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One of the most important elements of private lending is evaluating collateral. Anything can serve as collateral, but in real estate, collateral is typically real property such as residential homes, commercial buildings, or land. While both the lender and the borrower use various sources of information to estimate the property’s value, the final value is determined by an appraisal report produced by a licensed appraiser. As a real estate investor, you must be adept at reading appraisal reports and that involves understanding various elements related to property valuation. Let’s look at appraisal reports together to make sure you understand their key components and what they mean for your real estate transaction.
In real estate your make money when you buy. What it means that you need to put a property under contract at a price that will allow you to make a reasonable profit after the costs of owning, renovating and selling that property. The process of estimating these moving parts might be better described by the former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld: “There are known knowns; things we know we know… There are known unknowns – things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” I’m sure he wasn’t referring to the real estate rehab business, but you get my drift. 
