If you debt leveraged a stock portfolio to 80%, the cash on cash returns of your portfolio would also multiply and likely get in the range of a real estate portfolio, perhaps even more so. 

They will figure what other comparable buildings have sold based on their income (a Gross Rent Multiplier) and figure the value based on that.

Having rentals sounds nice but you will have the same feeling of carrying debt not only on your primary home but your rentals as well so multiply that uncomfortable feeling.

Mine's a multiplier of what you pay, and I pay more than that on a monthly basis to navigate all my taxes.

Moreover, tourism has been growing very fast with tourism revenues being multiplied by 43 over 17 years.

We have calculated what we need to retire on and multiplied that by 2, this is our "WHY" & our goal.

In my experience as a fix and flip broker and a rehabber, you should take the square footage and multiply by at least $60.00 per square foot in order to estimate the cost of rehab.

Multiply your business miles by the standard rate (e.g., 58 cents per mile for 2019) to calculate your deduction.Example: If you drove 6,700 business miles out of a total of 10,000 in 2018, your deduction would be $3,651.50.Actual Expense MethodUnder this method, you deduct a portion of actual vehicle expenses.

Just like sellers and listing agents might assume an FHA buyer has a rock bottom FICO, they might also assume they are barely scraping together 3.5% down, since many do in fact multiply target sales price by 3.5% and save up exactly that much money, unaware of closing costs, that things break in homes after you buy them, etc.

@Justin Green  its funny in dirt deals... the sellers usually look at what lots are selling for then figure out they have X many and multiply that by full retail to come to their price.Just put Palmblad Meadows LLC in the mls search.. its in Gresham price 350 to 370k.27 homes 4 pre sold and 12 going vertical right now.. first closings mid dec  ( ya) 24 months from when we put it under contract.