Check it out:It might make sense to bump up your income projections to take this into account, since $2,100 for two 2-bedroom units seems artificially low for this area. 

Nothing is more artificial to me than a business profile with absolutely nothing but sell sell sell on it.

. - The ARV was artificially inflated (both in your purchase and sell) meaning that you thought the house was worth what an actual "Murray Hill" home was bringing in when you bought it and then you listed it way too high (which ultimately kills your initial influx of buyers).

Currently I work in medicine but I am looking to expand into the real estate investing world!

If you have a passion for something like architecture, accounting, medicine then college will be nessecary. 

They like to keep a very fine line between following the letter of the law and creating an artificial situation just to avoid taxes. 

I don't think what he was saying is that they are artificially lowering the price temporary to drive competition out. i think what he's saying is the industry is heading towards a flat fee instead of % base fee structure. 

Berrios artificially suppressed commercial property values and over-valued residential.

I would have the tile professional sprayed and would change sink, medicine cabinet, window covering, and light fixture.

@Will Barnard you're right, it was a very short post without much clarity or explanation.What I meant to express to @Joshua Jackson was that I don't think it's a good idea for a new investor looking to get into buy and hold to pick up a residential rental property in one of the country's most volatile real estate markets, during a peak economy (which has been extended artificially moreso than any bull market we have seen in our lifetimes due to multiple rounds of QE- now called POMO), with a long with a long term hold strategy.