Brandon’s examples are for a Financed property, not a cash purchase....comparing apples to watermelons. 

Other words, it is equivalent of doing: -$10k (extra holding costs) + $10k (on sale) = $0.As I am wanting to compare apples-to-apples, that is, what the math is like when I exit in 3 years, it would actually be wrong to include that extra calculation.

The reason for commission basis is because its apples and oranges. 

If simply trying to determine if the an investment property's price is good given the income it'll produce, comparing the Cap Rate (Purchase Price to Income) may help give a more apples to apples comparison to other investors in the area as it doesn't account for how the purchase was funded.That being said, cash-on-cash is a good way to determine if the investment your selecting is the best use of the resources (cash).  

@Andrey Y.You got a bad apple, it happens.Like Linda mentioned, state CPA licensing boards aren't going to care about poor customer service experiences. 

I was thinking of utilizing Apple Pay, Paypal, or even Venmo potentially. 

Kyle, thank you for the rec, I figured there was a ton of bad apples there.

Hiring managers, repair people, and other employees means you don't have to manage the tenants yourself, and the economies of scale of larger properties means that their services take a smaller bite of the apple! 

i would buy a duplex closer in to town or anything near Robinson Ranch (Apple's billion dollar future campus that will be 10X bigger than the Domain). 

Of course, I am trying to avoid vacancy as much as possible.My area of interest is near cedar park & round rock, close to Apple Campus, e.g., 78681.