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John Boonphitak Equity in Homes? When to Take Them? How to Use Them?
6 May 2019 | 1 reply

Hi All,When it comes to Equity in Homes,When is the best time to use them?Can you use them right away if you actually have Equity?I am just gonna put numbers in for an example and would like to know IF these things ar...

Roshen Elevethinkal question about 50% rule
29 August 2019 | 2 replies

when i have watched videos about the 50% rule. why does he always include taxes into the expenses part,  then he subtracts the mortgage from the other half which includes the taxes again. Or is he calculating the mort...

Dante Williams Seller financed wholesale deal need advice
25 May 2011 | 0 replies

Im back at it again! After multiple attempts I think I found my niche. Here is the deal. Owner wants $22k. property needs 80-100k in repairs ARV 140k. The numbers dont work for a cash deal but here is how I negotiated...

Kyle Curtin Additional income DTI 75% of current rent?
20 June 2020 | 3 replies

Hi everyone! I read in a book recently that if you are looking at a multi family property with the intention to househack or as a rental, that 75% of the market rents in that property count towards your debt to income...

Juan Najar wholesaling
16 October 2016 | 3 replies

i wanted opinions on how others get to their maximum allowable offer (MAO). I get three comps from redfin that are the closest in radius to average out an ARV. I then multiply by .7 and then subtract the repair estima...

Ryan Rogers 2nd Investment property opportunity.
20 November 2018 | 1 reply

View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.Hello BP,Here is a possible one year primary residence fix and rent home. Here are the nu...

David Lee Hall, III Valuation of Small-MultiFamily
30 June 2021 | 0 replies

Traditionally my partners and I have used the "typical" % of ARV minus rehab to calculate offer prices. We also sometimes use the model from Flip Your Future (take profit desired and subtract expenses to get max offer...

Andy Tomaswick 70% Rule Question
26 March 2016 | 2 replies

Hi All,I had a question about the 70% rule.  I understand that you're supposed to take 70% of the ARV and subtract out rehab costs.  What does that 30% that's taken out cover?  I'm assuming it's covering things like c...

Fred Krueger Issue with appraisal
3 February 2019 | 2 replies

Just bought our first rental. A "duplex" in MN. The property is actually two separate structures on one lot. A 3BR and a 1 BR. Trouble is the appraiser couldn't find comparable properties because of the uniqueness (no...

Chad J Abel Calculating an offer price
23 September 2017 | 2 replies

Good Afternoon. My name is CJ and I'm a newbie investor. I have a question in regards to calculating an offer price. I have heard many times that a standard is 70% of ARV minus repair costs. obviously that percentage ...