So I have the ability to compare and contrast based on experience.Commercial versus Residential- clearly more money in commercial given the commission structure; you are paid for an entire lease term.

The reason I ask this is because the biggest hurdle you are going to face in the current market is falling rents in contrast to raising financing costs. 

It's the contrast between all that junk and the swinging soundtrack that makes it work for me! 

I want to compare and contrast two of them specifically but I'm having a little trouble because of the differences.My goal is to buy a duplex as my first property so I can live in one unit while renting out the other.

Talks about the lifestyle of unassuming rich people contrasting with typical big-hat-no-cattle poor people. 

Below is a graph of the median list price since 2019.Contrast that to a market like Detroit where the median list price has doubled since 2019.I'm a licensed agent in Michigan, but I reside in California.

By contrast motivated sellers know what they need, they just don't know how to get it, so when you ask they'll give you a price.

By contrast, I'm managing 2 mid-level SFH rehabs and find it difficult to keep up with from NYC.

In contrast, CapEx, maintenance, and vacancy should indeed be estimated using percentages of gross rents and should accumulate over time.

To the extent that a price reduction may make a "stale" listing appealing, worry not, you will get those notification emails on auto pilot anyways.Start doing the compare and contrast, maybe make a spreadsheet to evaluate opportunities, play a game of "spot the patterns."