Hey Robert, I have struggled with the adjacent before/after for different reasons as well (Pricelabs really needs a better education model) on their product, but I was able to figure out my issue by reaching out to them.

I found that most people who were successful in real estate didn’t start with everything figured out—they learned a lot along the way.

Although I believe I can see the path to my first rental easily, I'm having a hard time figuring out how I'd get to the next one. 

That being said there are ways to make money on almost any property but figure out what is your target market and property. 

I figure if I start out with a low maintenance property, I can lower the learning curve and decrease the stress of managing a business and rental property myself to allow me time to figure things out as I go along. 

That's because hotels have this whole system figured out.

If the Multi-Fam does not have individual utility-meters for all units, then you have to figure out what to do or it can potentially eat away at your cash flow.  99% of Single Family homes do not have this problem.These are just a few pros and cons. 

I'm going to figure out my Cash on Cash and try posting again. 

I just wrote him back and said hey we get into contract I can run some of this stuff down but not going to spend hours figuring out all the fine details on all the components of a new build ..

To avoid opening a bank account and following all the rules that come with collecting and holding a security deposit I figured id just treat last months rent as security deposit.