But what about those maintenance fee which can be a hidden hell even if it is split 50/50, as it cannot be transparently measured? 

One, is that I can only measure the effectiveness of different marketing strategies if I have good consistent data..Cold calling for example.

Hi guys my first post. Also my first potential deal and I like to help these people out. But the math does not add up but looks like it be a great long term hold in upcoming area. Farmers branch, Texas The property...

All of the people on your team should be aligned with your goals. this is measured as in any business by KPI metrics.

.- I’m not interested in anyone selling insurance - I know everyone says not to count on my pension, there is no guarantee, but if there was a measure of likelihood that a company would be able to honor their pension commitments then the conservative private company I work for would be rated the highest.- not really interested in savings advice on our 529 plan.- Nothing against Dave Ramsey, I really like most of his advice, but I think some of it is very basic and geared towards low income earners and people who have been very irresponsible with their money and are trying to dig out.- we have a about $70k to invest from our SDIRA, less if we convert a portion of that to a Roth.- we also will have about $250k to invest from the sale of our home.

Re: sales price, while the sale of the comparable unit in your complex will definitely be helpful, that's not going to be the only measure an agent will have when doing a CMA for you.  

The contracted rents from the owner is most important when deciding potential income for the subject property, but it's measured against the market to determine if that is below, at, or above market rents in the area. 

Success is an individual thing measured by individual metrics.The wealth-building procedure you describe is the one outlined in The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach.

He measured the house and then walked me through and told me the price, all in, to do the house in any of the ones I liked.

If your anticipated returns(measured by cash on cash and appreciation) are similar to what you expect in buying a local property, I say go for it- if you're off by a few percent, you've learned a valuable lesson.