How real-estate deals are actually evaluated, with worked examples you can re-run in our free calculators.
The asking price tells you what the seller wants. It says nothing about what the house can pay for. Here is how to find your own number before you make an offer, with one house run at four different prices.
Read the postMost rentals that look like they cash flow only do because something was left out. Here are the six line items that go missing most often, and how to put them back before you make an offer.
Read the postThe last R in BRRRR only happens if the refinance gives your cash back. Here is how capital recovery is calculated, a full example at three refinance levels, and the trade-off nobody mentions.
Read the postA 6.3% cap rate and a 1.8% cash-on-cash return can describe the same property. Neither is wrong. Here is what each one measures, a full worked example, and the number that ties them together.
Read the postFlippers cap their offer at 70% of ARV minus rehab. The rule is useful as a screen and dangerous as an underwrite. Here is the arithmetic behind the 30%, and what it ignores.
Read the postAfter-repair value drives the 70% rule, the BRRRR refinance and every flip profit number. Here is how to build one from sold comps, and the three mistakes that quietly inflate it.
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