Most learn it's IRR that matters in the end, not the $200 month you average for a year or 2 until a bad tenant or cap ex wipes out 5 years worth in one swoop.yes if your going to look at SFR rentals on a cap rate basis like most do.. then you need to measure IRR  monthly cash flow is really meaningless.. you wont know how you actually did until U exit..

For a commercial property, the entire financing portion of the transaction is far more complex and stringent when it comes to qualifying.

I'm assuming it is in the basement, and you haven't listed the size of the room (good size is not a measurement)If Utah allows for it to used as a bedroom I'd advertise it as 3rd bedroom or possible 3rd Bedroom

This also serves as quality control measure.4.

My Russian connection here hahahCap Rates are a measure of market appetite.

Return and cash flow are, as I'm sure you know, two separate measurements and the discussion has been thus far about cash flow.  

This weekly goal is measurable.

The sellers claimed it was cleaned up but upon a re-examination we found human waste STILL in the basement, not to mention the guy cleaning it up was just a maintenance man and had not come close to taking  appropriate measures to rectify (a shovel and hose doesn't clean up bio waste).

Risk is hard to measure.

Inductively, it may be a poor source of potential tenants looking for homes and apartments, and other properties.As always, precaution is a necessary measure.