You should check the laws in your town as some areas you can only increase by a certain %. you can do some research and find this on the internet.

Oh the joys of the internet and people with too much time on their hands.

Comparatively, a duplex anywhere near Sydney is around $1,000,000 and rents for around $4,000 per month — no possible way to cash flow so you’d be gambling on appreciation.

They did not have cable or internet except on 1 phone. 

These people are on the internet somewhere so reach out and try to make a ton of friends until you find success!

@Lydia Bolling most of the hard work can be done anywhere you have an internet connection so your lunch hour and after the kids go to bed are perfect times to do research, if you don't have enough time maybe the solution is to narrow the search so that you have less properties to sift through

You could simply Google it and pull one off the internet that matches your scenario.

In the meantime, you can get credible education on the internet.  

Have websites up, doing direct marketing campaigns  and internet marketing w/ PPC, and spending money on education; real estate agent course, a lot of books (also bigger pockets books). 

I am in full agreement that a positive cash flow is a very important goal, due to the fact it insulates you from gambling on appreciation, equity, and rent increases.