All Forum Posts by: David Maupin

Does anybody have any connections for the Dallas area/ West Texas? I live in Lubbock but I am interested in deals as far east as Dallas. I am interested in multiple housing units from 25 to 50 units.

Very true. It seems to me that common sense plays a huge part in any type of business. If it's to good of a deal, it probably isn't true.

It basically seems to me that everybody has their own way of figuring out if an investment is right for them. As someone previously stated with spreadsheets, "garbage in garbage out." Doing your homework and gathering as much data as possible can help minimize the errors in ones calculations. I'm the type of person who likes to try to look at all aspects if possible before I make a decision. I think using spreadsheets will help me. I probably need to make sure that I don't get "paralysis by analysis" though.

I like your suggestions on my spreadsheet! I just have a couple of questions? When you suggest different input screens. Could you please explain some examples of this? For example, are you talking about creating a spreadsheet where different interest rates/prices, etc. can be inputed that would then be relayed to a spreadsheet showing the different assumptions?

I am currently living in Lubbock, but I might be moving to Dallas for a job opportunity in the next month.

Thanks for the post. I appreciate your suggestions.

Hey everybody,
I am a recently graduate with degrees in accounting and finance and am pursuing a career in real estate investments. My brothers and I are trying to start up a real estate investment firm. They have the capital and I will be the manager of the firm. We are trying to focus our investments in commercial properties if all goes well. I really like the site and look forward to learning as much as possible here!

I've tried looking to see if there were any topics on posting a reply with an excel attachment. Does anybody know how to do this?

I am new to this forum and have recently starteted my journey on investing in rental properties. I made my own with some help of some books I have been reading and would like to see your thoughts on it. I look forward to hearing you comments and suggestions! Just copy and paste the link to your bar.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=rP0cxuOyWilQguYWf_C2gWA&hl=en

I am new to the forum and wanted to post my own income analyzer. Can somebody please tell me how to attach an excel document to the post?