IRR

Analyzing a Real Life “Rent & Flip” Deal

by J Scott | September 15, 2010

I picked up a new house last week…I call it “The Haggle House” due to the extensive negotiation it took to convince the bank to sell me this REO… In this post, I want to walk through the analysis I did to determine whether this property would be a good candidate as a mid-term rental [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Introduction to Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

by J Scott | September 2, 2010

Today’s Quiz: What is my return on the following investment: I bought my first investment property back in August 2008. I paid $63,500 for the house using my own cash. I spent the next two months rehabbing it with $34,000 of my own cash. It sat for about 5 months before I lease-optioned it for [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Compounding Gains: Optimizing your Money’s Growth

by Kyle Koller | November 16, 2009

There are many savvy real estate investors out there that understand how commercial and residential income properties operate. They can spot value-add opportunities a mile away, and they have the team necessary to implement them. They are confident that at any given time, they can find a real estate investment worthy of pursuit. They faithfully [...]

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