Deal Analysis, ARV & Comps, Iowa Real Estate, Hard Money Lending Episodes
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Oct. 8, 2026
Ep 14: The Seventy Percent Rule That Protects Every Iowa Flip Budget
What if two nearly identical houses, same street, same square footage, were never actually worth the same money? Every fix and flip offer in Iowa comes down to one formula: after repair value times seventy percent, minus your rehab cost. That's your ceiling. Two inputs, one number, and it decides whether a deal makes you money or quietly eats your margin. The formula is simple. The inputs are not. Get the after repair value wrong and the seventy percent rule will let you overpay without ev...