By: James Kobzeff | 2010-04-02 | Real Estate Cap rate and gross rent multiplier are measures regularly used by real estate agents and individual investors to evaluate the price of a rental property in order to determine whether it is, or is not, priced correctly and therefore a good investment opportunity. Take, for example, an instance when the agent or investor is attempting to set a selling price for a particular income property. Some, having determined the cap rate (or capitalization rate) other similar income properties have sold for, would price the subject property based upon its capitalization rate; while others, just as diligent to... read more
By: Stew Spence | 2011-06-14 | Real Estate Direct Capitalization Formula Perhaps half of all investors use this next rule of thumb to rule out properties that won't work for them. It's commonly called Direct Capitalization or the "Cap Rate" approach. Some investors know this Capitalization Rate ("Cap Rate") or Discount Rate by other names, such as the Hurdle Rate or the Opportunity Rate. read more
By: Eric Grill | 2011-03-25 | Real Estate Article provides an insight to Rental properties Cap Rates. These rates help to determine potential return on an investment property. read more
By: Anna Thomson | 2012-03-12 | Home Business Assets and properties are important terminologies in the world of investment and finance. They give you a financial guarantee. But each unit undergoes wear and materialistic. read more
By: jones jeff | 2012-05-19 | Taxes Every season, an incredible number of house owners deal with property or home taxes. In most situations, when the tax bill comes, if it seems affordable, most people would pay it and move on with their lives. read more
By: Sarahalls | 2010-10-06 | Insurance As soon as looking for home insurance, your car insurance provider asked you to provide an estimated respect of your home and its contents. read more
By: richard james | 2011-05-31 | Real Estate Are you trying to sell your property fast in a tough market? House Buyers offer unique opportunities and a free home valuation report to home owners who are looking to sell their property fast within 28 days in tough financial times. read more
By: Dublin Accountants | 2012-04-06 | Finance Where a premium is payable under the terms of a lease or under the terms on which a lease is granted and the duration of the lease is 50 years or less (i.e. a short lease), a portion of the premium is treated as rent which the lessor is treated as becoming entitled to on the date the lease is granted. read more
By: Terese Bond | 2010-03-31 | Real Estate A positive yield is what what property investing is all about. It is all about that, as a result of your investment, cash is put into your pocket. read more
By: Ravisankar Poduval | 2010-03-31 | Real Estate You have often heard about the positives and negatives of being a land lord. If you still think that you would want to be one, then buying a rental property is a great option, especially if you happen to have surplus cash with you. Even otherwise, if you think you ought to go for a mortgage option and buy one, then there are some calculations that you will have to be thorough in, as sometimes the rent received might not be enough to pay your monthly installments and you might find yourself in a spot over a period of time. read more
By: Petros Sivitanides | 2010-04-03 | Real Estate When will cap rates reach their peak and start falling? This is one of the key questions that real estate investors aiming at high returns need to answer in the current environment of rising capitalization rates. read more
By: Chris B. Jenkins | 2010-03-26 | Real Estate Nobody gets into the real estate investment business with the intent to lose money. No matter whether the property is bought and held onto for a short period of time, or for many years, the object of the investment remains the same: to turn an eventual profit. The key to calculating how much of a profit you can earn on a real estate investment is to subtract the total amount of the purchase price and property renovations from the future sales price. read more
By: Caroline Telford | 2011-05-05 | Mobile Phones Everyone wants a fancy mobile phone these days. How do I define fancy you may ask? Well, it is simple, the kind of gadgets that is most talked about amongst your friends in Facebook, MySpace or Twitter. read more
By: Catherine Padley | 2011-04-14 | Insurance Many people believe that as interest rates increase, property prices flatten, or even fall. This belief is at times justified due to the sentiment that property should drop when interest rates increas... read more
By: goodmast3r | 2011-04-04 | Investing If you trade options, you need to understand how options value is calculated. By knowing that, you will understand what affect the option value. This will help you in trading. It is just like business. To buy and sell something and make profit you need to know the fair price of the product. read more