Bank of America's work sheet to value a property is listed here. Just click on or copy and paste into your browser. Property value or ARV, after repair value, is crucial to your evaluating a deal. Hopefully your county has an online system to help you see the tax values and actual sales of real estate. Real estate investing information must include this type of information.
http://www.bankofamerica.com/modular/index.cfm?template=hc_home_worth_modular&app=oma&sitename=modular
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Greg Pinneo...a real estate teacher not to miss in the miriade of investment information.
http://www.reachreturns.com/gregpinneo.asp
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