Thursday, May 2, 2013

How to Evaluate Value of Idle Lots: Dean Grazioi Helps You Own Valuable Plots



Do you have a big plot filled with soil and debris? Or, do you want to purchase that idle lot lying between beautifully built houses, shopping malls and recreational centers? Most of the buyers are interested in purchasing this type of lots, but they hesitate due to many factors. Some think that the owner will thug them, i.e. they will charge more than the value of the plot.


In most cases, buyers are somewhat right in their perception. Taking a raw piece of land and then converting it into a productive property is a very hard task. But, it is not necessary that all lots lack basic necessities associated with a good property. If the lot is situated in the vicinity of an established community or society with a number of houses, its value is surely going to increase sky high once the property is built on it.
For those who are purchasing such idle lot for first time, Dean Graziosi has shared a formula. According to Dean, most of the expert realtors who wish to purchase such lots use a specially designed formula. Residual Land Valuation is used to evaluate value of empty lots and property. It is a single, straight forward way of finding value of one-unit property.
 
Dean Graziosi is an expert realtor. He has been working in real estate field for more than twenty years. He is a successful entrepreneur. He has written bestselling books. Dean is a motivating public speaker. He has designed courses and guides. These guides contain thorough and complete material on real estate. He owns and runs a blog and online forum. 

Many aspirants and novice learn skills of real estate from Dean. Let us have a look on Residual Land Valuation formula.

Residual Land Valuation:
In order to calculate value of an empty and idle lot or that of any other property, one must consider following characteristics:


  • What you can build on the property?
  • What will be the final value of the property?
  • Compare estimated sales and costs value on the property.
  • Calculate costs of sales, construction and builder.
  • Compare costs and final value, the net value will be what you pay as a price of the lot.
  • You can also calculate other developmental types like apartments, condos and other residential as well as commercial buildings with the help of Residential Land Valuation. However, the process will be different and complex as compare to one-unit resident properties.
  • Apart from sales, construction and builders cost, there are other factors that must be considered, for example: state and city laws, local planning constraints, zoning laws, average traffic controls FAR (floor area ratio) etc.


How to Calculate RLV (Residual Land Valuation):
As mentioned, the process of calculating RLV of complex building types (condos, apartments, multi storey residential or commercial buildings) is quite difficult. However, with the help of simple RLV formula, you can calculate how much profit you will get from a single unit residential building. 

  • First step is to determine type and structure of the property.
  • Next, you should evaluate how much profit you will get from the property.
  • After that, you must review housing marketplace. A real estate agent can help you evaluating housing market.
  • Next step is to review and determine what steps should be taken in order to increase the profit on your property.
  • In order to calculate net profit that you will get, based on the evaluation and analyses of all of the above mentioned factors, you must accurately estimate sales price and the price the property will cost.
  • In order to get an accurate estimate, you must precisely calculate sales price and the price the property will cost.


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