I'm trying to help them make some pretty big decisions, and it would be refreshing to hear opinions from outside strangers to the situation.I'll try to keep this to the bare minimum with the facts, but I need to go into some detail to give the full picture.

You'll probably find greater margins if you go outside of what's offered to you through the network but it's an easy way to get some great information and usually light refreshments.

Every year you have to pay roughly $1000 for the licensing and refresher courses as well as more money for the blood testing every 3 months.

I try to re-read this book once a year as a refresh and to course-correct my mindset.

Great returns in these zip codes but prepared for lots of tenant turns and rehab/refresh.

@Jonathan Greer, hey this is refreshing after reading the 10 posts from other folks about the 2020 Recession / Looming Recession / Coming Recession! 

Maybe they will be 100% higher and you will want to choke yourself for purchasing only one property when you had what it took, at the time, to purchase 5 properties where you would be living on Easy Street, today.I have to tell you the same story I write almost every day about the 20-year old Japanese girl who ran away from Japan because her parents physically abused her.

One positive externality on the condo rental is the refreshing trend of beverages being left behind.

When adding in repairs, I find that there's no reasonable magic number for this property at current rents, but a small increase in rent makes the deal attractive at higher price points.I will likely add some additional fields to the comparison chart so I can compare the investment (and do a true "turn-key" or minimum investment at current rents versus a refresh/rehab at target rents). 

Then just buy grandmas house off the MLS (or the management company may have a client selling), refresh it and rent it.