You are entering a full time business - not “investing”.  

You could use a financial calculator, but if you have an amortization calculator (entering three of the four variables - payment, rate, term, present value - to get the 4th), then it's a matter of entering the remaining term in the "term" box, the yield you want to get (not the current rate, but the yield you want) in the "rate" section, and current monthly payment in the "payment" section.

For loans we purchase this is more problematic as value of property in defaulted loans has already dropped significantly by the time we enter the picture and the seller is already taking a big “hit” to principal.  

My Bigger Pockets reading list is complete, entering the home work phase, and hope to enter the purchasing phase soon.

Considering my former underwriter role and my current position as a strategist for a national lender who is planning to enter this market, lips are sealed that competition is tight everywhere.

I am brand new to real estate investing and wanting to enter the market in Pittsburgh, PA.

Ken teaches folks how to enter zero down/ little costs.

so do you have specific vendors that are willing to enter when you aren't there or are you always there?   

I am a little late to enter the real estate investing world but motivated to start.

Despite this upside surprise, the unemployment rate edged up to 4.4%, the highest since late 2021, as 470,000 people entered the labor force.