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Any lender, financing, or deal analysis tips that helped you early on?

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Below are a few tips (from a banker's perspective) on how to effectively analyze properties from a financial / returns standpoint. 1.

I appreciate the detailed advice.

Currently my portfolio is a single family residence in Denver CO and I’m planning on using a HELOC against it as a bridge loan for some of the downpayment and renovation costs.I’ve been trying to build some models on Google sheets for deal analysis to assess deal validity and candidly I think it can be done better.  

But one thing that often gets overlooked is that you can get deeper deal analysis at no cost by leveraging a mortgage broker or lending professional as part of your evaluation process.A good broker already has access to the paid software stack most investors do not want to spend money on, including credit risk systems, property data tools, pricing engines, portfolio-level underwriting, rental tolerance models, DSCR assessments, and more.

Whether you hire out everything or are more involved, plan from the beginning to be able to step away from the business if you need to.That requires careful analysis of the property BEFORE you buy, to determine if it meets your financial goals AFTER including all expenses.If any turn key company sends you a cashflow analysis without at least TIMMUR: 1.

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