You can either have a logitech computer cam or go with a more fancy set up.

NOI and x% rule are nice but they are all approximations to test your assumptions but in the end, your requirements and what you bring to the table are different than everyone else.Figure out what you want for an annual vacancy rate... say 5%. then compute your income.

Doing any wrap where you charge a higher rate than you are paying is very difficult, most attorneys screw it up, if you have usury laws and in giving APR disclosures you're looking at weighted average interest rate computations based on all amounts financed including the underlying mortgage, if it is an ARM loan, the variables will be to great to be accurate under RESPA, if you're off one tenth of one percent you might as well not even give financing disclosures.

No problem, could be just me, my settings, computer or whatever.

This helps with the hours spent in front of the computer.   2.  

How would taxes be computed on a partial exchange, where I would be buying down in price (by about $200k) and then either A) taking a smaller mortgage than I had on the relinquished property and using all the sales proceeds or B) taking a larger mortgage but generating cash at closing? 

The opportunity I see is not on the investor side as much as being in the fund management and thank God for computers!

Most want to plug numbers into a computer and get you out the door in 2 seconds.

Everybody wants computers to do their job for them instead of having to put forth a bit of effort.A friend of mine was in a similar situation a couple of years ago.

I've been wanting to read the Wallace Wattles book, however, my computer knowledge does not extend beyond adding more kerosene and cussing.