Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa August 2015 | Page 22

INVESTMENT INTELLIGENCE Cash Flow plus Due Diligence By Robert Kiyosaki Robert Kiysaki has a two-step recipe that he suggests that you can use when it comes to real estate investing in the United States or even in South Africa. He says he has two major questions: 1. Does the property have cash flow? 2. If it does, have you done your due diligence? Cash flow – How to Calculate cash-on-cash return The most important financial ratio of a piece of real estate is cash-on-cash return. This is calculated with the following equation below. Although the calculations are in do