A few months old, but Tucson was expected to fall the most of all cities in the next 12 months(actually there were 8 out of the 100 that were worse. btw, My area was # 1 in appreciation projection for the SECOND year in a row.

I'm just trying to get you to understand how much a roofer would truly be out of pocket at the outset of the project.

Hey Chad, Funny but most Mexico Cty investment money is being used to finance many projects in the Yucatan, specificlly in the Playa and Tulum areas.

Find out the "cap rate" on similar buildings in the area, figure out the expenses and projected income, and calculate the value.Whether that's what its really worth to buy and be profitable is another question.

Just make sure you calculate enough room in your cash flow projections to cover the increases if and when they occur.

They didn't have the opportunity to make bad investments and are much more likely to lend on good projects.

Out of curiosity, what do you expect to happen in your business between now and the end of the year? Do you see business picking up or slacking off? Why do you think this?

I think that business is likely to be slower...

Assuming you plan to buy and hold, you also want want to make cash flow and resale projections going out several years -- I would say five at the least, but probably more.If you go to my blog page here on biggerpockets (or the blog on my company's site) you can download a sample chapter from my latest book -- the chapter is about using cap rates.Originally posted by Dustin Lyle:I read in a thread concerning California where multi unit residentials are selling around 4-5%.. which lead me to a good question..

I am not a marketing expert by any stretch.Here is a paragraph from one of my old postcards to give you some ideas“ Is the city harassing you about a home project that is not complete?

We purposely have made it so 3 projects should all finish about 2 weeks after New Years, so we can market them then.