This would let me hit my cash flow objectives.If the seller doesn't want to sell for that, and asks for something closer to their appraised value, how do I place a value on the equity that I capture in the deal.

The 2% inflation indicator is measured via the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which is controversial (https://www.investopedia.com/articles/07/consumerpriceindex.aspthere are many articles on this, but here’s a start) because this tool is believed to do a poor job capturing true inflation numbers and has been “adjusted” by the government numerous times over the past decades because they felt it overestimated inflation despite many other inflationary measurement tools indicating just the opposite, that is grossly underestimates inflation.

All those other things you mentioned are going to be captured in the cap rate. 

Yes schedule E is filed to capture current year operations and 4797 is filed to capture the gain from sale. 8949 is not filed.

You're going to need 6 months anyway if you want to capture any forced appreciation.Great pla!!!

Besides capturing every lead by getting them to tour, what can be done from a management standpoint to maximize occupancy?

However, they might not have been homeowners for long, so depending on what specifically your landlord reference/residential history criteria is, you may still be able to capture some information from a residence prior to this house.Also depending on how you word the question, they may still need to put their current address (even if they are not renting) on their application.

Make sure you use Pm who uses auto showing technology to capture all the possible showings

It saved me the cost of renting while going to school, and I captured the tax benefits, loan paydown, and appreciation by house-hacking.

NYC has very poor dynamics for cashflow and value capture.