That needs to be gravy if it happens and not the benchmark for what makes a property investable.

It seems the overwhelming consensus is saving for an investment/down payment, with increased liquidity leading to more opportunities.Andy, great addition of the $0 benchmark and your $25k+ recommendation I'm sure resonates with a few ;)

I was aiming for 25-50 a week but literally have no benchmark to set it to.

Not sure on 30-day benchmark, but I did apply for HELOC loans from 2 banks in 2 weeks timeframe and that brought down my score by 70 points.

What do you use as a reasonable benchmark?

Does it meet the 1% benchmark rule where %1 of the purchase price is paid to you in rent?

I find the comparables to be the most entertaining; they include properties that are not nearby and clearly not similar as bench marks data points or they include deals from more then 2 years back and you know the market is not the same as it was.As an academic exercise it may be interesting to compare and contrast the information they contain, how accurate the information is and how realistic the projections are from the different companies.As well, if you troll around the internet a bit, you will come across many investment / development partnership opportunities where they provide fairly detailed information regarding financing, expenses, income, expected net income, profit sharing, etc. etc.

Couple things regarding the 'income statement' of a rental property:Revenue - vacancy = Gross Operating IncomeGOI - all expenses except debt = NOINOTE: NOI is a key benchmark by which ppties are judged, especially multi-fam cash-flow ppties.

Monthly Cash Flow Required for viable ROINOI = Monthly Rental Income - Monthly Service Debt/Operating ExpensesDSCR = 1.25 (benchmark ratio used by a majority of commercial lenders/loan products)Using this simple formula will certainly disqualify alot of deals you run into, but any that pass this smell test, will cash flow for certain.

As for support, we actually use software that benchmarks our responsiveness to support inquiries against 1000's of other tech companies.