Allen L.
Appraiser measured sqft larger than listed sqft
Hi guys,I recently purchased a 3 bed/2.5 bath SFH in San Antonio. Upon finishing mortgage appraisal on the property, I realized that the property size measured during appraisal is 103 sqft larger than the listed size!...
Buyan Thyagarajan
Metrics to measure rental properties performance yearly
Hi Guys,
I am doing a financial review of my rental homes and would like to measure the performance of my homes. I do the following .
1. Get all rents for 2021 and subtract the expenses which are Principal, Taxes, I...
Solomon Johnson
Interaction of property price and security measures.
Please share your mind on this statement. How you protect your property? Alarms, cameras? Tell about your experience. Maybe some of you had your property burglarized. I know that some tenants don't accept cameras inst...
Alexis Hernandez
Quick and Dirty Rehab Analysis Finding Measurments
Hey everyone! I'm doing a quick analysis on a property that's distressed and needs to be rehabbed. Its long distance located in Galion Ohio. The property is 1.856 sq. ft. I'm trying to find the linear footage of the S...
Lynn Z
accurate square footage - measure before you buy
I've just discovered that the house I'm buying has a great deal less square footage and the county figures copied in the listing agreement include non heated square footage. Why do realtors not measure anymore? Do th...
Mike Wadsley
Colorado measures that impact real estate investing
While the election isn’t over for the candidacies, there are a handful of measures that will affect us as real estate investors.
Ballot measure 2B asked voters to approve a 0.25% sales-and-use tax increase (which amo...
Matthew Terry
Comp evaluation for measuring brick & wood properties
I was wondering when pulling comps, could I use both a brick home and a wood home as comps? I mean they both have the same or similar amount of bedrooms, bathrooms, age, sq ft, under a mile radius, etc. The only major...
Soheil Zarrin
County Records showing more footage than actual measurement
Hi Everyone,
I have placed an offer for a 4-plex and through the appraisal report, I got informed that each unit is 250 sqft less than the county records. The County is showing 1380 sqft but the appraiser came up wit...
Wayne Helms
How to measure electric use from 2 apartments
I am under contract on a property that has to apartments on the same meter.
The current ownership pays.
Can I separately measure use and bill them for it?
Brady Grohne
How do I measure a market's flip rate?
It seems to me that the flip rate, i.e. the percentage of home sales that are flips, can be a useful measure in taking the "temperature" of a market and as a supply/demand indicator. But, what is the best source for t...