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Hey BP,I initially thought that to value commercial real estate you just use the income approach and apply a cap rate. I have read about other methods such as the cost approach and the sales approach. I am confused in...
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"The Adventures of Calculating Actual Cash Flow on a Rental Property"
Are you ready to become a landlord, but have no idea how to calculate your actual cash flow? Fear not, dear reader, for I am here to guide you on ...
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I'm in the middle of purchasing what will be my first investment property and would love some feedback on both the accuracy of my analysis and whether this property was a good selection. The main goal with the investm...
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I am new to the Phoenix market. In New Jersey long term rental we’re coming and hood cash flow. Taxes high buy houses were so cheap it worked out. Here in Phoenix the houses are more expensive so I am looking to start...
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As someone who has worn both hats as a GP and a LP - here is a statistic which to date has had 100% accuracy in determining if the investment will not end up successful.What is it?Having Audited financials completed o...
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Bakersfield, population 377,917 (2019) and growing.
For as long as I’ve been working here (since 2010), Bakersfield has been extremely popular with investors. Whether one is looking to flip, or aspires to build a po...
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In a few recent conversations with different folks, it has come up how they are calculating financial performance on multi-family projects. I feel the need to write an article on this, since in many of these conversat...
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I check out Zillow website and find out my rental property is $275 less.
Are their Zestimate for sale price and Rent Zestimate for rental accurate?
What other good resources to figure out if my rental property is in f...
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A couple of question hope this is the right place:
1. Cap rates in my area SFV of Los Angeles. Where is a good place to find realistic cap rates for the market and submarkets.
2. Resources of find multifamily for sa...
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