You could also add on an amount for bringing the apartments up to current style, but still use lower rents for income assumptions because you're the one who's going to have to do the work of raising rent.

I am fortunate that duplexes, specifically "shotgun doubles", are a very common architectural style in my city. 

What areas would you recommend and what style of housing is a good buy in our market?

I have drawn plans for town house style apartments that can go from a duplex to 12 units.

-Grant H.Photo showing small gap between dwellingsPhoto showing the "connector" inside this small gap between the dwellingsBlue outline: Townhomes/condo style dwellings.Orange outline: Completely separate single-family dwellingsRed outline: Two properties pictured in the first photo above

I want to get started in this business and your help would be greatly appreciated.Also if you know of any apprenticeship style training for this.

You can, however, determine a price at which to list your home for sale by comparing your home to those in the area that have sold and those currently listed for sale.An example of things to look for would be as following...MARKET SALES ANALYSIS (COMPARABLES) SUBJECT PROPERTY ADDRESS ROOMS BDRMS BATHS GAR AGE STYLE SQ FT CONSTRUCTION FLOORS REMARKS PROPERTIES ON MARKET ADDRESS ROOMS BDRMS BATHS GAR AGE STYLE SQ FT CONSTRUCTION FLOORS LIST PRICE DAYS ON MARKET REMARKS PROPERTIES SOLD ADDRESS ROOMS BDRMS BATHS GAR AGE STYLE SQ FT CONSTRUCTION FLOORS LIST PRICE DAYS ON MARKET SALE DATE SALE PRICE PROPERTIES EXPIRED/CANCELLED/RE-LISTED ADDRESS ROOMS BDRMS BATHS GAR AGE STYLE SQ FT CONSTRUCTION FLOORS LIST PRICE DAYS ON MARKET REMARKS Recommended Price Range $ COMMENTS: Avg. of Sold Properties $ Avg. of Properties on Mkt. $ Avg. of Properties Expired/Cancelled $

I have switched to open house style.

Cali does have thousands of those in the exact same style just in case anyone was looking.

Pros:Fewer days on the market (aka reduce vacancy) from additional marketing time and lining up the tenant before the existing tenant has vacatedStaged homes rent better than one w/o furniture (although rare the tenant has good enough style :))Ability to perform an informal "move-out" inspection, which provides a better idea of the turnaround time before the new tenants can move-inTenants may tidy up the place a bit and get a head start on their move-out process (rare, but worth pointing out)Cons:Reduced rent --> assuming some of the above bullet points are a stretch from reality (aka staged home and tidy up the place), the clutter and style may detract tenants from wanting to move-inInconvenience to the existing tenantsCoordination of the showings requires contacting the existing tenantsI know many SFH will list the property while other tenants are in it, but you must take it on a case-by-case basis, and it's heavily dependent on the existing tenants.