I just lost a $1000 1 month reservation within minutes of the lady checking in because the guest found a single hair in the sheets and what looked like couple flakes of dandruff or crumbs.

If you have a healthy market then your rent should be fine at/a hair below/a hair above market.

.- Your zillow estimate is your friend, forget what people said about HOA, zillow chart is your friend.

This may sound over simplistic - but it worked really well for me:In short you can create your own chart that will let you analyze deals based on dollars per square foot very quickly.  

This graph demonstrates it visually, though your return may drop faster/slower depending on circumstances:This chart shows that the property earned an 18% return the first year, but after year 10 the return has dropped below 12%.

Below current chart.

Home inspectors: I know some with a solid understanding of construction having owned properties en masse and then I’ve met the ones who show up with peach fuzz for facial hair barely having left their moms spare bedroom writing reports with 300 things they flag, killing a deal due to their incompetent opinion. 

This particular town is pulling water from an adjacent river and the resultant water bills are off the charts, almost $40k per year for all four buildings! 

So for those of you that have reached finicial independent and your getting your hair cut in the middle of the day, at the dentist etc and your asked if you have to get back to work or they just ask what you do for a living.What is your response?

And the Verne Harnish audiobook is nearly useless due to lack of charts and graphs.Go forth and succeed young grasshopper.