Do you see these as a way to scale up in size of investments (and to consolidate several properties into one perhaps) and to make the income generated from them as a more passive income stream.

Findlay is a real oppotunity beause you’ve got a combination of stable job sources, a decent population size, and often lower acquisition costs compared to bigger metros.About choosing an agent..

I had one give me a $1795 on one property and another one give me $1600 on the same size house just a couple blocks away.  

But I would rather get a good-sized down payment that I can use to invest elsewhere and get a good sales price due to the cheap financing.

Plus I recently got a brand new calculator, wanted to see what out of state investors though the most important aspects of deciding between to similar rates cap rates in 2 varied size apartment. 

That said, here are the actuals:Unit count: 13 offices (sizes range from 165sqft to 2,800 sqft - it's a local mom & pop type commercial building in an A-/ B+ town that's growing) Gross Rent: $20,801Expense Ratio: 50.7%NOI: $9,736 (year 1, after vacancy) ---Cash Flow: $2,536 / moCap Rate: 6.5%

I'd hop on Airbnb as a guest, search the area the potential property is in, and find some properties that are somewhat comps (similar location, amenities, size, etc.) and connect with the host hosting the property.

People I know that owned similar sized houses around me were regularly getting 1.75-2.25X what my house was renting for.

After 12 years in the furnished rental game, I'd say that is a pretty good sample size. 

If not, they may consider building the ADU and down-sizing into it and renting out the main house.