Using the right blend of debt and equity.Secondly, as the guy in the video mentioned, money is made on deals like this through forced appreciation. 

I personally like a blend of cash flow and appreciation and I understand I'll likely take a hit on both instead of 'specializing' in one or the other, but it provides a good mix for my personal style and what I'm willing to do. 

B) lending 500k of that to the seller of: C) a 2 family I'll be leasing with option to buy in 5 years for 1.5m.

Cincy has a nice blend in my opinion.

I think a 70/30 cotton/poly blend is the best choice for washability, durability and overall comfort.

@Ryan Rowe, I like the approach which is a blend of the information @Scott Trench provided above, and the "it depends" answer posted by @Chris LumLee.  

3)  Does the personality of this agent blend with yours?  

You can also try reaching out to local property managers to see if they have any units nearby to give you an estimate of what you might get for your units.Use the above in combination with a blend of data from Zillow and/or Redfin and you should be pretty close!

Again, it could be multiple.Then make a spreadsheet that is a blend of the two...some events pan out, and some do not.Then you can look at the optimistic items and figure out what kind of marketing strategy (acquisition), or retention plans (repeat guests) needs to be in place to help make those optimistic scenarios happen and maybe give your gut more information to go one.Hope that helps.Mike

Must blend with the neighborhood and vegetation.