re: Real estate investors -- how do you evaluate property values

For SFR, $350 per bedroom in monthly rent (higher in trendy area, lower in ghetto)

12 months rent= what the property is worth to me, don't care what it's worth to others.

Also you need to make damn sure up front what the taxes are going to be for you, not the previous owner, but you, and without the typical homestead exemption. Deduct this from your 12 month total.

Obviously this method will eliminate tons of potential properties but the ones you do get are going to make you alot of money.

With RE really high right now, not a great time to buy unless you have more money than you know what to do with.

Let the downvotes rain down upon me.