Whoa @Mike Cumbie, I appreciate your input, but you're comparing apples to oranges.

If that is the intention, then the deal again, seems a bit risky by the fact that it could become that "sour apple in the neighborhood".

I found something called Section 8 housing which can be very bad for investors if tenants are not screened properly I understand even with proper screening you will still get bad apples.

It may be the Apple capital of the world, but not Steve Jobs' Apple capital of the world - that's Cupertino.

This house had a car lift in the garage because the dad worked on cars.

Do your research, start with rentometer.com then check local listings, make sure to compare apples to apples.

Let's try and bringing it to an apple-to-apple comparison.

Duplexes in Taylor, Texas (40 min from downtown Austin and less to the Domain, Round Rock, and major employers like Apple, Dell, Samsung, and others) run as low as $150,000.

If you live in Orange County you look to Riverside to invest, if you live in Riverside you look to Apple Valley, if you live in Apple Valley you look to Bakersfield or Texas or Ohio. 

So when you see one of us say “consult your tax pro” or “you should get a CPA involved”, we are not soliciting for service, we are both protecting ourselves and trying to protect you as well.Hope this shines a light on part of the discussions.I'm not sure this is an apples to apples comparison.