You always need to study current saturation, prices, zoning and trendsOriginally posted by @Cam Hadfield:Also useful to look at college towns for short term rentals. 

@Cam Jimmy it’s a mix.

hello BP.Can any one chime in...i am wondering if anyone has had sucess in finding  motivated sellers through CAM's.

I would opine-YES- property tax is in the CAM- especially when the lease states, "the cost and expense of complying with all federal, state and local laws, orders, regulations and ordinances applicable to the Property which are now in force".Property tax is a "local regulation" of the property.However, there should be a clause in the lease that states specifically what the CAM includes- sounds like your lease is somewhat ambiguous on this point- Nevertheless, I would still opine YES

P&I @ 5% would be approx $1,075.00Rental rates are currently $19/sqft/yr (including CAM fees) totaling $22,800 or $1,900/monthly for 1200 sqft.

Also, some owners think dumping all expenses into CAM is the solution.

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In your example number 1 it would be  "the price is 222 time rent" This is also a horrible ratiosIdeal valuation measure for investment property is 0.7% or more while 0.5% is acceptableI am curious where you cam up with that idea?

Its delivered  to the job site  as a flat pack and bolted  together with inserts and cam locks.In my mind in an ideal world  all the furniture would be so designed and integrated with the construction documents.  

If you are unfortunate enough to NOT have separate electrical services, they NEVER shut off lights or AC, and leave the doors open, AND then raise cain when the CAM charge goes up 5 cents.In my experience, they are NOT significantly better or worse than residential tenants, unless you are in the really big league.