I will be lowering the asking price and seeing if that will help in the sale of these properties.

I have a followup question - I will realize a lot of capital gain from this home in Idaho, so I think unless I purchase a new primary residence I will have to pay that capital gains tax. 

Is your DSCR ratio greater than 1-meaning are you cash flowing (according to the lender's criteria of mortgage, property taxes and insurance (and HOA) if applicable).

Where to get the most recent and accurate data for things like:Unemployment dataPopulation growthJob diversity and top employers in the areaVacancy rates (eg huduser.org)Property taxes and jnsurance costsI saw bp pro and reventure and a bunch of other websites provide some of this data, but i wonder how accurate and recent it is.

I really wanted to try finding a duplex that i could immediately rent out the lower half rather then buy a SFH and have a higher mortgage overallHow did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

IF you need 100% financing and lets say its $200k deal, the lender will be interest only at $150k at 12% = 1500/mo + taxes. insurance etc.

You will have to pay higher personal income tax rate, versus waitingtill after one year for lower Capital gain tax rates.

STR seems to have better tax benefits (in the right market) but is it worth it at a distance ???

A real basic guess is 30 houses each cashflowing $1,000/month.In Metro Detroit, this means $1500+ in rent, with the difference convering taxes, insurance, maintenance and vacancy - NO MORTGAGE!

It’s still rough and has plenty of room for improvement, but I can upload photos of a distressed property, tax records, comps, lender rates, and local rehab costs.From there, it analyzes the photos to identify repairs, explains why they’re needed, estimates costs for each item, calculates the total rehab budget, determines ARV based on comps, and provides an expected return—basically automating a lot of what spreadsheets already do.It’s not meant to replace an analyst, and of course, everything still needs to be verified.