Real estate investing is forgiving; the average person can still make money even with some big mistakes.

You would then stress to not incur any improvement cost above $22,000 or you may have to liquidate the property.In this scenariod, $60,000 if you are making an above return at 10% to 12% annually + $30,000 making $4% in a HYSA, the average return is maybe around 8%The blended return would be about 9%You may be better off investing in the stock market, get a slightly lower return but without all the added stress / work.

The association has investigated loan products for such work, but has not committed to anything.

Depending on the property far more than the acquisition price may be required and that will also dictate the best loan product. 

This seems to be breaking down new construction and is a national average so kind of hard to read into this what it means in general but I would not expect a 665k new construction house to be my target for a rental property. 

This negative equity position is one of many reasons that adding ADUs in a single family zone is not typically a good RE investment.OP whatever you decide to invest in, make sure you do thorough and conservative underwriting. good luck You’re right in that the level of underwriting I presented wasn’t institutional level - but for your average person just starting out, institutional grade analysis often makes the thought of investing overwhelming.

So you are averaging $2k/mo for rent across your portfolio?

A $24 per year increase, per $100k purchase price.2) The average year over year appreciation in San Diego for the past 30 years is ~6%, there will always be annual fluctuations, last year we did ~10%, but without a crystal ball, no one can say for certain.3) Your interest rate is only a starting point. every year the interest you pay will decrease, and the principal you pay will increase.

All our product hits the 1% rule and our investors love the cashflow.  

In my experience, the average Section 8 resident behaves differently than the average market rate resident, and the government-backed rent is not worth the added hassle.