We found a great FSBO deal-I talked to a real estate agent about writing up the paperwork for us and he wants to charge us $1500 to do the paperwork. Is this a typical fee? It seems high. We are doing a partial owner ...

Hey Everyone...I've got a question for those who are familiar with calculating the Cap Rates and Appreciation on buy and hold investment properties.

Should your cap rate calculation include the c...

I'm looking to build smaller warehouses. Flex space and 4-5k sqft warehouses in an industrial area in the Midwest. 
I did research on price per sq ft and found that it would be $20-30 per sqft. I never trust basic es...

Hi all,
how do i calculate the ROI on a condo I bought in 2010 but I recently moved out of and now rent? its cashflowing $400 monthly. but what should be the denominator in my ROI calc? the down-payment i made 10 yea...

The napkin based financial analysis presented at this site is great. I am trying to understand and use it. I have just one question:In calculation of net income why do you exclude principle and interest payments. Shou...

I have to refinance my investment property from a VA to a Conventional Investment loan.I am confused about the closing costs. Are they different than on a conventional refi loan for a primary residence?I received one ...

I just started using the rental calculator again. It looks very different from what I remember from a few years back and different from some of the ones I've seen shared in this forum. 
Here's an example of the share...

I'm a GC looking @ employees vs subs. I'm collecting employee cost based on hiring two to do rehab work @ $30K ea to make the decision. I don't like not having control over my subs, that is why I am looking at emp...

Looking for creative ideas and advice.  We recently bought on an auction a condemned 6-unit property (7200 sql) in Slavic village. It is a clean slate walls-and-studs-only building. The plan is to renovate it and crea...

Apologies first for such amateur question: in new developments, when construction companies quote construction cost for "$ X/sf", is this number usually "the total construction cost divided by living square foot ONLY"...