Pay attention to finishes, lot sizes, house sizes, appliances, etc. so that you are comparing apples to apples. 

In the pay cash option there is no car payment therefore to compare "apples to apples" wouldn't you have to consider investing the $161.12/month that would have gone to a car payment in the cash option? 

My fourplex is oranges to your 400 unit apples but the fact that you follow your C class properties more closely than your A units speaks volumes.

If an apple has 8 slices, and you don't have a knife, but you would like to eat 12 slices, you'll need to get a different apple.  

What does Apple or Chevron or any other company do when they need money?

So comparing apples to oranges will only help so much.

(Not saying people in the Big Apple aren't friendly, they might be busier!)

I have 2 single unit rentals and realize this isn't apples to apples.Multi asking $270k3-of-4 townhouses in a quadplex.2br 1.5ba 1000sf with updated flooring appropriate for marketRent currently for 850 each ($30,600), existing tenants through August 2016Expenses: Mortgage ($216k, 4.5%, 25y, $1200/mo) 14400 Taxes   3783   HOA (Insurance, Water, Pest, Landscaping)   4140   Maint (7% of rent)   2142   Management (10%)   3060   Metrics Net Income     3075 CAP 6.72% COC 5.91% Some room to increase rent. 

Fees differ so it is not always easy to compare apples to apples.

Until this last June I was in the apple/pear/cherry biz the past 20+ years.