After realizing from others I’ve talked to that, like you said, there’s really no hard-and-fast method of calculating, I did do that.

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For Bay Area, if you have to put a number for ballpark calculation, you can use $600/sf. 

@Cameron RichardI think CoC is tough to calculate since it's going to vary every year.  

What I would do is calculate the holding costs from December 1 to March 1 and see what that is for amount of cash lost, and then be prepared to take that hit in price if you need to get it sold.

View reportfrom my calculations i would need to hold hard money for 6 months before refiing which would cost me 30,000 out of pocket. once i refi and get the rents up to market it would take me till the end of year 2 to make back the 30k. by year 3 my cashflow should be around 18 to 20k. i would buy it with around 110k in equity and by year 3 my equity should be around 130k. trying to figure out the best use for this property and whether its worth pursuing.

You're going to learn both sides of the coin either way because you're curious. 1. i start with BP tools, then use a more complex tool for the asset class (AJ's for storage or various for MHP's), and then come back and double check my BP calculator #'s after DD.

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So I thought, time to turn my ire to the Department of Commerce and its Bureau of Economic Analysis.Let’s go a little deeper into what they are actually doing over there to get these GDP numbers.The BEA is responsible for calculating and releasing estimates of GDP, a measure of the total value of goods and services produced in the U.S. economy.

Your MAO calculation is almost right but you're missing a few things.MAO = ARV  - Desired Profit - Rehab Costs -  Fixed Costs - Holding Costs - Wholesale Fee.Desired profit = the profit a flipper will want to make (N/A if going straight to retail buyers) Fixed costs = Closing costs, agent fees, etc (varies greatly if it's on or off market and can be negotiated with the seller).