Just reading posts will give you a huge boost in your real estate investing career.

It is typically used by sellers to sell properties at inflated prices by temporarily boosting rental revenue to unsustainable levels and then using the operating income from that revenue to cash in on a high exit valuation.

I was using the rent value the seller advertised to boost my qualifying income.

Can't speak for all markets, however, short sales are the market majority in many areas as REOs have dropped off dramatically.

the vacancy rate at least would have to be factored in as thats what the GSA's use for a vacancy rate for Underwriting N/O/OI am not aware of what they factor for underwriting, but what they do has no bearing on an individual properties cash flow and actual vacancy.If I wanted to buy a 50 unit apartment that was 98% occupied and had a previous 10 year history of 94% occupancy, should I assume that the seller would accept my offer based on a 25% vacancy factor as that would dramatically reduce the NOI and thus the value?

It is really an interest free loan, but it is still a boost for the first time home buyer.

Purchasing a property at a great price and then boosting its quality and appearance with some repairs and renovation will not only improve the property value (and thus the return on your investment), it will allow you to increase the rental rates.

Hi WendelNow you've made us curious as to what is the guru idea that has increased your deal flow so dramatically.

In California, your source-water temperatures are unlikely to become cold enough that an in-line heater cannot boost the water temperature sufficiently.

Once things get better and we enter a boom, banks start lending on low end condos again, expanding the pool of buyers and boosting prices.My business partner and I bought a bunch of condos in 2012 for about 20% of what they sold for at the peak of the last cycle.