23 January 2016 | 0 replies
My past investing has been purely in high risk derivatives for the last 10 years which hasn't panned out well at all.
28 January 2016 | 6 replies
It becomes much more of a grey area if it is sold explicitly as a turnkey business model, but even then, I would be wary as a buyer to use that value rather than deriving a value from market rates/comps, especially if it is a SFR.
7 February 2016 | 6 replies
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19 February 2016 | 16 replies
@Kris Haskins and @Jay HinrichsI never heard of that before it's like "owner financing meets derivative contract!"
13 February 2016 | 12 replies
How did you derive the $66K valuation-- is that a BPO as-is value or a ARV?
15 February 2016 | 5 replies
The answer was that they derived all their income from real estate.
19 November 2017 | 176 replies
The relationship between changes in employment and changes in real estate prices becomes more obvious when we look at percent change in employment, and the rate of change (second derivative, but don't get bogged down in the terminology..)This is interesting because:1) The relationship appears meaningful2) You can see a deceleration in employment gains (lower growth rate) while real estate prices are still increasing (at a decreasing rate).
3 February 2016 | 2 replies
Personally, citing numbers to a buyer, your current economics is not the issue.You site the Purchase Price, assume an LTV and calc the loan payment for say 20yr, 4.125%.Calc the existing GSI, expenses (with new taxes, insurance) but sans the principle and interese, and derive the NOINow you've got the data for cash/cash and cap rate.These numbers should entice the buyer to be interested BECAUSE there's a cash flow and/or cap rate.
7 February 2016 | 3 replies
As to option pricing, the value of any option is a derivative of the value of the asset over the term of the option.
10 February 2016 | 2 replies
However, it does have some elements of Real estate investment trust (REIT) with dividend yields, combined with a truly a unique strategy deriving from my many years of investment experience in star ups in the Silicon Valley and construction experience, including rehabs and new construction.