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Including Principal Pay Down in Your Calculations

by Ken Corsini | July 27, 2011

With a big question mark surrounding what kind of appreciation investors will achieve in the coming years, most investors look at yearly cash on cash returns as the primary metric for evaluating investment property. I see a wide array of advertised returns from various investment property marketers, and it seems like everybody has slightly different [...]

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Adopt a ‘Why I Shouldn’t do this Real Estate Deal’ Attitude

by Marty Boardman | July 1, 2011

Michelle from Michigan hasn’t closed a deal in over two years, though it’s not from a lack of effort. The real estate market there is in the tank. It’s no wonder she left me two messages, twice last Friday and again on Monday. She was excited about finally finding a profitable opportunity. I explained to [...]

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Return on Investment (ROI) Versus Cash on Cash Return (CCR)

by Joshua Dorkin | February 4, 2007

A great question came up today on the forums, inquiring what the difference was between Return on Investment (ROI) and Cash on Cash Return (CCR). I think the question was answered perfectly here, but I’ll elaborate a bit. EXAMPLE: Suppose you buy a house for $100,000 and sell it later for $110,000. Your return on [...]

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