What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow
by Frank Gallinelli
The 37 key metrics: cap rate, cash-on-cash, DSCR, IRR, with worked examples. The math book of real estate investing.
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you want to actually understand the numbers behind deals.
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Three things you will actually use
- Know the metrics cold.
- Different metrics for different questions.
- Numbers expose bad deals.
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Calculate cap rate and cash-on-cash for a real listing.
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The math book.
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