After a month or so of doing 2-4 a day you'll have a large enough data set to see what the average return with no debt and the good deals will pop out to you. 

A few parameters to use after drilling down into an MSA in order to target a specific neighborhood...Trulia - See what the local crime is likeCity-Data - See what the income levels within each neighborhood.

Hello all.I am trying to embank on a joint venture rehab project and contacted a private money lender who want to charge me 1% interest for 6 months on $50,000 loan. 1% interest =$500*6=$3000 plus additional $5000 =$8000 for the 6 months duration with no extra charge at the end.

Hello,Has anyone recently used mashvisor is it pretty accurate with its nunbers when it performs it analysis or is there any other online website such as mashvisor that can help get the right data to analysis a duplex?

If you're not so comfortable with yourself, and you feel it may be more beneficial to have the extra support and guidance of an involved partner, then that is the way you should go.

It may sound nice to pay a 5% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no add-on fees.

Christine,Be sure to give extra time to the Insurance search. 

As Greg said, you should be able to get an extra $50 a month or more for having the garage which would pay for the repairs after a while.

I wasn't really planning on using a private/hard money lender, since I was only going to make cash purchases to the point where I would still have 6+ living expenses and then a little bit extra for unexpected costs. 

Some months we made a few extra bucks, and some months we lost a few.