(looking somewhat puzzled), You mean you are a new landlord?

This is nothing more than one more piece of a puzzle that only matters locally wherever they institutions are buying.  

... and by 89% in comparison to rents.Australia and Canada share the dubious prestige of having housing prices the most out of alignment with the rest of their economies.The Economist, "Global Housing Markets: Property Puzzles"CBC, Canadian Housing Prices 35% Over ValuedCBC, Analysis: Overvalued Home Prices Could Put New Owners at RiskThe only good news from the perspective of the Atlantic Provinces is we've been the anchor on Canada's housing price to family income ratio for the past decade - without our representation, the Economist would be reporting an even higher percentage of over valuation.  

And just remember, RE is only one part of the puzzle.

@Kathryn Mould the last thing you want is some template online, or an "investor" copy and paste jigsaw puzzle.

Now the most important piece of the puzzle was financing.

My deals are 500 piece puzzles that get put together without seeing the front of the box.

Unless there is another big piece of the puzzle that I am missing- this isn't even close to being a deal in Baltimore.

It was a puzzling study, must have been by an intern.

There are many pieces of the Real Estate puzzle you could understand by working with an agent.