You are going to have some amazing guests who will touch your heart, and they will be immediately followed by some finicky frugal Freddie who will steal your salt and pepper shakers.

-A higher pitch roof has a higher cost and should be considered if your duplex will be infill into an area where there are other homes with the roof pitch, but failing that we have not found that it has a real impact on appraisal (we are in an area of lower pitched homes however so take this with a grain of salt depending on your market) and a lower pitch roof means lower maintenance and capex costs.

Both are books you should also take a look at but ALWAYS know there is a spectrum to everything and take everything with a grain of salt.

@Paul Kubin Take this advice with a grain of salt. 

No don't hire a PM until you can scale - that landlord experience is worth it's weight in goldHappy to connect and talk through more questions any time - my answers are just based on my personal experience so take them with a grain of salt!

After 40 + years in real estate, I have seen the guru industry grow from a few guys teaching others about their own success (by way of $99 seminars, $249 for “books and tapes” ) to $40,000 full mentoring programs with enrollees being mentored by “operations” personnel (who may no experience whatsoever) with marketing programs put together by one of 5 firms located in Las Vegas or Salt Lake City.  

Hey Jordan, I would take that with a grain of salt.

Folks can't buy due to lack of inventory and can't burrow as much due to high interest rates.2) Over 4trillion sitting in money market accounts and ready to be deployed.3) Fed starts reducing rates 3rd and 4th quarter this year.4) Flood gates open for real estate again and activity starts.5) Crypto boom after BTC halving (Already started last year).6) Stock boom with AI and lower interest rates (Will become bubble IMO like Dotcom days).7) Trump wins office and lowers company taxes.8) War between Ukraine and Russia ends sending oil prices lower and inflation lower.Next 2 years or so we could see a big boom across the board and if we do, I'd start getting worried that in late 2025 or 2026 something was bound to happen.An unpredictable "Black Swan" kind off event per se.So let's see how things unfold but interesting times for sure.Just my opinion mate so take it with a grain of Pink Himalayan Salt lolThanks  my pinky salt also saying that money market money would move to real estate again after they just slightly reducing the rate.we're at pivot in US economy where most real business can't survive 5% rate while all other investment BS like stock/RE/crypto is all at all time high LOL

I am part of a family brokerage where my Dad is the broker and my mom is a Realestate agent. I recently became a realtor and would love to bring value to investors that flip homes by offering our staging for free, and...

So I personally take valuations at a downturn part of the cycle with a grain of salt (similar to people who look at the stock market every day during a downturn and get super stressed out and then become tempted to sell at the worst time possible).