Simple 10% calculations I can hang with but the second year calcs and cap rates and all that...

(Is the place looking spiffy or more run down, barely hanging to minimum standards?)

If you are impacted by people saying negative things, hang around investors that love what they do.  

Keep in mind some parts of the job (such as finish work - hanging cabinets, trim, doors, decks etc) putting up fences etc would be done by us/his crew, other parts would be hired out and we'd be paying full retail for nothing.8 bdrms, 6 baths two 2 car garages (so 4 bd 3 ba ea unit) would be the ideal layout with a basement.  

Personally, I'm an investor - friendly agent and hang my license at Keller Williams.

The company where I hang my license manages more than 400 total doors, and a majority are college student housing, but still plenty of long term families or young professionals.  

Thanks,Hang

Do consistent marketing and hang in there when things get tough!  

Real estate is a people business...so find people you don't mind hanging out with.  

We bought it and I spent the next 4 months working on a complete gut renovation of the house, living in a tent out back, begging friends and family to help hang drywall, pull nails from the oak flooring we salvaged from another local home days before it was demolished, or carry in the concrete counters we made out in the driveway.