Read the adjustments, not the estimate
An automated value is a claim with arithmetic behind it. Read the comp adjustments and you can tell in ten minutes whether to trust it.
An automated value is a claim with arithmetic behind it. Read the comp adjustments and you can tell in ten minutes whether to trust it.
An ARV taken from renovated comps is a promise about finish level. Name that level before you set the rehab budget, or the two numbers will not agree.
Flipping margins have narrowed for two years, so a rehab budget that is one number is now the riskiest line in the deal.
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