If you are buying a home to live in - I would suggest finding a good realtor in your market.

Reading about successful people strengthened my resolve.

The structure also allows for mitigated tenant and maintenance risk, but it has increased dependence on market movements due to being appreciation based.

This market is huge.My only advise would be always searching for deals and running the number using the calculators the BP has.

The equation shouldn't be PP = Market Price - cost to repair foundation, it should be PP = Market Price - cost to repair - discount for taking on the risk.

In this area, market values hit around $4.95 million, giving you a solid 131% ROI.

Loan sizing varies by market, but in most areas your loan will be sized to 75-80% LTV; 1.20-1.25x DCR; 30-year amortization.

In my day job I do SEO for a digital marketing agency and I am more than happy to talk SEO with anyone who has questions.I'm interested in Long-term rentals, though admittedly, finding deals below market value and funding those deals (not to mention I honestly have no idea have to put the deals under contract in the first place), are problem the first things I'll need to learn.

New builds-broke even in the '08 market on two spec homes, built my own home from the ground up twelve years ago(400k in equity). 

Another option is to estimate value based on potential income and market cap rates, which can give you an investor’s perspective.