From my experience watchibng several BP webinars that cover analysis of properties , the presenter usually highlights an estimate of 5% of monthly income from a propety for saving for capital expenditures.

I essentially paid someone to read me the highlights of Tom’s book.

As highlighted in NAR’s August study, remote work opportunities are likely to become a growing part of the nation’s workforce culture.

@Adrienne Wilkins That’s an amazing start & I’m glad you highlighted the positive side to it.

Finding a Cash-Flow Property in some market can be very challenging, below I gave a quick highlight of my top 10 methods to find your first or next rental property.1.

For example, highlight your property managers experience, the track record of your GC, track record of your partner.

However it has been almost 9 months now and I haven't found a suitable business - COVID obviously highlighted which businesses are the riskiest, so I have been focusing on "essential" ones.  

This again just highlights the extreme lack of inventory of quality starter homes in good areas.

Funny enough there are multiple social media accounts to highlight the problems in the area, which only emphasizes the problems more.

I think your response highlights the need to ask a knowledgeable appraiser in my area to make a truly informed decision.