Most agents, I can tell you from experience, will not spend too much time on you since your so fairly new and at your purchase price your not a big fish so they will tend to put you on the back burner since heir return is not going to be a game changer.

But a bedroom or a bathroom can be easily qualified in terms of dollars (I usually see $4,000-$5,000 allotted for differences in bed/bath count).Truthfully, if I can't find easy comps and if I can't make it easy for the appraiser to agree with the value I'm looking for, I just don't buy it.

(This is why most IRA accounts use the initial FBO "for the benefit of") That is why you can't easily get to the money and have to pay taxes upon withdrawing it.So, if you invested in real estate, and created some cash flow, the money MUST go back to the custodian and the IRA.  

So in 7 years they could easily still owe more than it’s worth.

It will only cash flow about $150/door/month, but I tell you this to point out that cash-on-cash returns are nice to analyze, but I am getting to the point that something that cant be an infinite cash-on-cash return at some point in the near future just doesnt sound that appealing.  

Possibly, but that Fannie/Freddie deal might only return 8% C-o-C with a 17% IRR whereas the smaller deals would probably be closer to 15% C-o-C with a 23-25% IRR.

It seems like an absurd return with no work put in.

Annual return is 12% and you get your principal back after 3 years I believe. 

There seems to be a belief throughout this thread that its alright for a city employee to come onto your property and simply lie about item after item and then send a written agreement in direct contrast expecting you to sign and return it.

It would be nonsensical to think you can easily replace that type of income in a couple short years.