Comments on: The Drake Equation Applied to Real Estate Investing http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/11/11/drake-equation-applied-real-estate-investing/ Learn, Network, Invest Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:37:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joshua Dorkinhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/11/11/drake-equation-applied-real-estate-investing/#comment-75214 Joshua Dorkin Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:20:57 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=8434#comment-75214 Hey Ben - There are plenty of closet geeks out there that will find this interesting . . . the number who put it into practice, however, is probably slim. Those are likely the guys making all the money, though! Quantitative analysis combined with an industry where most people are just winging it, can lead to a very high success ratio. Hey Ben – There are plenty of closet geeks out there that will find this interesting . . . the number who put it into practice, however, is probably slim. Those are likely the guys making all the money, though! Quantitative analysis combined with an industry where most people are just winging it, can lead to a very high success ratio.

]]> By: Ben Robertshttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/11/11/drake-equation-applied-real-estate-investing/#comment-75211 Ben Roberts Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:53:39 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=8434#comment-75211 John, I can recognize a fellow 'geek of all trades' when I see one... glad you liked the article. Good luck on the short sales.Tyler, if it's working for you... don't mess with it! I could see maybe 1 in 10,000 people actually finding this post useful from a usability standpoint, so maybe it was a novel idea. The world needs more of those anyway. John, I can recognize a fellow ‘geek of all trades’ when I see one… glad you liked the article. Good luck on the short sales.

Tyler, if it’s working for you… don’t mess with it! I could see maybe 1 in 10,000 people actually finding this post useful from a usability standpoint, so maybe it was a novel idea. The world needs more of those anyway.

]]> By: Johnhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/11/11/drake-equation-applied-real-estate-investing/#comment-75193 John Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:00:49 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=8434#comment-75193 OK I totally know what the Drake equation is, and I am trying to buy a house right now many of them being short sales. So I guess that makes you like "PRETTY FREAKEN COOL" LOL - I am a fan OK I totally know what the Drake equation is, and I am trying to buy a house right now many of them being short sales. So I guess that makes you like “PRETTY FREAKEN COOL”
LOL – I am a fan

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