not move forward because he was charging fees up front that was my first real picture of yet another fake lender.

So if I get repeated calls from neighbors about noise or parties, it becomes a management issue and charge $25 for taking a call and giving notice to the tenants to correct such neighborly conduct, if they don't pay it with the rent, then they are in default and that can lead to eviction.

Initially, I suggested 1500 a month rent with $200 rent credit but this will not work out.Based on what the owner said - if we rent at 1500 a month and owner uses this as the monthly payment, then they will owe 150,000 in year 2019 so this may not work out.