https://www.getrehabos.com/knowledge MAO, comps, rehab budgets, and running a fix-and-flip. en-us https://www.getrehabos.com/knowledge/what-the-70-percent-rule-leaves-for-rehab https://www.getrehabos.com/knowledge/what-the-70-percent-rule-leaves-for-rehab Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The 70% rule is a shortcut to protect your profit. This guide shows how to calculate your MAO and what is left for the rehab budget. The 70% rule is a filter. It is not a suggestion or a vague guideline. Successful investors use it to separate viable deals from traps. If you ignore the math, you are gambling on appreciation. Real estate investors who flip houses or use the BRRRR method need a predictable margin. This rule provides that margin by capping your purchase price based on the exit value and the cost of repairs. The rule states that you should never pay more than 70% of the After Repair Value (ARV) minus the cost of https://www.getrehabos.com/knowledge/what-lenders-look-for-one-pager https://www.getrehabos.com/knowledge/what-lenders-look-for-one-pager Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Lenders fund collateral first, not vibes. Here is what they check on your deal, where most files get capped, and why a serious one-pager outperforms a casual email. Most investors still pitch lenders the same way they text a contractor: a short email with an address, a round rehab number, and "let me know if you can fund this." Sometimes you get a reply. Often you get silence, a soft decline, or terms that assume you are winging it. Hard money and private lenders are not reading for charm. They are reading for collateral. They want to know, in minutes, whether the property can protect their capital if the project stalls. A clean one-pager does that job. A v https://www.getrehabos.com/knowledge/how-to-choose-comps-for-arv https://www.getrehabos.com/knowledge/how-to-choose-comps-for-arv Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Your ARV is only as good as the sales you compare against. Here is how to pick comps that are close, recent, and selling the same kind of house. ARV is not a guess. It is your best read on what a buyer will pay for the finished product. The comps you pick either back that number up or quietly pull it apart. Most investors know they need comps. Fewer slow down long enough to ask whether those comps are actually comparable. A sale three miles away in a different school district is not the same product. Neither is a house that sold six months ago before rates moved, or a new build sitting next to your 1970s ranch. Start with the same produc https://www.getrehabos.com/knowledge/why-rehab-assessment-matters https://www.getrehabos.com/knowledge/why-rehab-assessment-matters Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Contractors remember investors who show up with no numbers. A clear rehab assessment helps you filter deals early and have better conversations when you are ready to bid. Every investor has sent the "can you walk this and give me a number?" text. Sometimes it works. Often it burns a relationship you needed later. Good contractors are busy. They do not mind quoting real jobs. They do mind spending an afternoon on a property you cannot buy because the numbers never made sense. A rehab assessment is how you show up with context instead of hope. What a rehab assessment actually is It is not a final bid. It is your structured read on what needs work, split into catego