You can't list a property with basic design and expect to be successful, especially with today's property prices and rates.

The second home is under contract to sell for the same price, 257k. 

Are you basing this solely on what you can afford, or what you intend to make on it, or your target sale price? 

Purchase price: $305,000 Cash invested: $80,000Single Family home in a 55+ community. 2 Bed 2 Bath, attached 2 Car Garage.

Now, with the ADU rules, developers are buying anything close with some extra space so there may only be scraps left that wouldn't pass FHA or would price you out.

Some rents in what some define as an A may hold strong values but rents compared to purchase price may not be comparable to a B.

That all said, the asking prices are just that, asking prices.

Purchase price: $275,000 Cash invested: $275,000About this homeBeautiful 2 bedrooms 1 bathroom condo in the convenient location of Rowland Heights, close to bus stop, supermarket, schools, shopping centers etc. newer counter top in kitchen and bathroom. 2 parking spaces and storage room.

Purchase price: $600,000 Cash invested: $30,000 Purchased single family home, finished basement making the property a duplex.

Purchase price: $1,200,000 This is a 100+ pad community located near Downtown Bloomington (Near Indiana University).