The proposed real estate investment is too broad for you to compare returns between the two, what is the purchase price, what kind of repairs do you need, what kind of rent are you going to get, what is a good estimate for appreciation on the deal. 

I know this is a broad question, but are we talking 20K a unit?

I don't have a broad opinion as an experienced professional, but as someone with one investment house who will likely sell in the next 2-5 years, I have one thing on my mind.

The Broad Ripple area is especially popular.It looks like the East part of the area you are looking at is also in Lawrence Township. 

@Tyler Brady, I don't think your accountant is taking a broad enough view here. 

First, allow me to define small value-add Multi-family, I speak with a broad brush.. anything legally zoned duplex up to 50 units (I'm excluding Class A-B big MF) To set some context, most of the investors that reach out to me are not from Charlotte, or are not intimately familiar with the market here.

Just seems a bit too broad to use as advice for taking action.

I also know a guy who takes the broad view that Thailand is played out, like the Memphis of Asia, and he's on the ground in Cambodia and Myanmar buying up land and setting up teams. 

Your question is a broad one.

It’s self defeating to think every tenant is the same , we must consider them on their own merit , not a broad general standard .