If they come out breathing, they're dead upon the next hiccup.Debt is equal to risk.

I do provide filters for our tenants which gives us an excuse for a property inspection. 

When using Redfin, Realtor.com, Zillow, or any other main stream homes website, skip the new ones and filter by the oldest on the market.

Hey Ak,The way I get the accurate property tax value is by going to the county website and searching for the address of your interest.ex: https://www.indy.gov/workflow/... type in the address and you will be presented with the historical tax statements that you can use to input into your calculator.For figuring out the rent (trend) I use a combination of Zillow, redfin - With a filter having off-market properties with rent-o-meter to get an idea what they were rented for and how long were the properties in the market.I also use dealcheck.io to keep a track of the properties and use the analytics/numbers to make my decisions.

I wouldn't hold my breath for high interest rates any time in the future.

Trying to process all this data can lead to paralysis as investors struggle to filter out what's relevant and make informed decisions.

Offloading cash to invest more passively to enjoy everyday life without tenants breathing down your neck is something our investors talk about all the time, and is a huge benefit of getting into more passive real estate spaces.

For general percentages to be 'doable', people will generally want to see at least 10% of the purchase price in gross income for the property, but that's totally a personal decision for where you'll be filtering properties before you deep dive into them. 

So the filter is no longer market sentiment, but the actual financial barrier entry.Josh Dorkin has been hammering cash flow as the main criteria, if not the only criteria, based on his own experiences in CA.

Revisit goals and expectations, adjust MLS filters.