There were a few drab areas where it could use some new paint, but nothing too wild.

Now that doesn't mean the return you are looking for will be there, but the list price might be right on or wildly off.

Stocks are wildly inconsistent in their returns.  

If I had to take a wild guess, based on your complaint about the pricing structure, I would hazard that the extra percentage I'd make from trying to rent your $3,000 properties would be the payment for my aggravation.

Yesterday tenant called me to say there are mushrooms growing out of the ceiling where the mildew is (I'm calling it mildew, he's calling it black mold).

Zillow is not a starting point, it's more like a wild guess. 

It has been a wild ride for sure. 

I have seen wildly incorrect answers get several up votes. 

I've sold 3 condos in miami over the last 5 years and have made plenty without even remodeling a place sometimes, its a wild market.I know it may sound like alot to you, but one of my neighbors there was paying $20,000/mo in rent for his place, he could easily buy whatever but why deal with the headaches of a $4-5M condo when you can maintain liquidity and for a guy like him making $250k/mo paying $20k wasn't going to financially ruin him.

Then again, maybe you went hog-wild, got your license, had an attorney draw up an LLC, etc. and end up at $10k of expenses.