She got the same amount of money if not more than if she had a rental and had none of the hassles of dealing with tenants.

Duplex was not appraised for the amount that the realtor presented. 3 different appraisal short (needed $50k for HELOC) so now I am unable to cash out refi.

Often times this commission is a percentage, but if the value of the property is LOW, the commission could be a fixed dollar amount.

I know MLS listings aren't guaranteed accurate, but getting the acreage, city and zip code wrong is hard to swallow as an honest mistake.We have a financing contingency, so if it doesn't appraise for the contract amount due to the lower acreage and different city/zip, we can renegotiate purchase price.

You put a 3.5% down payment on a house that goes up 7% in 12 months you just made a 200% return that didn't take any large amount of skill or time.

Sometimes we see large amount of equity in a primary residence that can be borrowed against, even in 2nd position if it has a great rate that you don't want to lose.  

This amounts to lost opportunity because if you had purchased RE, at the closing it can start producing return. 5) ADUs detract from the existing structure whether this is privacy, a garage, or just yard space. 6) this is related to number 1, but there are many more buyers looking to purchase homes for their family than there are RE investors looking to purchase small unit count properties.

Any such study is tainted by the fact that Zillow lost an enormous amount of money on their own home buying initiative.

Depending on your goals and how many properties you plan to acquire it could be a decent amount of work.

Anyway thinking for a bit we will continue on this path and look for more old houses but, of course, the price has to be right vs the amount of work that has to be done.