When calculating IRR should I account for equity accrual? Or do I only account for initial cash outflow and cash flows without principle pay down and appreciation?

Hey everybody, I'm new to real estate and I've been doing research on sub-to's and I was curious as to how people that have no money for a down payment or to make payments on the mortgage are able to find find tenants...

I'm a new investor with one property in my portfolio so far. I want to invest in another property and so have been really crunching numbers and analyzing my last investment. Honestly, I'm feeling a bit confused about ...

Hello BP community!Reading a book on Lease Options now and got stuck on this one example. Please help me understand what it means. Facts: Seller has a home worth $235,000 and will sell it to you for $225,000 on an 18-...

Takeaways from Buffet’s shareholders letter that was just published;1. “Warren Buffett bemoaned a lack of viable acquisition targets…”   Ditto - harder to find viable deals on SFHs and MFs.2. “But I will never risk ge...

Hi BP Community!I am looking for any advice on what to look for when analyzing a house hack outside of my monthly payment. I'm planning to do a rent-by-the-room house hack in DFW after I graduate from college in May o...

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I have a property under contract for ~80K.

I have a family relative who is interested in a trust deed investment (1st position). However, I'm not sure how the taxes and interest payments would be calculat...

Not sure if this is the right place to ask...

I'm trying to structure a business proposal for a private lender and I'm having trouble running the numbers.

This is from an article I read on another investment forum...

Hi all -I recently hired a bookkeeper to setup Quickbooks for me for my rental business.  She entered 8 months of transactions for me and told me that for mortgage payments, she created a category of "Unallocated mort...

Has anyone worked with a lender who has successfully used Fannie Mae's 5-10 program in California or else where.